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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. Three Strikes Law






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






3. According to Cohen's sub-culture or cultural deviance theory - gang values...






4. Legal counsel for the defendant in a criminal case - representing to final appeal.






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.






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






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






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






9. Alternative Correctional Institution






10. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






11. Is female involvement in violent crime increasing or decreasing?






12. A view of criminal justice that focuses on crime as an act against the community rather than the state






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






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






15. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






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






17. Motion for a direct verdict






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






19. Factors that Influence Sentencing






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






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






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






23. 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






24. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






25. Delinquents






26. An example of the criminal defense of justifaction is...






27. Right to confront witnesses






28. Concurrent Jursidiction






29. Competent Standard

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






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






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






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






34. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






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






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






37. A defendent who lacks the funds to hire a private attorney and is therefore entitled to free counsel.






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






39. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






40. Peremptory Challenge






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






42. 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.






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






44. 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






45. The use of an alternative to trial - such as referral to treament or employment programs.






46. Mens reas is important in determining if a person can be held criminally responsible and refers specifically to...






47. Consecutive sentence






48. A correctional institution that houses dangerous felons and maintains strict security measure - high walls - and limited contact with the outside world.






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






50. Problem of Re-entry