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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Process by which the state later recovers some or all of the cost of providing free legal counsel to an indigent defendant.






2. Verdict






3. Probation failure correlates to...






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






5. Problem of Re-entry






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






7. Statutory Jurisdiction






8. Concurrent Sentence






9. An administrative act performed by a parole authority that remove a person from parole -or a judicial orded by a court removing a person from parole or probation - in response to a violation on the part of the parolee.






10. The sentence






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. What is Duress?






21. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






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






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






24. 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...






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






30. 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.






31. According to Packer's due process model of criminal justice - plea bargaining...






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






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






34. A defendent who lacks the funds to hire a private attorney and is therefore entitled to free counsel.






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






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






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






38. Motion for a direct verdict






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






40. Trial Process






41. 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






42. 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.






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






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






45. Right to speedy trial






46. Alternative Correctional Institution






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






48. Three Strikes Law






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






50. How confidential are juvenile records kept?