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Criminal Justice

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1. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes
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Were considered highly educated in their time period
Penitentiary House
1. Jury Selection; 2. Opening Statement; 3. Prosecution Case; 4. Motion for Directed Verdict; 5. Closing Argument; 6. Direction to Jury; 7. Verdict; 8. Sentence; 9. Appeal

2. Right to be competent at trail

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3. About how many people are in prisons in the US?
It has been long routine in penal instutitions; there are 123 rape victims per 1000 inmates. According to inmates prison staff commit more crimes then other inmates
Miranda Waivers are particularly relevent to juveniles
1.4 million
Cruel and Unusual Punishment

4. Common concerns with the privatization of policing includes...
1. Large numbers of re-entering inmates; 2. Legal prohibition on kinds of employment; 3. Limits on obtaining licenses; 4. Restriction on freedom of movment
Targets low level quality of life crimes to eliminate disorder in the community
Accountability of private police to legal standards of policing and equity in treatment of rich and poor areas
Selected random from tax records - Driver's Liscence records and voter registration

5. In female prisons - substitute family groups with a faux father - mother and siblings.
Whent he punishment of one offender deters others
Grand Jury
1. prison farms and camps; 2. Shock Incarations; 3. Community correctional facilities; 4. Private prisons
Make-believe family

6. Evidentiary Standard
Rational - self- intersted and hedonistic
Society expects them to be criminals
For criminal trials - the evidentairy standard is proof beyond a reasonable doubt
The views of powerful elites in society

7. Legal counsel for the defendant in a criminal case - representing to final appeal.
Forfeiture
1. Probability of error; 2. Unfair use of discretion; 3. Misplaced vengeance; 4. Weak public support; 5. Little deterrent effect; 6. Race/Gender biases; 7. Brutal; 8. Expensive
A crime that is considered especially immoral
Defense Attorney

8. The 5th amendment protects citizens from...
Self-incrimination
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1. prison farms and camps; 2. Shock Incarations; 3. Community correctional facilities; 4. Private prisons
House Arrest

9. Packer describes the crime models criminal justice system operating like an...
Public Defender
The U.S. Marshall
Assembly line
About 10 felony arrests per month

10. The average officers makes how many felony arrests per month?
Sentence served simultaneously
About 10 felony arrests per month
Halfway House
Assembly line

11. Statutory Jurisdiction
29 states automatically exclude some offenses from juvenile court (EX. Rape/Murder)
Committed an act in violation of the penal code
Counting the number of rapes in the U.S.
45 states have provisions that allow judges to transer cases to the adult court room

12. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion
Work Release
Judge directs jury to acquit the defendant because the prosecution has fail to prove the elements of the crime according to legal standards
Went down steadily
It has been long routine in penal instutitions; there are 123 rape victims per 1000 inmates. According to inmates prison staff commit more crimes then other inmates

13. Problems of Parole
Guaranteed by the 6th amendment.
Defense Attorney
Sentence served one after another
1. personal deficits; 2. social deficit; 3. Economic deficits; 4. Marriage and family deficits

14. What is Duress?
Enter a plea
Most are in minimum security and are less violent
New York (Auburn) System
An example of the criminal defense of Justification

15. Good time
Loyalty is a critical component of the police subculture
Can earn 10 to 15 days per month and sentence reduction
Social agent
The U.S. Marshall

16. Mens reas is important in determining if a person can be held criminally responsible and refers specifically to...
Tend to be in opposition to mainstream cultural values
The search of abandoned property - the search of an open field - the fly-over search of property
nolle prosequi
Whether the person intentionally committed the act

17. Stare decisis refers to the concept that legal decisions should be based on...
Statutory requirement - limits judges power
Established customs and traditions
Forfeiture
If the officer supects that the person carrying weapons

18. Verdict
Boot Camp
1. guilty; 2. not guilty; 3. hung jury
Property crimes
Minimum-Security Prison

19. Are Jury trial common in the U.S.?
No - jury trials are NOT very common in the U.S.
Recoupment
Guaranteed by the 6th amendment defendent may choose to waive the right to cousel and self-represent
Assembly line

