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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
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1. Common concerns with the privatization of policing includes...






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






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






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






5. Trial Process






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






7. Goals of Punishment






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






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






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






11. Good time






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






13. Factors that Influence Sentencing






14. Peremptory Challenge






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






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






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






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






19. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






20. Concurrent Jursidiction






21. Is female involvement in violent crime increasing or decreasing?






22. Levying a money payment on offenders to compensate society for their misdeeds






23. Duties of probation officers






24. Judicial Waiver






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






26. Miranda Rights...






27. Capital Punishment






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






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






30. Probation failure correlates to...






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






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






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






34. Problems of Parole






35. Right to compulsory process






36. Status Offenders






37. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






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






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






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






41. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






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






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






44. Motion for a direct verdict






45. Indeterminate Sentencing






46. Jury Selection

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






48. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






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






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