Scaling Study

: A Study of Criminal Justice Major Undergraduate College Students

And Their Perceptions of the Criminal Justice System in Comparison with other Individuals who have Lesser Knowledge of the System

Questionnaire

Name of Student (Optional

Course

Year Level

Gender

Part A : Media Effects on Students ' Perceptions on Criminal Justice

Questions Frequently Sometimes Seldom Never

1 . Do you ever watch Television series programs such as CSI , and Law and ?2 . Do you find yourself directly affected by the cases that are being solved within the programs ?3 .Do you at

times imagine yourself being a part of investigation procedures ?4 . Through the said programs , are you able to see the criminal justice system in America quite effective ?5 . When watching the series programs , do you preempt what is going to happen next while watching the investigation develop ?6 . Do you make assumptions of what should be and what should not be done in certain cases when you watch television programs on criminal justice systems ?7 . Do you make it a point that you are not missing any part of the series

Part B : Measuring the Span of Knowledge of the Students Regarding the Procedures of the Application of Criminal Justice

Question Yes No

1 . In your own opinion , do you think you know the general context of the rules and laws that are connected with the application of Criminal Justice procedures in different cases of conflicts in the society 2 . As a student , do you think you have enough idea to support your understanding of the primary application procedures of Criminal Justice

3 . As young as you are , do you think you can do anything at all to change several things with regards the application of the law in Criminal Justice procedures 4 . In case you are faced with a certain crisis with regards your reputation as a student that would require court hearing or other serious procedures as such do you think you are ready to defend yourself through the use of the law 5 . When you are watching Criminal-Justice based stories in television do you assume at all that the procedures shown through the programs are correct 6 . Do you think justice is presented in a fair and truthful way in television programs 7 . Upon evaluating yourself , do you think television programs such as CSI and Law and give you an overview of the actual situation of the officials who are in-charged in providing criminal justice procedures 8 . From watching the said television programs , can you say that you can actually tell what make-believe is and what is true within the plot of the stories 9 . Upon seeing the programs on Criminal Justice on television , do you think they display the actual situation of the departments in the government concerned in rendering justice to the society as they are presented in news reports ?Part C : Measuring the perceptive views of students basing on their own opinions ( answer in a minimum of two sentences and maximum of...