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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. Alternative Correctional Institution






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






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






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






5. Determinate Sentencing






6. Legal counsel for the defendant in a criminal case - representing to final appeal.






7. What are characteristics of inmates






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






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






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






11. Consecutive sentence






12. Verdict






13. Concurrent Sentence






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






15. 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.






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






17. Status Offenders






18. Goals of Punishment






19. Indeterminate Sentencing






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






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






22. Challenged for cause






23. Good time






24. Women Imprisoned






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






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






27. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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






29. A program requiring probationers to pay in part for the costs of their treatment.






30. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






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






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






33. Right to confront witnesses






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Capital Punishment






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. Sir Robert Peel believed that police officers should...






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






49. Peremptory Challenge






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