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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






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






3. The sizure of personal property by the state as a civil or criminal penalty.






4. What is Duress?






5. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






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






7. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






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






9. A community-based correctional facility that houses inmates before their outright released so that they can become gradually acclimatd to conventional society.






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






11. The early release of a prisoner from imprisonment subject to conditions set by correctional authorites.






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






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






14. Duties of probation officers






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






16. Stare decisis refers to the concept that legal decisions should be based on...






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






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






19. Concurrent Jursidiction






20. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






21. Competent Standard

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22. 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.






23. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






24. Evidentiary Standard






25. Trial Process






26. Determinate Sentencing






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






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






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






30. Verdict






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






32. Statutory Jurisdiction






33. Truth in Sentencing






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






35. Right to be competent at trail

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






37. Problem of Re-entry






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






39. 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.






40. 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...






41. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






42. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






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






44. Alternative Correctional Institution






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






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






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






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






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






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