CMY1503 May/Jun 2016 exam paper — questions
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Question 1 · Fear of crime and community responses · 1 mark
Fear of crime is best described as what kind of response, one that differs from person to person?Show the full question
Question 2 · Fear of crime and community responses · 1 mark
A person can experience fear of crime even if they have done which of the following?Show the full question
Question 3 · Fear of crime and community responses · 1 mark
According to a National Victim Survey conducted in 2003, which crime was most commonly cited as the one people feared most?Show the full question
Question 4 · Fear of crime and community responses · 1 mark
Three of the four crimes that South Africans fear most share what common nature?Show the full question
Question 5 · Fear of crime and community responses · 1 mark
Which one of the following factors does NOT cause a fear of crime?Show the full question
Question 6 · Fear of crime and community responses · 1 mark
In an attempt to reduce fear of crime, a community tries to change what, in order to reduce any chance of victimisation?Show the full question
Question 7 · Fear of crime and community responses · 1 mark
Which one of the following is NOT a common response to the fear of crime?Show the full question
Question 8 · Fear of crime and community responses · 1 mark
The fear of crime has several consequences that differ from person to person, but collectively these lead to a community characterised by what?Show the full question
Question 9 · Social control, norms and values · 1 mark
Methods or mechanisms such as sanctions and rewards that regulate individual and group behaviour are referred to as what?Show the full question
Question 10 · Social control, norms and values · 1 mark
Mechanical solidarity, amongst other things, refers to what?Show the full question
Question 11 · Corrections and community-based alternatives · 1 mark
Diversion can be defined as the disposal of what kind of case other than through normal court proceedings?Show the full question
Question 12 · Corrections and community-based alternatives · 1 mark
Diversion of prosecution is also known by what other name?Show the full question
Question 13 · Victims and restorative justice · 1 mark
Identify the INCORRECT statement regarding victim-offender mediation/reconciliation.Show the full question
Question 14 · Victims and restorative justice · 1 mark
Which acronym refers to the facilitation process that holds offenders personally accountable for their behaviour?Show the full question
Question 15 · Victims and restorative justice · 1 mark
Identify the CORRECT statement regarding the goals of family group conferencing.Show the full question
Question 16 · Victims and restorative justice · 1 mark
Identify the INCORRECT statement regarding the benefits that restorative justice has for crime victims.Show the full question
Question 17 · Victims and restorative justice · 1 mark
Identify the INCORRECT statement regarding the benefits that restorative justice has for law enforcement.Show the full question
Question 18 · Victims and restorative justice · 1 mark
Identify the INCORRECT statement regarding the benefits that restorative justice has for the judiciary.Show the full question
Question 19 · Social control, norms and values · 1 mark
Which of the following is NOT one of the elements of vigilante activities?Show the full question
Question 20 · Social control, norms and values · 1 mark
Which of the following is NOT a trait of vigilante acts in South Africa?Show the full question
Question 21 · Sentencing and punishment · 1 mark
Identify the CORRECT statement regarding the following point of departure of the rehabilitation model.Show the full question
Question 22 · Corrections and community-based alternatives · 1 mark
How many possible diversion options (levels) for children does the Child Justice Bill 49 of 2002 provide for in section 47(3)?Show the full question
Question 23 · Corrections and community-based alternatives · 1 mark
In terms of the diversion approach, for how long can children who are not of school-going age be referred to a full-time occupational or educational programme?Show the full question
Question 24 · Victims and restorative justice · 1 mark
Restorative justice is a criminal justice perspective based on what, rather than punishment?Show the full question
Question 25 · Victims and restorative justice · 1 mark
Which one of the following excerpts relates to the requirement that the offender take responsibility for the crime and meet the resulting obligations to the victim and the community?Show the full question
Question 26 · The criminal justice system and its aims · 1 mark
Decriminalisation is a characteristic of which criminal procedure perspective?Show the full question
Question 27 · The criminal justice system and its aims · 1 mark
Incapacitation is a characteristic of which criminal procedure perspective?Show the full question
Question 28 · The criminal justice system and its aims · 1 mark
Proportionality is a characteristic of which criminal procedure perspective?Show the full question
Question 29 · Victims and restorative justice · 1 mark
Dignified, equal, and fair treatment of the victim is a characteristic of which criminal procedure perspective?Show the full question
Question 30 · Law, the Constitution and human rights · 1 mark
Which one of the following can be regarded as an example of subordinate legislation?Show the full question
Question 31 · Law, the Constitution and human rights · 1 mark
In relation to the categories of human rights entrenched in the Constitution of the RSA, what are the right to a healthy living environment, the use of one's own language, and the right to participate in one's own religion collectively known as?Show the full question
Question 32 · Law, the Constitution and human rights · 1 mark
Given that there are limits to rights and that the rights in the Bill of Rights are not absolute, which section of the Constitution of the RSA contains the restricting stipulation known as the restriction clause, applying to all the human rights in the Bill?Show the full question
Question 33 · The criminal justice system and its aims · 1 mark
"To support the development of public or community resistance to crime" describes which kind of aim?Show the full question
Question 34 · The criminal justice system and its aims · 1 mark
The "prevention of crime" can be regarded as what kind of aim of the criminal justice system?Show the full question
Question 35 · The criminal justice system and its aims · 1 mark
Identify the CORRECT statement in relation to one of the specific aims of the criminal justice system.Show the full question
Question 36 · The criminal justice system and its aims · 1 mark
Identify the CORRECT statement in relation to one of the specific aims of the criminal justice system.Show the full question
Question 37 · The criminal justice system and its aims · 1 mark
In relation to the value systems of the inquisitorial model and the accusatorial model of criminal justice in South Africa, identify the CORRECT statement.Show the full question
Question 38 · The criminal justice system and its aims · 1 mark
The criminal justice system in South Africa is (primarily) coordinated by how many government departments?Show the full question
Question 39 · Law, the Constitution and human rights · 1 mark
In relation to the composition of the criminal justice system, which one of the following enacts (makes or writes) legislation?Show the full question
Question 40 · Policing · 1 mark
Which section of the Criminal Procedure Act makes provision for the measure of force (violence) that may be used in carrying out an arrest?Show the full question
Question 41 · Policing · 1 mark
Robbery is regarded as a schedule crime of which number?Show the full question
Question 42 · Policing · 1 mark
The power to kill applies only to which schedule of crimes?Show the full question
Question 43 · Policing · 1 mark
The police official (or private person) carrying out an arrest must constantly bear in mind that the action taken during an arrest is measured against the objective standard of a reasonable person, and not by the arrestor's own what kind of view of the situation?Show the full question
Question 44 · Courts and prosecution · 1 mark
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development is responsible for the structuring and functioning of which courts?Show the full question
Question 45 · Social control, norms and values · 1 mark
Which one of the following is NOT a term often used to describe community courts that are responsible for popular trials within the community?Show the full question
Question 46 · Courts and prosecution · 1 mark
Which one of the following CANNOT be regarded as an ordinary court?Show the full question
Question 47 · Courts and prosecution · 1 mark
The Constitutional Court is composed of how many judges in total?Show the full question
Question 48 · Courts and prosecution · 1 mark
Where does the Constitutional Court have its seat?Show the full question
Question 49 · Victims and restorative justice · 1 mark
Which acronym refers to the process whereby disputes are settled in the community rather than in the criminal courts?Show the full question
Question 50 · Victims and restorative justice · 1 mark
Arbitration, negotiation and mediation of issues in the workplace are the most common forms of what?Show the full question