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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






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






3. Duties of probation officers






4. Right to be competent at trail

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






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






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






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






9. Bench Trial






10. 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.






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






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






13. A prison treatment program that allows inmates to be released during the day to work in the community and return to prison at night.






14. Concurrent Sentence






15. What is General Deterrence?






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






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






18. Physical punishment or punishment that is far in excess of that given to people under similar circumstances and is therefore banned by the eighth amendment. The death penalty has so far not been considered cruel and unusual if it is administered in f






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






20. Probation failure correlates to...






21. Determinate Sentencing






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. What are characteristics of inmates






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






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






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






31. Right to confront witnesses






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






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






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






35. Right to counsel






36. 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.






37. Problems of Parole






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. The sentence






40. Factors that Influence Sentencing






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






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






43. The attempt by correctional agencies to maintain convicted offenders in the community instead of a secure facilty it includes probation - parole and residential programs.






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






45. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






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






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






48. Challenged for cause






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






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