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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






3. 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...






4. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






5. The substantive criminal law...






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






7. Alternative Correctional Institution






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






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






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






11. Delinquents






12. 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.






13. Probation failure correlates to...






14. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






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






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






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






18. Three Strikes Law






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






20. A form of intermediate sanction that requires that the convicted offender spend a designated amount of time per week in his or her own home-such as from 6:00 P.M. Friday until 8:00 A.M.






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






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






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






24. Models of sentencing






25. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






26. Right to an impartial jury






27. In order for a case to be heard by the Supreme Court...






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






29. Peremptory Challenge






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






31. Motion for a direct verdict






32. Concurrent Sentence






33. The sentence






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






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






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






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






38. The least secure institution that houses white-colar and nonviolent offenders - maintains few security measures - and has liberal furlough and visitation policies.






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






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






41. A group of citizens chosen to hear charges against persons accused of crime and to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to bring the person to trial.






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






43. A correctional policy that allow inates to leave the institution for vocational or educational training - for employment - or to maintain famly ties.






44. The decision by a prosecuttor to drop a case after a complaint has been made because of - for examples - insufficatient edvidence.






45. 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.






46. An argument in favor of the O.J. trial is likely to point to the fact that...






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






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






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






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