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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A person can challenge a guilty plea by...






2. 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.






3. Delinquents






4. Capital Punishment






5. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






6. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






7. What is Duress?






8. 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






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






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






11. Right to public trial






12. Challenged for cause






13. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






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






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






16. Jury Selection

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17. Probation failure correlates to...






18. Are arrest rates of drug-related crime higher or lower then they were in the 1970's?






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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...






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






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






27. The initial reaction in prison is usually...






28. Right to speedy trial






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






35. Duties of probation officers






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






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






38. 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.






39. The 5th amendment protects citizens from...






40. Is female involvement in violent crime increasing or decreasing?






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






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






43. Concurrent Jursidiction






44. Indeterminate Sentencing






45. What is General Deterrence?






46. According to Packer's due process model of criminal justice - plea bargaining...






47. The attempt by correctional agencies to maintain convicted offenders in the community instead of a secure facilty it includes probation - parole and residential programs.






48. Motion for a direct verdict






49. A sentence entailing the conditional release of a convicted offender into the community under the supervision of the court






50. Peremptory Challenge