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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An administrative act performed by a parole authority that remove a person from parole -or a judicial orded by a court removing a person from parole or probation - in response to a violation on the part of the parolee.






2. Right to counsel






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






4. The PRIMARY work of state law enforcement agencies involve...






5. The initial reaction in prison is usually...






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. A program requiring probationers to pay in part for the costs of their treatment.






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






14. The officers of the London Metropolitan Police...






15. Physical punishment or punishment that is far in excess of that given to people under similar circumstances and is therefore banned by the eighth amendment. The death penalty has so far not been considered cruel and unusual if it is administered in f






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






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






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






19. Alternative Correctional Institution






20. Right to an impartial jury






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






27. Concurrent Jursidiction






28. An investigation performed by a probation officer attached to a trial court after the conviction of a defendent.






29. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






30. A court order requiring a witness to appear in court at a specified time and place.






31. Determinate Sentencing






32. Status Offenders






33. Argument against the Death Penalty






34. The peak age for involvement in property crimes in the U.S is...






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






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






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






38. Factors that Influence Sentencing






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






40. Delinquents






41. About how many Americans are under some form of correctional supervision?






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






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






44. Miranda Rights...






45. Capital Punishment






46. Conditions or restriction mandated by the court that must be obeyed by a probationer






47. Peremptory Challenge






48. 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.






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






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