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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. Models of sentencing






2. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






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






4. Good time






5. Alternative Correctional Institution






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






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






8. The investigation of the murder of a postal worker would fall within the jurisdiction of...






9. In the common law - a crime that is considered mala in se is...






10. Factors that Influence Sentencing






11. What are characteristics of inmates






12. Right to speedy trial






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






14. Conditions or restriction mandated by the court that must be obeyed by a probationer






15. 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.






16. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






17. Physical punishment or punishment that is far in excess of that given to people under similar circumstances and is therefore banned by the eighth amendment. The death penalty has so far not been considered cruel and unusual if it is administered in f






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






19. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






20. What did the BAIL REFORM ACT of 1984 establish?






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






22. Judicial Waiver






23. Three Strikes Law






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






25. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






26. Right to be competent at trail

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






28. Statutory Jurisdiction






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






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






31. Trial Process






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






33. 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.






34. Bench Trial






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






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






37. Capital Punishment






38. 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.






39. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






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






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






42. Problem of Re-entry






43. Miranda Rights...






44. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






45. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






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






47. Concurrent Jursidiction






48. Motion for a direct verdict






49. Mandatory Sentence






50. Are tv camara's aloud in federal court?