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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. According to Freud's psychological theory - deviant behavior is the result of...






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






3. Mandatory Sentence






4. Sir Robert Peel believed that police officers should...






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






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






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






8. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






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






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






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






12. Challenged for cause






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






14. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






15. A prison system - developed in Pennsylvania during the nineteeth centry - based on total isolation and individual pentence.






16. What are characteristics of inmates






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






18. Truth in Sentencing






19. Competent Standard

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20. The sentence






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






22. Concurrent Sentence






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






24. Verdict






25. Women Imprisoned






26. Right to speedy trial






27. Delinquents






28. Packer describes the crime models criminal justice system operating like an...






29. Duties of probation officers






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






31. A prison treatment program that allows inmates to be released during the day to work in the community and return to prison at night.






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






33. Probation failure correlates to...






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






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






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






37. Evidentiary Standard






38. Capital Punishment






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






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






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






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






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






44. Bench Trial






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






46. Are tv camara's aloud in federal court?






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






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






49. Right to counsel






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