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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. According to social reaction/labeling theory - some young people become criminals because...






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






3. Determinate Sentencing






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






5. The group of punishment falling between probation and prison. Community-based sanction - including house arrest and intensive supervision - serve as alternatives to incarceration.






6. Problems of Parole






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






8. Concurrent Sentence






9. Evidentiary Standard






10. According to Sampson and Laub's age-graded theory of crime - a developmental theory - the following points are associated with reduced recidivism...






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






12. Status Offenders






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






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






15. Right to compulsory process






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






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






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






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






20. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






21. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






22. Right to public trial






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






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






25. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






26. An alternative sanction that requires an offender to work in the community at such task as cleaning public parks or working with disabled children in lieu of an incarceration sentence.






27. Packer describes the due process model of the criminal justice system operating like an...






28. Problem of Re-entry






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Concurrent Jursidiction






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






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






38. Good time






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Capital Punishment






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






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






48. What are characteristics of inmates






49. 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






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