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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. Models of sentencing






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






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






4. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






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






6. Right to counsel






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






8. Concurrent Sentence






9. Factors that Influence Sentencing






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






11. Right to compulsory process






12. 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.






13. Trial Process






14. Concurrent Jursidiction






15. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






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






17. The sentence






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






19. Statutory Jurisdiction






20. According to Sampson and Laub's age-graded theory of crime - a developmental theory - the following points are associated with reduced recidivism...






21. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






22. What are characteristics of inmates






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






24. 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






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






26. Competent Standard

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






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






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






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






31. A short term militaristic correctional facility in which inmates undergo intensive physical conditioning and discipline.






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






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






34. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






35. Miranda Rights...






36. Alternative Correctional Institution






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






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






39. Three Strikes Law






40. 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.






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






42. Bench Trial






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






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






45. According to the stop and frisk rule - established by the Terry vs Ohio case a police officer may stop and frisk a person...






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. Judicial Waiver






48. Right to confront witnesses






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






50. Verdict