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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Sir Robert Peel believed that police officers should...






2. What is Duress?






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






4. Bench Trial






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






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






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






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






9. Verdict






10. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






11. Problem of Re-entry






12. Women Imprisoned






13. Three Strikes Law






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






15. The sentence






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






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






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






19. Competent Standard

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20. Right to speedy trial






21. 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.






22. An attorney employed by the government to represent criminal defenders who cannot afford to pay for a lawyer.






23. The investigation of the murder of a postal worker would fall within the jurisdiction of...






24. 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.






25. Right to be competent at trail

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26. Jury Selection

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27. Statutory Jurisdiction






28. Argument against the Death Penalty






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






30. What did the BAIL REFORM ACT of 1984 establish?






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






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






33. Right to an impartial jury






34. An example of the criminal defense of EXCUSE is...






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






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






37. Delinquents






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






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






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






41. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






42. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






43. Judicial Waiver






44. What is the criteria to determine whether someone is entitled to jury trial?






45. A prison system - developed in Pennsylvania during the nineteeth centry - based on total isolation and individual pentence.






46. Indeterminate Sentencing






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






48. About how many people are in prisons in the US?






49. The decision by a prosecuttor to drop a case after a complaint has been made because of - for examples - insufficatient edvidence.






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