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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. Right to compulsory process






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






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






4. A short prison sentence served in boot camp-type facilities






5. Problems of Parole






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






7. Capital Punishment






8. Consecutive sentence






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






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






11. 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.






12. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






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






14. How many percent of criminal defendents are considered indigent?






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






16. Mandatory Sentence






17. An example of the criminal defense of justifaction is...






18. Evidentiary Standard






19. Three Strikes Law






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






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






22. Argument against the Death Penalty






23. Peremptory Challenge






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






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






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






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






28. Concurrent Sentence






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






36. Problem of Re-entry






37. Jury Selection

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






39. Status Offenders






40. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






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






42. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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






44. Delinquents






45. Right to be competent at trail

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






47. 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.






48. The Conflict View of criminal definitions assumes that criminal law expresses...






49. Truth in Sentencing






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







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