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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. During the araignment phase of the court process - defendants...






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






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






4. A sentence in which offenders serve a short prison term before they begin probation - to impress them with the pain of imprisonment.






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






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






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






8. Bench Trial






9. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






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






11. A state of federal correctional institution for incarceration of felony offenders for term of one year or more.






12. Challenged for cause






13. According to Freud's psychological theory - deviant behavior is the result of...






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






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






16. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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






18. Evidentiary Standard






19. Good time






20. Consecutive sentence






21. Goals of Punishment






22. An example of the criminal defense of EXCUSE is...






23. Argument against the Death Penalty






24. Status Offenders






25. Verdict






26. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






27. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






28. Right to public trial






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






30. What is Duress?






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






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






33. Trial Process






34. What are the three systems to transfer juveniles to adult court?






35. Judicial Waiver






36. A place to detain people awaiting trial - to serve as a lockup for drunks and disorderly individuals - and to confine convicted misdemeanants serving sentences of less then ten






37. Models of sentencing






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






39. An administrative act performed by a parole authority that remove a person from parole -or a judicial orded by a court removing a person from parole or probation - in response to a violation on the part of the parolee.






40. Mens reas is important in determining if a person can be held criminally responsible and refers specifically to...






41. The attempt by correctional agencies to maintain convicted offenders in the community instead of a secure facilty it includes probation - parole and residential programs.






42. A correctional policy that allow inates to leave the institution for vocational or educational training - for employment - or to maintain famly ties.






43. What are characteristics of inmates






44. Concurrent Jursidiction






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






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






47. Duties of probation officers






48. The least secure institution that houses white-colar and nonviolent offenders - maintains few security measures - and has liberal furlough and visitation policies.






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






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







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