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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. What is Duress?






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






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






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






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






6. Jury Selection

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






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






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






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






11. Alternative Correctional Institution






12. Indeterminate Sentencing






13. Peremptory Challenge






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






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






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






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






18. A view of criminal justice that focuses on crime as an act against the community rather than the state






19. According to Packer's due process model of criminal justice - plea bargaining...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Argument against the Death Penalty






28. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






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






30. The peak age for involvement in property crimes in the U.S is...






31. Status Offenders






32. The sentence






33. Right to compulsory process






34. Right to an impartial judge






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






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






37. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






38. The group of punishment falling between probation and prison. Community-based sanction - including house arrest and intensive supervision - serve as alternatives to incarceration.






39. Capital Punishment






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






41. Broken window policing is a strategy in which police officer...






42. Goals of Punishment






43. Right to speedy trial






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






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






46. Delinquents






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






48. Probation failure correlates to...






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






50. Problem of Re-entry







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