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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. About how much does the U.S. spend on the criminal justice system every year?






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






3. Three Strikes Law






4. What did the BAIL REFORM ACT of 1984 establish?






5. Peremptory Challenge






6. Factors that Influence Sentencing






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






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






9. Concurrent Sentence






10. The early release of a prisoner from imprisonment subject to conditions set by correctional authorites.






11. Miranda Rights...






12. According to the Supreme Court - the following activities would not violate individual protections against illegal seasrch and seizure...






13. Right to be competent at trail

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14. The PRIMARY work of state law enforcement agencies involve...






15. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






16. Models of sentencing






17. Stare decisis refers to the concept that legal decisions should be based on...






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






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






20. Trial Process






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






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






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






24. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






25. Delinquents






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






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






28. Good time






29. Verdict






30. The substantive criminal law...






31. The newest form of a maximum-security prison that uses high-level securtity mesasure to incapacitate the nation's most dangerous criminals. Most inmates are in lockdown 23 hours per day.






32. The sizure of personal property by the state as a civil or criminal penalty.






33. Truth in Sentencing






34. Jury Selection

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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Consecutive sentence






44. Civil right that include the right of inmates to receive mail and medical benefits and to practice their religion.






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






46. What is General Deterrence?






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






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






49. Competent Standard

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