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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An argument in favor of the O.J. trial is likely to point to the fact that...






2. Delinquents






3. A prison system - developed in Pennsylvania during the nineteeth centry - based on total isolation and individual pentence.






4. Women Imprisoned






5. Bench Trial






6. Concurrent Sentence






7. Right to counsel






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






9. Determinate Sentencing






10. 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.






11. According to Shaw and McKay's social disorganization theory - crime rates in a geographic area can be explained by...






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






13. Factors that Influence Sentencing






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. Competent Standard

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






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






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






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






25. Probation failure correlates to...






26. What is Duress?






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






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






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






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






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






32. The sentence






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






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






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






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






37. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






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






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






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






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






42. Right to be competent at trail

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43. Right to public trial






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






45. From 1995 to 2005 - the crime rate in the U.S...






46. What are the three systems to transfer juveniles to adult court?






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






48. The attempt by correctional agencies to maintain convicted offenders in the community instead of a secure facilty it includes probation - parole and residential programs.






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






50. Stare decisis refers to the concept that legal decisions should be based on...