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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. What percentage of police departments require officers to have a college degree?






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






3. Right to be competent at trail

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






5. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






6. Problems of Parole






7. Status Offenders






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






9. Verdict






10. The substantive criminal law...






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






12. Right to confront witnesses






13. Indeterminate Sentencing






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






15. A program requiring probationers to pay in part for the costs of their treatment.






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






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






18. Problem of Re-entry






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






20. Right to speedy trial






21. Women Imprisoned






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. The average officers makes how many felony arrests per month?






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






32. The decision by a prosecuttor to drop a case after a complaint has been made because of - for examples - insufficatient edvidence.






33. 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






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






35. An example of the criminal defense of justifaction is...






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






37. Conditions or restriction mandated by the court that must be obeyed by a probationer






38. What is General Deterrence?






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






40. Concurrent Jursidiction






41. Challenged for cause






42. Factors that Influence Sentencing






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






44. Probation failure correlates to...






45. Miranda Rights...






46. 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.






47. Models of sentencing






48. Evidentiary Standard






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






50. Delinquents