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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is General Deterrence?






2. Determinate Sentencing






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






4. About how many people are in prisons in the US?






5. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






12. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






13. The use of an alternative to trial - such as referral to treament or employment programs.






14. Miranda Rights...






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






16. Factors that Influence Sentencing






17. Status Offenders






18. Duties of probation officers






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






20. What is the common criteria for juveniles to be diverted to community programs?






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






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






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






24. Judicial Waiver






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






26. From 1995 to 2005 - the crime rate in the U.S...






27. 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...






28. Three Strikes Law






29. 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






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






31. Right to an impartial jury






32. Consecutive sentence






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






34. Problems of Parole






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






36. An administrative act performed by a parole authority that remove a person from parole -or a judicial orded by a court removing a person from parole or probation - in response to a violation on the part of the parolee.






37. Right to confront witnesses






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. Mens reas is important in determining if a person can be held criminally responsible and refers specifically to...






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






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






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






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






48. NCVS crime statistics are likely to be better then the UCR crimes statistics in...






49. Right to speedy trial






50. Problem of Re-entry