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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Duties of probation officers






2. Mens reas is important in determining if a person can be held criminally responsible and refers specifically to...






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






4. Legal counsel for the defendant in a criminal case - representing to final appeal.






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






6. 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.






7. 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...






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






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






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






11. A defendent who lacks the funds to hire a private attorney and is therefore entitled to free counsel.






12. 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






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






14. 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.






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






16. A sentence in which offenders serve a short prison term before they begin probation - to impress them with the pain of imprisonment.






17. Miranda Rights...






18. Packer describes the due process model of the criminal justice system operating like an...






19. The initial reaction in prison is usually...






20. Models of sentencing






21. Some of the policing reforms that August Vollmer proposed include...






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






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






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






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






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






27. The substantive criminal law...






28. Mandatory Sentence






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Right to compulsory process






37. Consecutive sentence






38. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






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






40. Alternative Correctional Institution






41. Is female involvement in violent crime increasing or decreasing?






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






43. The sentence






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






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






46. Status Offenders






47. What are characteristics of inmates






48. Indeterminate Sentencing






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






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