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






3. Delinquents






4. Right to counsel






5. A prison treatment program that allows inmates to be released during the day to work in the community and return to prison at night.






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






7. Concurrent Sentence






8. What is General Deterrence?






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






10. What time of year are crime rates in the U.S. the highest?






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






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






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






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






15. 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...






16. Conditions or restriction mandated by the court that must be obeyed by a probationer






17. Truth in Sentencing






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






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






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






21. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






22. Concurrent Jursidiction






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






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






25. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






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






27. In female prisons - substitute family groups with a faux father - mother and siblings.






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






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






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






31. Mandatory Sentence






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






33. Right to confront witnesses






34. Duties of probation officers






35. Right to be competent at trail

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36. Competent Standard

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






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






39. Indeterminate Sentencing






40. A person can challenge a guilty plea by...






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






42. Consecutive sentence






43. Verdict






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






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






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






47. Right to an impartial judge






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






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






50. An example of the criminal defense of EXCUSE is...