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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. About how many Americans are under some form of correctional supervision?






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






9. Concurrent Sentence






10. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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






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






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






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






15. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






16. The 5th amendment protects citizens from...






17. The sentence






18. 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.






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






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






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






22. Miranda Rights...






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






24. Competent Standard

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25. Statutory Jurisdiction






26. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






27. Delinquents






28. Bench Trial






29. Jury Selection

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






31. Probation failure correlates to...






32. Argument against the Death Penalty






33. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






34. The use of an alternative to trial - such as referral to treament or employment programs.






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






36. Trial Process






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






38. Peremptory Challenge






39. 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






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






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






42. Judicial Waiver






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






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






45. Indeterminate Sentencing






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






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






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






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






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






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