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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Argument against the Death Penalty






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






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






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






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






6. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






7. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






8. Duties of probation officers






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






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






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






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






13. Determinate Sentencing






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






15. Bench Trial






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






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






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






19. Right to an impartial jury






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






21. The use of an alternative to trial - such as referral to treament or employment programs.






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






23. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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24. Right to speedy trial






25. Motion for a direct verdict






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






27. Challenged for cause






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






29. Concurrent Sentence






30. Programs designed to help people who have become dependent on anger as a primary means of expressing themselves and those who inappropriately use anger or the threat of violence as a means to get their way.






31. Consecutive sentence






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






33. 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.






34. Factors that Influence Sentencing






35. Delinquents






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






37. Goals of Punishment






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






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






40. What are characteristics of inmates






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






42. Evidentiary Standard






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






44. What time of year are crime rates in the U.S. the highest?






45. Right to counsel






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






47. Concurrent Jursidiction






48. 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






49. Truth in Sentencing






50. Indeterminate Sentencing