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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The 5th amendment protects citizens from...






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






3. A form of intermediate sanction that requires that the convicted offender spend a designated amount of time per week in his or her own home-such as from 6:00 P.M. Friday until 8:00 A.M.






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






5. Peremptory Challenge






6. Right to speedy trial






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






8. Trial Process






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






10. 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.






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






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






13. 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






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






15. Concurrent Jursidiction






16. Problems of Parole






17. Levying a money payment on offenders to compensate society for their misdeeds






18. Mandatory Sentence






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






20. Right to compulsory process






21. 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.






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






23. The sentence






24. Which is more common - violent crimes or property crimes?






25. Three Strikes Law






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






27. An investigation performed by a probation officer attached to a trial court after the conviction of a defendent.






28. Determinate Sentencing






29. 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.






30. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






31. What is General Deterrence?






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






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






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






35. Right to an impartial judge






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






37. Is female involvement in violent crime increasing or decreasing?






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






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






40. Capital Punishment






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






42. Good time






43. According to the stop and frisk rule - established by the Terry vs Ohio case a police officer may stop and frisk a person...






44. Models of sentencing






45. Probation failure correlates to...






46. The substantive criminal law...






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






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






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






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