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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A correctional institution that houses dangerous felons and maintains strict security measure - high walls - and limited contact with the outside world.






2. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






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






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






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






6. Right to public trial






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






8. Goals of Punishment






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






10. About how many people are in prisons in the US?






11. Duties of probation officers






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






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






14. Who has a better record of defending clients; private or public attorneys?






15. Competent Standard

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






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






18. Argument against the Death Penalty






19. Peremptory Challenge






20. 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.






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






22. Right to counsel






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






24. Trial Process






25. Levying a money payment on offenders to compensate society for their misdeeds






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






27. Consecutive sentence






28. Verdict






29. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






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






31. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






32. The newest form of a maximum-security prison that uses high-level securtity mesasure to incapacitate the nation's most dangerous criminals. Most inmates are in lockdown 23 hours per day.






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






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






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






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






37. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






38. Motion for a direct verdict






39. Sir Robert Peel believed that police officers should...






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






41. In the common law - a crime that is considered mala in se is...






42. What are characteristics of inmates






43. Civil right that include the right of inmates to receive mail and medical benefits and to practice their religion.






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






45. Mandatory Sentence






46. 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.






47. 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






48. Factors that Influence Sentencing






49. What was significant about the Illinois Juvenile Court Act of 1899?






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