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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The decision by a prosecuttor to drop a case after a complaint has been made because of - for examples - insufficatient edvidence.






2. The early release of a prisoner from imprisonment subject to conditions set by correctional authorites.






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






4. Right to compulsory process






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






6. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






7. A place to detain people awaiting trial - to serve as a lockup for drunks and disorderly individuals - and to confine convicted misdemeanants serving sentences of less then ten






8. A person can challenge a guilty plea by...






9. Status Offenders






10. A prison system - developed in New York during the nineteenth centry - based on congregate work during the day and seperaton at night.






11. An attorney employed by the government to represent criminal defenders who cannot afford to pay for a lawyer.






12. Verdict






13. Right to public trial






14. Problems of Parole






15. The process in which a probation officer settles cases at the initial appearance before the onset of formal criminal proceeding.






16. Good time






17. Statutory Jurisdiction






18. The peak age for involvement in property crimes in the U.S is...






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






20. Which is more common - violent crimes or property crimes?






21. A community-based correctional facility that houses inmates before their outright released so that they can become gradually acclimatd to conventional society.






22. Probation failure correlates to...






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






24. Concurrent Sentence






25. According to Beccaria - the three criteria required for deterrence to work ainclude...






26. A view of criminal justice that focuses on crime as an act against the community rather than the state






27. The substantive criminal law...






28. What is the criteria to determine whether someone is entitled to jury trial?






29. 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






30. Right to speedy trial






31. Factors that Influence Sentencing






32. In colonial America - the county sheriff's job included...






33. The least secure institution that houses white-colar and nonviolent offenders - maintains few security measures - and has liberal furlough and visitation policies.






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






35. Right to an impartial jury






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






37. Argument against the Death Penalty






38. The sizure of personal property by the state as a civil or criminal penalty.






39. The 5th amendment protects citizens from...






40. A form of intermediate sanction that requires that the convicted offender spend a designated amount of time per week in his or her own home-such as from 6:00 P.M. Friday until 8:00 A.M.






41. The initial reaction in prison is usually...






42. A court order requiring a witness to appear in court at a specified time and place.






43. The peak age for invovlment in violent crimes in the U.S. is...






44. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






45. Right to be competent at trail


46. What did the BAIL REFORM ACT of 1984 establish?






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






48. Challenged for cause






49. Conditions or restriction mandated by the court that must be obeyed by a probationer






50. Stare decisis refers to the concept that legal decisions should be based on...