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Criminal Justice

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






2. 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.






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






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






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






6. Bench Trial






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






8. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






9. Truth in Sentencing






10. Packer describes the due process model of the criminal justice system operating like an...






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






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






13. Right to be competent at trail

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






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






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






17. About how much does the U.S. spend on the criminal justice system every year?






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






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






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






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






22. The sentence






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






24. Concurrent Sentence






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






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






27. Mandatory Sentence






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






29. Right to speedy trial






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






31. 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...






32. 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.






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






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






35. Right to an impartial jury






36. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






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






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






39. Argument against the Death Penalty






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






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






42. Women Imprisoned






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






44. Right to an impartial judge






45. According to the Supreme Court - the following activities would not violate individual protections against illegal seasrch and seizure...






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






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






48. Determinate Sentencing






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






50. What are characteristics of inmates