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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In colonial America - the county sheriff's job included...






2. Three Strikes Law






3. Judicial Waiver






4. The Supreme Court descison on NO EXCEPTIONS said that...






5. Indeterminate Sentencing






6. Argument against the Death Penalty






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






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






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






10. Are arrest rates of drug-related crime higher or lower then they were in the 1970's?






11. Right to speedy trial






12. A short term militaristic correctional facility in which inmates undergo intensive physical conditioning and discipline.






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






14. Right to counsel






15. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






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






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






18. Right to public trial






19. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






20. Concurrent Jursidiction






21. Concurrent Sentence






22. Right to an impartial judge






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






24. What is General Deterrence?






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






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






27. Right to confront witnesses






28. 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






29. Problem of Re-entry






30. During the araignment phase of the court process - defendants...






31. Alternative Correctional Institution






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






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






34. What was significant about the Illinois Juvenile Court Act of 1899?






35. Motion for a direct verdict






36. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






37. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






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






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






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






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






42. Status Offenders






43. Truth in Sentencing






44. A correctional institution that houses dangerous felons and maintains strict security measure - high walls - and limited contact with the outside world.






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






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






47. Who has a better record of defending clients; private or public attorneys?






48. Women Imprisoned






49. Verdict






50. 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.