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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A court order requiring a witness to appear in court at a specified time and place.






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






3. An example of the criminal defense of justifaction is...






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






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






6. What do police officers spend most of their time on patrol doing?






7. Common concerns with the privatization of policing includes...






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






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






10. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






11. About how many people are in prisons in the US?






12. What is Duress?






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






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






15. Right to public trial






16. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






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






18. Alternative Correctional Institution






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






20. Models of sentencing






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






22. Right to confront witnesses






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






24. Challenged for cause






25. 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.






26. 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.






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






28. Indeterminate Sentencing






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






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






31. Trial Process






32. Some of the policing reforms that August Vollmer proposed include...






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






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






35. Concurrent Jursidiction






36. Competent Standard

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






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






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






40. 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.






41. Judicial Waiver






42. Miranda Rights...






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






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






45. 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.






46. Civil right that include the right of inmates to receive mail and medical benefits and to practice their religion.






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






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






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






50. According to the Supreme Court - the following activities would not violate individual protections against illegal seasrch and seizure...