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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. In order for a case to be heard by the Supreme Court...






2. 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.






3. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






4. Judicial Waiver






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






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






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






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






9. Duties of probation officers






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






11. Mandatory Sentence






12. The initial reaction in prison is usually...






13. Motion for a direct verdict






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






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






16. Factors that Influence Sentencing






17. According to Cohen's sub-culture or cultural deviance theory - gang values...






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






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






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






21. Consecutive sentence






22. Challenged for cause






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






24. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






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






26. Determinate Sentencing






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






28. Right to be competent at trail

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29. 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.






30. Truth in Sentencing






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






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






33. Stare decisis refers to the concept that legal decisions should be based on...






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






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






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






37. In the common law - a crime that is considered mala in se is...






38. Right to speedy trial






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






40. 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






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






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






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






44. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






45. What is the criteria to determine whether someone is entitled to jury trial?






46. Goals of Punishment






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






48. The substantive criminal law...






49. Verdict






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