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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Concurrent Jursidiction






2. Goals of Punishment






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






4. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






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






6. Truth in Sentencing






7. Right to counsel






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






9. 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...






10. Argument against the Death Penalty






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






12. In female prisons - substitute family groups with a faux father - mother and siblings.






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






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






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






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






17. A correctional institution that houses dangerous felons and maintains strict security measure - high walls - and limited contact with the outside world.






18. 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.






19. A prison system - developed in Pennsylvania during the nineteeth centry - based on total isolation and individual pentence.






20. Capital Punishment






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






22. What is General Deterrence?






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






24. Consecutive sentence






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






26. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






27. Mandatory Sentence






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






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






30. Good time






31. An attorney employed by the government to represent criminal defenders who cannot afford to pay for a lawyer.






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






33. Alternative Correctional Institution






34. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






35. The newest form of a maximum-security prison that uses high-level securtity mesasure to incapacitate the nation's most dangerous criminals. Most inmates are in lockdown 23 hours per day.






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






37. Judicial Waiver






38. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






39. Bench Trial






40. A state of federal correctional institution for incarceration of felony offenders for term of one year or more.






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. 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.






43. Statutory Jurisdiction






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






45. Status Offenders






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






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






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






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






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