20. Process by which the state later recovers some or all of the cost of providing free legal counsel to an indigent defendant.
1. personal deficits; 2. social deficit; 3. Economic deficits; 4. Marriage and family deficits
1. Impartial Judge; 2. Competent to Stand Trial; 3. Confront Witnesses; 4. Compulsory Process; 5. Impartial Jury; 6. Counsul; 7. Speedy Trial; 8. Public Trial
Is favorable because it increases efficiency
Recoupment

21. An example of the criminal defense of EXCUSE is...
All evidence that is obtained illegally must be thrown out from the use at trial
Insanity - battared woman syndrome - status as a juvenile
Guaranteed by the 6th amendment defendent may choose to waive the right to cousel and self-represent
The death penalty only applies to first degree murder and only when aggravating circumstances are present

22. The PRIMARY work of state law enforcement agencies involve...
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Highway Patrol
Defines what is criminal behavior and appropriate punishments
Depression and loneliness are common and inmates must learn coping behaviors

23. The peak age for involvement in property crimes in the U.S is...
Society expects them to be criminals
nolle prosequi
Targets low level quality of life crimes to eliminate disorder in the community
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24. Indeterminate Sentencing
Restitution
Most widely used type of sentence - goal is to indivdualize punishment
The views of powerful elites in society
Went down steadily

25. A defendent who lacks the funds to hire a private attorney and is therefore entitled to free counsel.
Jail
Society expects them to be criminals
Indigent Defendant
Diversion

26. What did the BAIL REFORM ACT of 1984 establish?
PRESUMPTION of DETENTION to limit the release of suspects on bail
Intermediate Sanctions
It has been long routine in penal instutitions; there are 123 rape victims per 1000 inmates. According to inmates prison staff commit more crimes then other inmates
Increasing

27. Mandatory Sentence
PRESUMPTION of DETENTION to limit the release of suspects on bail
A crime that is considered especially immoral
Statutory requirement - limits judges power
Accountability of private police to legal standards of policing and equity in treatment of rich and poor areas

28. Miranda Rights...
Test for one's competents to stand trial
Miranda Waivers are particularly relevent to juveniles
Indigent Defendant
They frequently mistake the indentity of suspects

29. 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.
Miranda Waivers are particularly relevent to juveniles
Private attorneys
1. Incapactation; 2. Deterrence; 3. Moral 'an eye for an eye'; 4. Proportionality; 5. Public Opinion; 6. Low chance of error
Community Service Restitution

30. The process in which a probation officer settles cases at the initial appearance before the onset of formal criminal proceeding.
Intake
1. Incapactation; 2. Deterrence; 3. Moral 'an eye for an eye'; 4. Proportionality; 5. Public Opinion; 6. Low chance of error
All evidence that is obtained illegally must be thrown out from the use at trial
1.4 million

31. A correctional policy that allow inates to leave the institution for vocational or educational training - for employment - or to maintain famly ties.
Tend to be in opposition to mainstream cultural values
Furlough
There were too many police errors to trust the police evidence
Restorative Justice

32. In colonial America - the county sheriff's job included...
Shock Incarceration
Collecting taxes and supervising elections
Accountability of private police to legal standards of policing and equity in treatment of rich and poor areas
1. prison farms and camps; 2. Shock Incarations; 3. Community correctional facilities; 4. Private prisons

33. The Conflict View of criminal definitions assumes that criminal law expresses...
1. prison farms and camps; 2. Shock Incarations; 3. Community correctional facilities; 4. Private prisons
It has been long routine in penal instutitions; there are 123 rape victims per 1000 inmates. According to inmates prison staff commit more crimes then other inmates
Subpoena
The views of powerful elites in society

