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Criminal Justice

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






2. Trial Process






3. Duties of probation officers






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






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






6. Physical punishment or punishment that is far in excess of that given to people under similar circumstances and is therefore banned by the eighth amendment. The death penalty has so far not been considered cruel and unusual if it is administered in f






7. The attempt by correctional agencies to maintain convicted offenders in the community instead of a secure facilty it includes probation - parole and residential programs.






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






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






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






11. Problem of Re-entry






12. Factors that Influence Sentencing






13. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






14. Levying a money payment on offenders to compensate society for their misdeeds






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






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






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






18. Models of sentencing






19. Good time






20. Right to public trial






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






22. What is the common criteria for juveniles to be diverted to community programs?






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






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






25. Miranda Rights...






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






27. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






28. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






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






30. Problems of Parole






31. Status Offenders






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






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






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






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






36. Indeterminate Sentencing






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






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






39. Probation failure correlates to...






40. 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.






41. An alternative sanction that requires an offender to work in the community at such task as cleaning public parks or working with disabled children in lieu of an incarceration sentence.






42. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






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






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






45. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






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






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






48. Judicial Waiver






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






50. About how many people are in prisons in the US?