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Criminal Justice

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1. The peak age for invovlment in violent crimes in the U.S. is...
Established that juveniles should be rehabilitated not punished and that children should not be treated as adults
Targets low level quality of life crimes to eliminate disorder in the community
House Arrest
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2. A condition of probation in which the offender repays society or the victim of crime for the trouble the offender caused.
Young - male - minority - poor
The accused must be brought to trial within 100 days of being arrested
Marriage
Restitution

3. Civil right that include the right of inmates to receive mail and medical benefits and to practice their religion.
45 states have provisions that allow judges to transer cases to the adult court room
Probation
Rational - self- intersted and hedonistic
Substantive Rights

4. According to Freud's psychological theory - deviant behavior is the result of...
The FBI
The views of powerful elites in society
Anger Managment
Unresolved personality conflicts in early childhood

5. 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.
Anger Managment
Prison
Property crimes
Shock Probation

6. The use of an alternative to trial - such as referral to treament or employment programs.
The local police
It has been long routine in penal instutitions; there are 123 rape victims per 1000 inmates. According to inmates prison staff commit more crimes then other inmates
Diversion
If juror might be biased; if juror has knowledge of case; if unable to be impartial

7. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?
1. First time offender; 2. Non-violent or status offender; 3. Alcahol or drug problem
Responding to calls of service not chasing down criminals or making arrests
Illegally obtained confessions - cruel and unusual punishment and an impartial jury
Determined by judge -statutory requirements and jury recommendation

8. 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.
Grand Jury
Established customs and traditions
Televised coverage is not permitted in federal courts
Committed an act in violation of the penal code

9. Good time
Public Defender
Juvenile records are confidential; in recent years states have passed statutes to allow for records to be accessed by court order
Most are in minimum security and are less violent
Can earn 10 to 15 days per month and sentence reduction

10. Status Offenders
Whether the person intentionally committed the act
Jail
Commonly classified as Persons in Need of Supervision (PINS) or Children in Need of Supervision (CHINS)
Probation

11. Stare decisis refers to the concept that legal decisions should be based on...
Insanity - battared woman syndrome - status as a juvenile
Should be whether the defendent has sufficient present ability to consult with defendents lawyers and defend one's self
The FBI
Established customs and traditions

12. A person can challenge a guilty plea by...
The U.S. Marshall
Claiming he/she did not have effective counsul - claiming the plea was not made voluntarily and claiming that the prosecuter did not keep his/her promises made in the agreement
The place and its charecteristics
Established that juveniles should be rehabilitated not punished and that children should not be treated as adults

13. Packer describes the due process model of the criminal justice system operating like an...
The U.S. Marshall
Obstacle course
Accountability of private police to legal standards of policing and equity in treatment of rich and poor areas
$200 billion

14. The attempt by correctional agencies to maintain convicted offenders in the community instead of a secure facilty it includes probation - parole and residential programs.
The U.S. Marshall
Day Fees
Community Treatment
Intermediate Sanctions

15. Which is more common - violent crimes or property crimes?
Most are in minimum security and are less violent
Property crimes
For criminal trials - the evidentairy standard is proof beyond a reasonable doubt
Whether the person intentionally committed the act

16. The initial reaction in prison is usually...
Depression and loneliness are common and inmates must learn coping behaviors
15 states allow the prosecutor to decide
Pennsylvania System
Defense Attorney

17. Verdict
Prison
1. guilty; 2. not guilty; 3. hung jury
Targets low level quality of life crimes to eliminate disorder in the community
Super Maximum-Security Prison

18. Problem of Re-entry
1. Large numbers of re-entering inmates; 2. Legal prohibition on kinds of employment; 3. Limits on obtaining licenses; 4. Restriction on freedom of movment
Defense Attorney
Lengthy prison term for 3rd felony offense even if it is a minor offense
Statutory requirement - limits judges power

19. The majority of criminal cases in the U.S are investigated by...
Guaranteed by the 6th amendment defendent may choose to waive the right to cousel and self-represent
The local police
Established that juveniles should be rehabilitated not punished and that children should not be treated as adults
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20. A prison system - developed in New York during the nineteenth centry - based on congregate work during the day and seperaton at night.
New York (Auburn) System
Established customs and traditions
Can earn 10 to 15 days per month and sentence reduction
1. Probability of error; 2. Unfair use of discretion; 3. Misplaced vengeance; 4. Weak public support; 5. Little deterrent effect; 6. Race/Gender biases; 7. Brutal; 8. Expensive

21. Are arrest rates of drug-related crime higher or lower then they were in the 1970's?
Sentence served one after another
The local police
Higher
Committed an act in violation of the penal code

22. Probation failure correlates to...
The local police
Young males - unemployed or low income - prior criminal record or history
Rational - self- intersted and hedonistic
If the punishment is 6 months in prisonment or more

23. Conditions or restriction mandated by the court that must be obeyed by a probationer
Recoupment
Jail
Probation Rules
1. Concurrent Jurisdiction; 2. Statutory Jurisdiction; 3. Judicial Waiver

24. Bench Trial
Lengthy prison term for 3rd felony offense even if it is a minor offense
Test for one's competents to stand trial
All evidence that is obtained illegally must be thrown out from the use at trial
Trial by a judge without jury

25. Miranda Rights...
PRESUMPTION of DETENTION to limit the release of suspects on bail
$200 billion
Miranda Waivers are particularly relevent to juveniles
The search of abandoned property - the search of an open field - the fly-over search of property

