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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The federal agency responsible for the witness protection program and fugitive investigations is...






2. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






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






4. Right to an impartial jury






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






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






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






8. Trial Process






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






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






11. Right to an impartial judge






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






13. Mandatory Sentence






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






15. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






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






17. The investigation of the murder of a postal worker would fall within the jurisdiction of...






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






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






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






21. Jury Selection

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22. Challenged for cause






23. Peremptory Challenge






24. Delinquents






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






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






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






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






29. Good time






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






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






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






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






34. A prison system - developed in New York during the nineteenth centry - based on congregate work during the day and seperaton at night.






35. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






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






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






38. Statutory Jurisdiction






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






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






41. Motion for a direct verdict






42. 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.






43. Concurrent Jursidiction






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






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






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






47. Competent Standard

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






49. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






50. In colonial America - the county sheriff's job included...