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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. According to the Supreme Court - the following activities would not violate individual protections against illegal seasrch and seizure...






2. 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.






3. A community-based correctional facility that houses inmates before their outright released so that they can become gradually acclimatd to conventional society.






4. Miranda Rights...






5. Truth in Sentencing






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






7. Judicial Waiver






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






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






10. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






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






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






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






14. During the araignment phase of the court process - defendants...






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






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






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






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






19. Right to public trial






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






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






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






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






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






25. Concurrent Sentence






26. Right to speedy trial






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






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






29. Status Offenders






30. What was significant about the Illinois Juvenile Court Act of 1899?






31. What is General Deterrence?






32. Peremptory Challenge






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






34. Probation failure correlates to...






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






36. Challenged for cause






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






38. Bench Trial






39. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






40. The least secure institution that houses white-colar and nonviolent offenders - maintains few security measures - and has liberal furlough and visitation policies.






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






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






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






44. Right to compulsory process






45. What is Duress?






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






47. Right to an impartial judge






48. Statutory Jurisdiction






49. 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.






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