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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A short prison sentence served in boot camp-type facilities






2. Concurrent Jursidiction






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






4. According to choice theories of crime (classical school) - humans are'






5. Capital Punishment






6. 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.






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






8. The sentence






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






10. Evidentiary Standard






11. Right to public trial






12. Three Strikes Law






13. Concurrent Sentence






14. Judicial Waiver






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






16. Right to be competent at trail

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17. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






18. An example of the criminal defense of justifaction is...






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






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






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






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






23. Truth in Sentencing






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






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






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






27. Peremptory Challenge






28. The use of an alternative to trial - such as referral to treament or employment programs.






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






30. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






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






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






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






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






35. 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






36. Duties of probation officers






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






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






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






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






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






42. Statutory Jurisdiction






43. Right to an impartial judge






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






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






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






47. Competent Standard

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48. Indeterminate Sentencing






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






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