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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A prison system - developed in Pennsylvania during the nineteeth centry - based on total isolation and individual pentence.






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






3. Problem of Re-entry






4. Right to public trial






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






6. A correctional policy that allow inates to leave the institution for vocational or educational training - for employment - or to maintain famly ties.






7. Right to confront witnesses






8. The Conflict View of criminal definitions assumes that criminal law expresses...






9. The officers of the London Metropolitan Police...






10. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






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






12. About how much does the U.S. spend on the criminal justice system every year?






13. A state of federal correctional institution for incarceration of felony offenders for term of one year or more.






14. The policing style associated with police officers belief that it is his duty to be a first line responder to various problems in the community is...






15. The PRIMARY work of state law enforcement agencies involve...






16. Capital Punishment






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






18. 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






19. Are arrest rates of drug-related crime higher or lower then they were in the 1970's?






20. What is General Deterrence?






21. The investigation of the murder of a postal worker would fall within the jurisdiction of...






22. Mandatory Sentence






23. A prison treatment program that allows inmates to be released during the day to work in the community and return to prison at night.






24. A defendent who lacks the funds to hire a private attorney and is therefore entitled to free counsel.






25. How many percent of criminal defendents are considered indigent?






26. The federal agency responsible for the witness protection program and fugitive investigations is...






27. Problems of Parole






28. 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.






29. Consecutive sentence






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






31. What percentage of police departments require officers to have a college degree?






32. An argument in favor of the O.J. trial is likely to point to the fact that...






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






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






35. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






36. A sentence entailing the conditional release of a convicted offender into the community under the supervision of the court






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






38. Packer describes the due process model of the criminal justice system operating like an...






39. Bench Trial






40. Right to counsel






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






42. 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.






43. A sentence in which offenders serve a short prison term before they begin probation - to impress them with the pain of imprisonment.






44. A group of citizens chosen to hear charges against persons accused of crime and to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to bring the person to trial.






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






46. What is the common criteria for juveniles to be diverted to community programs?






47. Indeterminate Sentencing






48. Are Jury trial common in the U.S.?






49. Delinquents






50. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?