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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The decision by a prosecuttor to drop a case after a complaint has been made because of - for examples - insufficatient edvidence.






2. Peremptory Challenge






3. Right to speedy trial






4. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






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






6. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






7. Mandatory Sentence






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






9. Problems of Parole






10. The majority of criminal cases in the U.S are investigated by...






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






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






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






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






15. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






16. Factors that Influence Sentencing






17. According to choice theories of crime (classical school) - humans are'






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






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






20. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






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






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






23. Status Offenders






24. Jury Selection

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






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






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






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






29. 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.






30. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






31. Judicial Waiver






32. Challenged for cause






33. Probation failure correlates to...






34. Miranda Rights...






35. 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.






36. 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.






37. Right to an impartial judge






38. In order for a case to be heard by the Supreme Court...






39. Are Jury trial common in the U.S.?






40. Consecutive sentence






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






42. Motion for a direct verdict






43. Process by which the state later recovers some or all of the cost of providing free legal counsel to an indigent defendant.






44. Good time






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






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






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






48. Packer describes the due process model of the criminal justice system operating like an...






49. 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






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