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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






2. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






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






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






5. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






6. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






7. Determinate Sentencing






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






9. Trial Process






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






11. 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...






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






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






14. Right to speedy trial






15. According to Cohen's sub-culture or cultural deviance theory - gang values...






16. Factors that Influence Sentencing






17. What are characteristics of inmates






18. Bench Trial






19. Which is more common - violent crimes or property crimes?






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






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






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






23. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






24. 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.






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






26. 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.






27. The substantive criminal law...






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






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






30. Evidentiary Standard






31. Indeterminate Sentencing






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






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






34. What is Duress?






35. Motion for a direct verdict






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






37. What did the BAIL REFORM ACT of 1984 establish?






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






39. Miranda Rights...






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






41. Verdict






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






43. Models of sentencing






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






45. Right to an impartial judge






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






47. Problems of Parole






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






49. Goals of Punishment






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







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