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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A condition of probation in which the offender repays society or the victim of crime for the trouble the offender caused.






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






3. Determinate Sentencing






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






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






6. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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7. Trial Process






8. What is the common criteria for juveniles to be diverted to community programs?






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






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






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






12. According to Freud's psychological theory - deviant behavior is the result of...






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






14. According to social reaction/labeling theory - some young people become criminals because...






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






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






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






18. Duties of probation officers






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






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






21. Capital Punishment






22. Statutory Jurisdiction






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






24. Probation failure correlates to...






25. Right to counsel






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






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






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






29. Good time






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






31. Indeterminate Sentencing






32. Judicial Waiver






33. The policing style associated with police officers belief that it is his duty to be a first line responder to various problems in the community is...






34. Competent Standard

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






36. Verdict






37. 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.






38. Truth in Sentencing






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






40. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






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






42. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






43. Problem of Re-entry






44. Status Offenders






45. 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






46. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






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






48. 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






49. Right to confront witnesses






50. Models of sentencing