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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. A court order requiring a witness to appear in court at a specified time and place.






2. Factors that Influence Sentencing






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






10. Right to public trial






11. Status Offenders






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






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






14. Bench Trial






15. Women Imprisoned






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






17. Right to an impartial judge






18. Truth in Sentencing






19. Models of sentencing






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






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






22. What is General Deterrence?






23. According to Shaw and McKay's social disorganization theory - crime rates in a geographic area can be explained by...






24. 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.






25. Right to an impartial jury






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






27. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






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






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






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






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






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






33. Capital Punishment






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






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






36. Argument against the Death Penalty






37. Motion for a direct verdict






38. Alternative Correctional Institution






39. Stare decisis refers to the concept that legal decisions should be based on...






40. What are the three systems to transfer juveniles to adult court?






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






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






43. 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






44. Duties of probation officers






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






46. The process in which a probation officer settles cases at the initial appearance before the onset of formal criminal proceeding.






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






48. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






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






50. Miranda Rights...