• TRADITIONAL

  • Study Guide
  • CD-ROM - $225
  • BUY NOW
  • Printed Version - $225
  • BUY NOW
  • Online Access - $225
  • BUY NOW

• ADVANCED

  • Not Currently Available

• PREMIER

  • Not Currently Available

Criminal Justice covers the material taught in a one-semester college course. Questions on the exam test:

• Knowledge of basic facts and terms
• Understanding of concepts and principles
• Ability to apply the knowledge to specific case problems

Topics covered in this course are:

• Criminal Behavior
  • Defining crime
  • Crime in the United States
  • Theories of crime
  • Types of crime
  • Measurement of crime
  • Juvenile delinquency
  
  
• Criminal Justice System
  • Historical origins
  • Legal foundations
  • Due process
  • Administrative agencies
  
  
• Police
  • History and organization
  • Social function
  • Issues and trends
  • Occupational characteristics
  
  
• Court System
  • History and organization
  • Adult court systems
  • Juvenile court
  • Pretrial, trial, and post-trial processes (e.g., bail, plea bargaining, sentencing)
  
  
• Corrections
  • Purpose (e.g., punishment, deterrence, incapacitation, retribution)
  • Probation and parole
  • Capital punishment
  • Community alternatives
  • Prison organization
  • Inmate characteristics
  • Issues and trends

(Taken from “Criminal Justice,” DSST Fact Sheet 2008, Prometric, ©2008.)