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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The early release of a prisoner from imprisonment subject to conditions set by correctional authorites.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. An investigation performed by a probation officer attached to a trial court after the conviction of a defendent.






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






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






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






14. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






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






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






17. Peremptory Challenge






18. A court order requiring a witness to appear in court at a specified time and place.






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






20. Verdict






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






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






23. 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






24. Right to an impartial judge






25. What do police officers spend most of their time on patrol doing?






26. Sir Robert Peel believed that police officers should...






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






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






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






30. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






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






32. 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.






33. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






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






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






36. Right to an impartial jury






37. Evidentiary Standard






38. Right to be competent at trail

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39. Good time






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






41. Right to speedy trial






42. 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...






43. 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.






44. Women Imprisoned






45. The Conflict View of criminal definitions assumes that criminal law expresses...






46. Determinate Sentencing






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






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






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






50. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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