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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. The initial reaction in prison is usually...






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






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






4. Three Strikes Law






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






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






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






8. Delinquents






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. Competent Standard

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






15. The federal agency responsible for the witness protection program and fugitive investigations is...






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






17. Are tv camara's aloud in federal court?






18. What is General Deterrence?






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






25. According to choice theories of crime (classical school) - humans are'






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






27. In colonial America - the county sheriff's job included...






28. Women Imprisoned






29. What are characteristics of inmates






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






31. Mandatory Sentence






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






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






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






35. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






36. The peak age for invovlment in violent crimes in the U.S. is...






37. Peremptory Challenge






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






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






40. According to Shaw and McKay's social disorganization theory - crime rates in a geographic area can be explained by...






41. From 1995 to 2005 - the crime rate in the U.S...






42. The substantive criminal law...






43. Some of the policing reforms that August Vollmer proposed include...






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






45. Models of sentencing






46. Motion for a direct verdict






47. Right to speedy trial






48. Determinate Sentencing






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






50. 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.