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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






2. The average officers makes how many felony arrests per month?






3. Competent Standard

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4. Right to counsel






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






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






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






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






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






10. Indeterminate Sentencing






11. Right to speedy trial






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






13. An alternative sanction that requires an offender to work in the community at such task as cleaning public parks or working with disabled children in lieu of an incarceration sentence.






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






15. NCVS crime statistics are likely to be better then the UCR crimes statistics in...






16. Factors that Influence Sentencing






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






18. Which is more common - violent crimes or property crimes?






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






20. Judicial Waiver






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






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






23. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






24. Miranda Rights...






25. In order for a case to be heard by the Supreme Court...






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






27. 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.






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






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






30. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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






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






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






34. 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...






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






37. Right to public trial






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






39. Evidentiary Standard






40. About how many Americans are under some form of correctional supervision?






41. Motion for a direct verdict






42. A short term militaristic correctional facility in which inmates undergo intensive physical conditioning and discipline.






43. Goals of Punishment






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






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






46. What is Duress?






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






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






49. Statutory Jurisdiction






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