- Studying legal systems in other countries is said to have both
- local and statistical benefits.
- universal and worldwide benefits.
- practical and theoretical benefits.
- local and universal benefits.
Answer: d
Objective: Summarize the local and universal benefits of an international perspective.
Page number: 3
Level: Basic
- Local benefits of an international perspective include
- the development of intercultural competence skills.
- a preference for parochial or inward-looking approaches to problem solving.
- an increased allegiance to one’s own way of doing something.
- an understanding that multinational cooperation is seldom of any great benefit.
Answer: d
Objective: Summarize the local and universal benefits of an international perspective.
Page number: 3
Level: Intermediate
- When increased understanding of criminal justice systems in other countries allows those countries to cooperate in fighting crime, which of the following benefits of an international perspective is being provided?
- Local
- Universal
- Widespread
- Parochial
Answer: b
Objective: Summarize the local and universal benefits of an international perspective.
Page number: 5
Level: Basic
- When increased understanding of criminal justice systems in other countries allows a particular country to gain ideas for improving its own system, which of the following benefits of an international perspective is being provided?
- Local
- Universal
- Ecumenical
- Cosmopolitan
Answer: a
Objective: Summarize the local and universal benefits of an international perspective.
Page number: 4-5
Level: Basic
- With which neighboring country does the United States cooperate to form the Border Enforcement Security Taskforces (BEST)?
- Panama
- Mexico
- Canada
- Greenland
Answer: c
Objective: Distinguish between, and give examples of, bilateral and multinational cooperation.
Page number: 6
Level: Basic
- Which of the following describes the action wherein the Mexican government pledges to intensify its anticrime efforts and the U.S. government pledges to address drug demand in the United States?
- Border Plan
- Mérida Initiative
- North America Free Trade Agreement
- El Chapo Encounter
Answer: b
Objective: Distinguish between, and give examples of, bilateral and multinational cooperation.
Page number: 7
Level: Basic
- Which European Union (EU) entity works to enhance cooperation and coordination of the prosecuting authorities in EU countries?
- INTERPOL.
- Europol.
- Eurojust.
- Schengen.
Answer: c
Objective: Distinguish between, and give examples of, bilateral and multinational cooperation.
Page number: 10
Level: Basic
- Which of the following is NOT an approach used in the text to study different criminal justice systems?
- Historical
- Situational
- Political
- Descriptive
Answer: b
Objective: Describe and compare the historical, political, and descriptive approaches to an international perspective.
Page number: 10
Level: Basic
- After a change in government leadership, Irena is put in charge of revamping her Central European country’s police academy. To the extent that Irena researches police academies of other European countries when they were at a similar developmental stage, Irena is using what approach?
- Historical
- Situational
- Political
- Descriptive
Answer: a
Objective: Describe and compare the historical, political, and descriptive approaches to an international perspective.
Page number: 11
Level: Difficult
- Li Chang is interested in how the socialist principles of Mao Zedong are reflected in the sentences handed down in Chinese courts. Given that interest, the approach Li is taking would best be described as:
- historical.
- situational.
- political.
- descriptive.
Answer: c
Objective: Describe and compare the historical, political, and descriptive approaches to an international perspective.
Page number: 12
Level: Difficult
- Many individual nations, and nations working in collaboration, have helped build police capacity in post-conflict societies. Which entity has been the most active supranational organization?
- INTERPOL.
- United Nations.
- World Health Organization.
- International Court of Justice.
Answer: c
Objective: Describe and compare the historical, political, and descriptive approaches to an international perspective.
Page number: 12
Level: Difficult
- Of the three ways to study different criminal justice systems, which one does the text suggest was most important as post-civil war in Liberia undertook police reform efforts?
- Historical
- Situational
- Political
- Descriptive
Answer: c
Objective: Describe and compare the historical, political, and descriptive approaches to an international perspective.
Page number: 13
Level: Basic
- In an effort to better understand the operation of prisons in his neighboring country of Canada, Matthew reads the Criminal Code of Canada and some information sent to him by the Canadian solicitor general’s office. Matthew’s search for information exemplifies what approach?
- Historical
- Situational
- Political
- Descriptive
Answer: d
Objective: Describe and compare the historical, political, and descriptive approaches to an international perspective.
Page number: 13-14
Level: Difficult
- In which of the following countries can the police, on their own authority, detain a suspect for up to 37 days?
- United States
- France
- China
- Liberia
Answer: c
Objective: Distinguish, with examples, the functions/procedures and the institutions/actors strategies.
Page number: 15
