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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. The Conflict View of criminal definitions assumes that criminal law expresses...






2. 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...






3. Argument against the Death Penalty






4. From 1995 to 2005 - the crime rate in the U.S...






5. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






6. The substantive criminal law...






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






8. Problem of Re-entry






9. Models of sentencing






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






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






12. Delinquents






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






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






15. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






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






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






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






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






20. What is General Deterrence?






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






22. According to Freud's psychological theory - deviant behavior is the result of...






23. A form of intermediate sanction that requires that the convicted offender spend a designated amount of time per week in his or her own home-such as from 6:00 P.M. Friday until 8:00 A.M.






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






25. The investigation of the murder of a postal worker would fall within the jurisdiction of...






26. According to Shaw and McKay's social disorganization theory - crime rates in a geographic area can be explained by...






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






28. Right to public trial






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






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






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






32. A program requiring probationers to pay in part for the costs of their treatment.






33. Jury Selection

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






35. Verdict






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






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






38. Indeterminate Sentencing






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






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






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






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






43. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






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






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






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






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






48. Right to an impartial jury






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






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







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