26. Who has a better record of defending clients; private or public attorneys?
Forfeiture
Private attorneys
1. guilty; 2. not guilty; 3. hung jury
1. Investigate; 2. Intake; 3. Diagnosis; 4. Supervision; Risk Classification

27. An example of the criminal defense of EXCUSE is...
Insanity - battared woman syndrome - status as a juvenile
Commonly classified as Persons in Need of Supervision (PINS) or Children in Need of Supervision (CHINS)
1. prison farms and camps; 2. Shock Incarations; 3. Community correctional facilities; 4. Private prisons
Guaranteed by the 6th amendment defendent may choose to waive the right to cousel and self-represent

28. About how many Americans are under some form of correctional supervision?
1. personal deficits; 2. social deficit; 3. Economic deficits; 4. Marriage and family deficits
Counting the number of rapes in the U.S.
7 Million Americans
Guaranteed by the 6th amendment defendent may choose to waive the right to cousel and self-represent

29. Trial Process
Claiming he/she did not have effective counsul - claiming the plea was not made voluntarily and claiming that the prosecuter did not keep his/her promises made in the agreement
Higher
1. Jury Selection; 2. Opening Statement; 3. Prosecution Case; 4. Motion for Directed Verdict; 5. Closing Argument; 6. Direction to Jury; 7. Verdict; 8. Sentence; 9. Appeal
Assembly line

30. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?
Forfeiture
Loyalty is a critical component of the police subculture
Unreported crimes - police corruption - police errors
Pre-Sentence Investigation

31. The 5th amendment protects citizens from...
Self-incrimination
Parole
They frequently mistake the indentity of suspects
Young males - unemployed or low income - prior criminal record or history

32. What is the criteria to determine whether someone is entitled to jury trial?
Diversion
Social agent
About 10 felony arrests per month
If the punishment is 6 months in prisonment or more

33. The least secure institution that houses white-colar and nonviolent offenders - maintains few security measures - and has liberal furlough and visitation policies.
Prison
Certainty of punishment - swiftness of punishment - punishment that is proportional to the severity of the crime
Minimum-Security Prison
Lengthy prison term for 3rd felony offense even if it is a minor offense

34. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law
If the officer supects that the person carrying weapons
The procedural criminal law
29 states automatically exclude some offenses from juvenile court (EX. Rape/Murder)
Responding to calls of service not chasing down criminals or making arrests

35. The substantive criminal law...
Defines what is criminal behavior and appropriate punishments
Trial by a judge without jury
Certainty of punishment - swiftness of punishment - punishment that is proportional to the severity of the crime
Grand Jury

36. Some of the policing reforms that August Vollmer proposed include...
Forfeiture
1. Probability of error; 2. Unfair use of discretion; 3. Misplaced vengeance; 4. Weak public support; 5. Little deterrent effect; 6. Race/Gender biases; 7. Brutal; 8. Expensive
Police training - fingerprinting - and polygraph tests
House Arrest

37. Peremptory Challenge
Public Defender
Furlough
Community Treatment
When a jury member is challenged for no reason

38. Determinate Sentencing
Anger Managment
Sentence served simultaneously
It has been long routine in penal instutitions; there are 123 rape victims per 1000 inmates. According to inmates prison staff commit more crimes then other inmates
A fixed term of incarceration

39. NCVS crime statistics are likely to be better then the UCR crimes statistics in...
Counting the number of rapes in the U.S.
Lengthy prison term for 3rd felony offense even if it is a minor offense
$200 billion
Boot Camp

40. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?
1. Impartial Judge; 2. Competent to Stand Trial; 3. Confront Witnesses; 4. Compulsory Process; 5. Impartial Jury; 6. Counsul; 7. Speedy Trial; 8. Public Trial
Were considered highly educated in their time period
Parole
Restitution

41. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes
Whether the person intentionally committed the act
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Penitentiary House
Social agent

42. The group of punishment falling between probation and prison. Community-based sanction - including house arrest and intensive supervision - serve as alternatives to incarceration.
Highway Patrol
Increasing
1. Large numbers of re-entering inmates; 2. Legal prohibition on kinds of employment; 3. Limits on obtaining licenses; 4. Restriction on freedom of movment
Intermediate Sanctions

43. A prison treatment program that allows inmates to be released during the day to work in the community and return to prison at night.
Young males - unemployed or low income - prior criminal record or history
Forfeiture
Grand Jury
Work Release

44. Are tv camara's aloud in federal court?
Selected random from tax records - Driver's Liscence records and voter registration
nolle prosequi
Televised coverage is not permitted in federal courts
The procedural criminal law

45. Right to speedy trial
The accused must be brought to trial within 100 days of being arrested
Committed an act in violation of the penal code
Private attorneys
Shock Probation

46. How many percent of criminal defendents are considered indigent?
A fixed term of incarceration
Rational - self- intersted and hedonistic
Pre-Sentence Investigation
90%

47. An investigation performed by a probation officer attached to a trial court after the conviction of a defendent.
Test for one's competents to stand trial
Shock Probation
It has been long routine in penal instutitions; there are 123 rape victims per 1000 inmates. According to inmates prison staff commit more crimes then other inmates
Pre-Sentence Investigation

48. Right to be competent at trail

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49. Right to confront witnesses
Guaranteed by the 6th amendment.
Unreported crimes - police corruption - police errors
1. General Deterrence; 2. Specific Deterrence; 3. Incapaition; 4. Rehab; 5. Restitution
Enter a plea

50. Three Strikes Law
1. guilty; 2. not guilty; 3. hung jury
Community Service Restitution
Lengthy prison term for 3rd felony offense even if it is a minor offense
Unreported crimes - police corruption - police errors