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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. According to Packer's due process model of criminal justice - plea bargaining...






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






3. The substantive criminal law...






4. Judicial Waiver






5. Bench Trial






6. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






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






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






9. Women Imprisoned






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. 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.






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






16. Common concerns with the privatization of policing includes...






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






18. Truth in Sentencing






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






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






21. How many percent of criminal defendents are considered indigent?






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






23. Verdict






24. Trial Process






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






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






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






28. A court order requiring a witness to appear in court at a specified time and place.






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






30. Problem of Re-entry






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






32. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






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






34. Right to speedy trial






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






36. A condition of probation in which the offender repays society or the victim of crime for the trouble the offender caused.






37. Challenged for cause






38. 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...






39. 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.






40. Argument against the Death Penalty






41. What is the common criteria for juveniles to be diverted to community programs?






42. Miranda Rights...






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






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






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






46. Concurrent Sentence






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






48. What is General Deterrence?






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






50. Probation failure correlates to...