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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A sentence entailing the conditional release of a convicted offender into the community under the supervision of the court






2. A short term militaristic correctional facility in which inmates undergo intensive physical conditioning and discipline.






3. Factors that Influence Sentencing






4. What is General Deterrence?






5. Mandatory Sentence






6. The majority of criminal cases in the U.S are investigated by...






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






8. 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






9. Probation failure correlates to...






10. Truth in Sentencing






11. Models of sentencing






12. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






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






14. Some of the policing reforms that August Vollmer proposed include...






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






16. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






17. Delinquents






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






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






20. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






21. Judicial Waiver






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






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






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






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






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






27. During the araignment phase of the court process - defendants...






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






29. Concurrent Sentence






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






31. According to choice theories of crime (classical school) - humans are'






32. According to the Supreme Court - the following activities would not violate individual protections against illegal seasrch and seizure...






33. Statutory Jurisdiction






34. Right to be competent at trail

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35. What are characteristics of inmates






36. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






37. 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






38. Jury Selection

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39. Problem of Re-entry






40. Consecutive sentence






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






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






43. What is Duress?






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






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






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






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






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






49. Concurrent Jursidiction






50. Right to an impartial jury