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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A defendent who lacks the funds to hire a private attorney and is therefore entitled to free counsel.






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






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






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






5. 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.






6. According to Beccaria - the three criteria required for deterrence to work ainclude...






7. Broken window policing is a strategy in which police officer...






8. The sentence






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






10. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






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






12. Models of sentencing






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






14. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






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






16. Mandatory Sentence






17. Motion for a direct verdict






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






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






20. Probation failure correlates to...






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






22. Three Strikes Law






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






24. 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.






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






26. Factors that Influence Sentencing






27. Miranda Rights...






28. The substantive criminal law...






29. Problems of Parole






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






31. 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






32. The federal agency responsible for the witness protection program and fugitive investigations is...






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






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






35. 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.






36. What time of year are crime rates in the U.S. the highest?






37. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






38. Judicial Waiver






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






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






41. Right to compulsory process






42. Verdict






43. Goals of Punishment






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






45. The average officers makes how many felony arrests per month?






46. Challenged for cause






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






48. 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...






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






50. Truth in Sentencing