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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. According to Packer's due process model of criminal justice - plea bargaining...






2. Consecutive sentence






3. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






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






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






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






7. Right to speedy trial






8. Judicial Waiver






9. Who has a better record of defending clients; private or public attorneys?






10. Three Strikes Law






11. Are arrest rates of drug-related crime higher or lower then they were in the 1970's?






12. How many percent of criminal defendents are considered indigent?






13. Right to compulsory process






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






15. Indeterminate Sentencing






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






17. Evidentiary Standard






18. Duties of probation officers






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






20. Statutory Jurisdiction






21. What is Duress?






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






23. Right to an impartial judge






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






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






26. Argument against the Death Penalty






27. Problems of Parole






28. Right to counsel






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






30. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






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






32. What is General Deterrence?






33. The substantive criminal law...






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






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






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






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






38. Problem of Re-entry






39. Factors that Influence Sentencing






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






41. 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.






42. 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.






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






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






45. Which is more common - violent crimes or property crimes?






46. Right to an impartial jury






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






48. Truth in Sentencing






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






50. Women Imprisoned