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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. Some of the policing reforms that August Vollmer proposed include...






2. Sir Robert Peel believed that police officers should...






3. Competent Standard

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4. Status Offenders






5. About how many people are in prisons in the US?






6. Problems of Parole






7. According to the stop and frisk rule - established by the Terry vs Ohio case a police officer may stop and frisk a person...






8. From 1995 to 2005 - the crime rate in the U.S...






9. Right to be competent at trail

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10. The Supreme Court descison on NO EXCEPTIONS said that...






11. Is female involvement in violent crime increasing or decreasing?






12. The group of punishment falling between probation and prison. Community-based sanction - including house arrest and intensive supervision - serve as alternatives to incarceration.






13. Common concerns with the privatization of policing includes...






14. An example of the criminal defense of justifaction is...






15. An investigation performed by a probation officer attached to a trial court after the conviction of a defendent.






16. What are characteristics of inmates






17. Consecutive sentence






18. The average officers makes how many felony arrests per month?






19. Evidentiary Standard






20. Bench Trial






21. Trial Process






22. A condition of probation in which the offender repays society or the victim of crime for the trouble the offender caused.






23. Goals of Punishment






24. What do police officers spend most of their time on patrol doing?






25. In the common law - a crime that is considered mala in se is...






26. According to social reaction/labeling theory - some young people become criminals because...






27. According to Packer's due process model of criminal justice - plea bargaining...






28. What is Duress?






29. According to Cohen's sub-culture or cultural deviance theory - gang values...






30. According to Shaw and McKay's social disorganization theory - crime rates in a geographic area can be explained by...






31. An administrative act performed by a parole authority that remove a person from parole -or a judicial orded by a court removing a person from parole or probation - in response to a violation on the part of the parolee.






32. Legal counsel for the defendant in a criminal case - representing to final appeal.






33. Physical punishment or punishment that is far in excess of that given to people under similar circumstances and is therefore banned by the eighth amendment. The death penalty has so far not been considered cruel and unusual if it is administered in f






34. Packer describes the crime models criminal justice system operating like an...






35. Concurrent Jursidiction






36. The attempt by correctional agencies to maintain convicted offenders in the community instead of a secure facilty it includes probation - parole and residential programs.






37. Right to public trial






38. Judicial Waiver






39. About how many Americans are under some form of correctional supervision?






40. Are tv camara's aloud in federal court?






41. Who has a better record of defending clients; private or public attorneys?






42. In female prisons - substitute family groups with a faux father - mother and siblings.






43. Probation failure correlates to...






44. A program requiring probationers to pay in part for the costs of their treatment.






45. According to Freud's psychological theory - deviant behavior is the result of...






46. Factors that Influence Sentencing






47. Miranda Rights...






48. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






49. Duties of probation officers






50. Three Strikes Law






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