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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Bench Trial






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






3. Right to confront witnesses






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






5. Sir Robert Peel believed that police officers should...






6. 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.






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






8. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






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






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






11. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






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






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






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






15. Verdict






16. Right to be competent at trail

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






18. Competent Standard

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19. What is the common criteria for juveniles to be diverted to community programs?






20. Concurrent Sentence






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






22. What is General Deterrence?






23. Factors that Influence Sentencing






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






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






26. An attorney employed by the government to represent criminal defenders who cannot afford to pay for a lawyer.






27. Motion for a direct verdict






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






29. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






30. Right to an impartial judge






31. Are Jury trial common in the U.S.?






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






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






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






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






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






37. Determinate Sentencing






38. Right to speedy trial






39. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






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






41. What do police officers spend most of their time on patrol doing?






42. Delinquents






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






44. Miranda Rights...






45. Models of sentencing






46. Packer describes the crime models criminal justice system operating like an...






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






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






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






50. A place to detain people awaiting trial - to serve as a lockup for drunks and disorderly individuals - and to confine convicted misdemeanants serving sentences of less then ten