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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Probation failure correlates to...






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






3. Judicial Waiver






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






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






6. Models of sentencing






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






8. Challenged for cause






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






10. Problems of Parole






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






12. Three Strikes Law






13. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






14. 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






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






16. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






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






18. Women Imprisoned






19. Miranda Rights...






20. What are characteristics of inmates






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






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






23. What are the three systems to transfer juveniles to adult court?






24. What time of year are crime rates in the U.S. the highest?






25. 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.






26. Competent Standard


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






28. Truth in Sentencing






29. Argument against the Death Penalty






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






31. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






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






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






34. Concurrent Jursidiction






35. Trial Process






36. The substantive criminal law...






37. What is Duress?






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






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






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






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






42. The sentence






43. The policing style associated with police officers belief that it is his duty to be a first line responder to various problems in the community is...






44. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. Problem of Re-entry






50. Motion for a direct verdict