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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The least secure institution that houses white-colar and nonviolent offenders - maintains few security measures - and has liberal furlough and visitation policies.






2. Argument against the Death Penalty






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. What is General Deterrence?






12. Motion for a direct verdict






13. Concurrent Sentence






14. Bench Trial






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






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






17. Truth in Sentencing






18. Miranda Rights...






19. Right to public trial






20. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






21. Jury Selection

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






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






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






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






26. Probation failure correlates to...






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






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






29. An argument in favor of the O.J. trial is likely to point to the fact that...






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






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






32. Right to speedy trial






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






34. The sentence






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. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






37. 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...






38. 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.






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






40. A person can challenge a guilty plea by...






41. Right to an impartial judge






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






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






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






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






46. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






47. The peak age for involvement in property crimes in the U.S is...






48. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






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






50. Indeterminate Sentencing