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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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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. About how many Americans are under some form of correctional supervision?






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






4. Models of sentencing






5. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






6. Three Strikes Law






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






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






9. Right to an impartial judge






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Truth in Sentencing






18. Determinate Sentencing






19. Challenged for cause






20. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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21. Argument against the Death Penalty






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






23. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






24. Good time






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






26. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






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






28. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






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






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






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






32. Goals of Punishment






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






34. Judicial Waiver






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






36. Verdict






37. Alternative Correctional Institution






38. A regimented - dehumanizing institution such as a prison in which like-situated people are kept in social isolation - cut off from the world at large.






39. The majority of criminal cases in the U.S are investigated by...






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






41. Consecutive sentence






42. Capital Punishment






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






44. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






45. Right to confront witnesses






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






47. 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.






48. 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.






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






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