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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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






3. Alternative Correctional Institution






4. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






5. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






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






7. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






8. Evidentiary Standard






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






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






11. Mandatory Sentence






12. Right to an impartial judge






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






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






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






16. A form of intermediate sanction that requires that the convicted offender spend a designated amount of time per week in his or her own home-such as from 6:00 P.M. Friday until 8:00 A.M.






17. Miranda Rights...






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






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






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






21. Common concerns with the privatization of policing includes...






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






23. 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...






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






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






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






28. Status Offenders






29. What is General Deterrence?






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






31. Three Strikes Law






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






33. Probation failure correlates to...






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






35. Delinquents






36. Problem of Re-entry






37. 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






38. During the araignment phase of the court process - defendants...






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






40. NCVS crime statistics are likely to be better then the UCR crimes statistics in...






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






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






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






44. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






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






46. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






47. Right to public trial






48. According to Freud's psychological theory - deviant behavior is the result of...






49. What percentage of police departments require officers to have a college degree?






50. Duties of probation officers