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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In female prisons - substitute family groups with a faux father - mother and siblings.






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






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






4. Problem of Re-entry






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






6. Competent Standard

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






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






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






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






11. Right to counsel






12. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






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






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






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






16. Verdict






17. Miranda Rights...






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






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






20. Delinquents






21. Concurrent Jursidiction






22. Right to speedy trial






23. 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.






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






25. Process by which the state later recovers some or all of the cost of providing free legal counsel to an indigent defendant.






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






27. Consecutive sentence






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






29. The sentence






30. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






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






32. Argument against the Death Penalty






33. 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.






34. Goals of Punishment






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






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






37. Challenged for cause






38. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






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






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






41. Mandatory Sentence






42. Capital Punishment






43. 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.






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






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






46. Status Offenders






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






48. According to Beccaria - the three criteria required for deterrence to work ainclude...






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






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