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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Delinquents






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






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






4. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






5. Status Offenders






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






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






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






9. Evidentiary Standard






10. Good time






11. Factors that Influence Sentencing






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






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






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






15. Miranda Rights...






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






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






18. Statutory Jurisdiction






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






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






21. Motion for a direct verdict






22. Right to speedy trial






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






29. Goals of Punishment






30. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






31. According to choice theories of crime (classical school) - humans are'






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






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






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






35. The sentence






36. The substantive criminal law...






37. A community-based correctional facility that houses inmates before their outright released so that they can become gradually acclimatd to conventional society.






38. Right to an impartial judge






39. Capital Punishment






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






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






42. Three Strikes Law






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






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






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






46. 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.






47. Right to counsel






48. According to social reaction/labeling theory - some young people become criminals because...






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






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