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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. About how many people are in prisons in the US?






2. A short prison sentence served in boot camp-type facilities






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






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






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






6. What percentage of police departments require officers to have a college degree?






7. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






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






9. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






10. A regimented - dehumanizing institution such as a prison in which like-situated people are kept in social isolation - cut off from the world at large.






11. What is General Deterrence?






12. 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






13. Judicial Waiver






14. 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.






15. NCVS crime statistics are likely to be better then the UCR crimes statistics in...






16. According to Packer's due process model of criminal justice - plea bargaining...






17. Factors that Influence Sentencing






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






19. Women Imprisoned






20. Statutory Jurisdiction






21. In female prisons - substitute family groups with a faux father - mother and siblings.






22. Competent Standard

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23. Motion for a direct verdict






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






25. The average officers makes how many felony arrests per month?






26. Right to public trial






27. A prison treatment program that allows inmates to be released during the day to work in the community and return to prison at night.






28. What are characteristics of inmates






29. Right to be competent at trail

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






31. Problem of Re-entry






32. Concurrent Jursidiction






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






34. Truth in Sentencing






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






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






37. The 5th amendment protects citizens from...






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






39. Right to compulsory process






40. Are Jury trial common in the U.S.?






41. What time of year are crime rates in the U.S. the highest?






42. Packer describes the crime models criminal justice system operating like an...






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






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






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






46. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






47. Alternative Correctional Institution






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






49. Determinate Sentencing






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