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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. According to Freud's psychological theory - deviant behavior is the result of...






2. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






3. Right to counsel






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






5. Challenged for cause






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






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






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






9. Judicial Waiver






10. An example of the criminal defense of EXCUSE is...






11. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






12. Verdict






13. Miranda Rights...






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






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






16. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






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






18. Right to an impartial jury






19. A regimented - dehumanizing institution such as a prison in which like-situated people are kept in social isolation - cut off from the world at large.






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






21. Concurrent Sentence






22. What is Duress?






23. What is General Deterrence?






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






25. Goals of Punishment






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






27. Factors that Influence Sentencing






28. Right to compulsory process






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






30. The sentence






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






32. 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.






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






34. An alternative sanction that requires an offender to work in the community at such task as cleaning public parks or working with disabled children in lieu of an incarceration sentence.






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






36. A correctional institution that houses dangerous felons and maintains strict security measure - high walls - and limited contact with the outside world.






37. The substantive criminal law...






38. Broken window policing is a strategy in which police officer...






39. A short prison sentence served in boot camp-type facilities






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






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






42. Consecutive sentence






43. Right to an impartial judge






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






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






46. 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.






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






48. Peremptory Challenge






49. Right to confront witnesses






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