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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. About how many Americans are under some form of correctional supervision?






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






3. Right to counsel






4. Problem of Re-entry






5. 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.






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






7. A regimented - dehumanizing institution such as a prison in which like-situated people are kept in social isolation - cut off from the world at large.






8. According to Freud's psychological theory - deviant behavior is the result of...






9. What is General Deterrence?






10. Three Strikes Law






11. Verdict






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






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






14. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






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






16. The least secure institution that houses white-colar and nonviolent offenders - maintains few security measures - and has liberal furlough and visitation policies.






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






18. Delinquents






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






20. Consecutive sentence






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Right to an impartial jury






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






29. Models of sentencing






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






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






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






33. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






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






35. The early release of a prisoner from imprisonment subject to conditions set by correctional authorites.






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






37. Arguments for the Death Penalty


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






39. Argument against the Death Penalty






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






41. Right to confront witnesses






42. Peremptory Challenge






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






44. Trial Process






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






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






47. Problems of Parole






48. Evidentiary Standard






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






50. The Conflict View of criminal definitions assumes that criminal law expresses...