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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. The Supreme Court descison on NO EXCEPTIONS said that...






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






7. Judicial Waiver






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






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






10. 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.






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






12. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






13. Concurrent Sentence






14. Good time






15. Factors that Influence Sentencing






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






17. Motion for a direct verdict






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






19. Alternative Correctional Institution






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






21. 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






22. Truth in Sentencing






23. What is Duress?






24. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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






26. Bench Trial






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






28. Delinquents






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






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






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






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






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






34. What are characteristics of inmates






35. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






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






37. Right to speedy trial






38. 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...






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






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






41. 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






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






43. 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.






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






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






46. Challenged for cause






47. The decision by a prosecuttor to drop a case after a complaint has been made because of - for examples - insufficatient edvidence.






48. 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.






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






50. Indeterminate Sentencing