34. Concurrent Sentence
House Arrest
Sentence served simultaneously
Commonly classified as Persons in Need of Supervision (PINS) or Children in Need of Supervision (CHINS)
Community Treatment

35. A program requiring probationers to pay in part for the costs of their treatment.
Jail
Day Fees
Went down steadily
nolle prosequi

36. Packer describes the due process model of the criminal justice system operating like an...
House Arrest
1. Investigate; 2. Intake; 3. Diagnosis; 4. Supervision; Risk Classification
About 10 felony arrests per month
Obstacle course

37. A sentence in which offenders serve a short prison term before they begin probation - to impress them with the pain of imprisonment.
Pennsylvania System
Summer
Shock Probation
New York (Auburn) System

38. According to Beccaria - the three criteria required for deterrence to work ainclude...
15 states allow the prosecutor to decide
6 person jury is required by law jury must come to unanminous verdit
The accused must be brought to trial within 100 days of being arrested
Certainty of punishment - swiftness of punishment - punishment that is proportional to the severity of the crime

39. Probation failure correlates to...
Substantive Rights
Should treat people of different classes equitably
Young males - unemployed or low income - prior criminal record or history
1. General Deterrence; 2. Specific Deterrence; 3. Incapaition; 4. Rehab; 5. Restitution

40. A correctional institution that houses dangerous felons and maintains strict security measure - high walls - and limited contact with the outside world.
Defense Attorney
Maximum-Security
Responding to calls of service not chasing down criminals or making arrests
1. Probability of error; 2. Unfair use of discretion; 3. Misplaced vengeance; 4. Weak public support; 5. Little deterrent effect; 6. Race/Gender biases; 7. Brutal; 8. Expensive

41. From 1995 to 2005 - the crime rate in the U.S...
1. Impartial Judge; 2. Competent to Stand Trial; 3. Confront Witnesses; 4. Compulsory Process; 5. Impartial Jury; 6. Counsul; 7. Speedy Trial; 8. Public Trial
Went down steadily
Total Instutution
Day Fees

42. Competent Standard

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43. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?
Sentence served one after another
1. Probability of error; 2. Unfair use of discretion; 3. Misplaced vengeance; 4. Weak public support; 5. Little deterrent effect; 6. Race/Gender biases; 7. Brutal; 8. Expensive
1. Impartial Judge; 2. Competent to Stand Trial; 3. Confront Witnesses; 4. Compulsory Process; 5. Impartial Jury; 6. Counsul; 7. Speedy Trial; 8. Public Trial
Miranda Waivers are particularly relevent to juveniles

44. Jury Selection

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45. 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...
Forfeiture
29 states automatically exclude some offenses from juvenile court (EX. Rape/Murder)
Self-incrimination
Social agent

46. According to Cohen's sub-culture or cultural deviance theory - gang values...
Statutory requirement - limits judges power
Tend to be in opposition to mainstream cultural values
No - jury trials are NOT very common in the U.S.
The views of powerful elites in society

47. 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
Tend to be in opposition to mainstream cultural values
Fine
Claiming he/she did not have effective counsul - claiming the plea was not made voluntarily and claiming that the prosecuter did not keep his/her promises made in the agreement
Cruel and Unusual Punishment

48. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?
Prison
Determined by judge -statutory requirements and jury recommendation
Police training - fingerprinting - and polygraph tests
Unreported crimes - police corruption - police errors

49. Right to speedy trial
The accused must be brought to trial within 100 days of being arrested
1. Incapactation; 2. Deterrence; 3. Moral 'an eye for an eye'; 4. Proportionality; 5. Public Opinion; 6. Low chance of error
1. First time offender; 2. Non-violent or status offender; 3. Alcahol or drug problem
Should be whether the defendent has sufficient present ability to consult with defendents lawyers and defend one's self

50. The early release of a prisoner from imprisonment subject to conditions set by correctional authorites.
Targets low level quality of life crimes to eliminate disorder in the community
House Arrest
Parole
45 states have provisions that allow judges to transer cases to the adult court room