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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. From 1995 to 2005 - the crime rate in the U.S...






2. Competent Standard

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






4. According to the Supreme Court - the following activities would not violate individual protections against illegal seasrch and seizure...






5. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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






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






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






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






10. Concurrent Jursidiction






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






12. Indeterminate Sentencing






13. 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...






14. Determinate Sentencing






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






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






17. Statutory Jurisdiction






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






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






20. A group of citizens chosen to hear charges against persons accused of crime and to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to bring the person to trial.






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






26. A form of intermediate sanction that requires that the convicted offender spend a designated amount of time per week in his or her own home-such as from 6:00 P.M. Friday until 8:00 A.M.






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






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






29. What is Duress?






30. Motion for a direct verdict






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






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






33. Argument against the Death Penalty






34. Mandatory Sentence






35. 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.






36. 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






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






38. The sentence






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






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






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






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






43. Peremptory Challenge






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






45. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






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






47. What is General Deterrence?






48. The use of an alternative to trial - such as referral to treament or employment programs.






49. Consecutive sentence






50. Right to speedy trial