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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. An example of the criminal defense of EXCUSE is...






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






3. Verdict






4. The newest form of a maximum-security prison that uses high-level securtity mesasure to incapacitate the nation's most dangerous criminals. Most inmates are in lockdown 23 hours per day.






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






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






7. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






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






9. According to choice theories of crime (classical school) - humans are'






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






11. Trial Process






12. Right to be competent at trail

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13. Bench Trial






14. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






15. Right to confront witnesses






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






17. Good time






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






19. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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20. According to the stop and frisk rule - established by the Terry vs Ohio case a police officer may stop and frisk a person...






21. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






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






23. Right to speedy trial






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






25. Statutory Jurisdiction






26. 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.






27. Right to compulsory process






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






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






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






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






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






33. Alternative Correctional Institution






34. Concurrent Sentence






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






36. Competent Standard

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37. A person can challenge a guilty plea by...






38. Goals of Punishment






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






40. Truth in Sentencing






41. About how much does the U.S. spend on the criminal justice system every year?






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






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






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






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






46. 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...






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






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






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






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