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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






9. Right to an impartial judge






10. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






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






12. The policing style associated with police officers belief that it is his duty to be a first line responder to various problems in the community is...






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






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






15. Competent Standard

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






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






18. Right to be competent at trail

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19. 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.






20. Right to public trial






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






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






23. The sentence






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






30. Models of sentencing






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






32. What is Duress?






33. Duties of probation officers






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






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






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






37. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






38. In female prisons - substitute family groups with a faux father - mother and siblings.






39. 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.






40. A person can challenge a guilty plea by...






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






42. According to Beccaria - the three criteria required for deterrence to work ainclude...






43. Argument against the Death Penalty






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






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






46. Judicial Waiver






47. Three Strikes Law






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






49. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






50. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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