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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The federal agency responsible for the witness protection program and fugitive investigations is...






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






3. An investigation performed by a probation officer attached to a trial court after the conviction of a defendent.






4. Miranda Rights...






5. Concurrent Jursidiction






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






7. Peremptory Challenge






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






9. Indeterminate Sentencing






10. Status Offenders






11. Alternative Correctional Institution






12. Right to speedy trial






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






14. What are characteristics of inmates






15. 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






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






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






18. Right to public trial






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






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






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






22. Are Jury trial common in the U.S.?






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






24. Evidentiary Standard






25. A view of criminal justice that focuses on crime as an act against the community rather than the state






26. 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.






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






28. Truth in Sentencing






29. Argument against the Death Penalty






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






31. An attorney employed by the government to represent criminal defenders who cannot afford to pay for a lawyer.






32. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






33. 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.






34. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






35. A short prison sentence served in boot camp-type facilities






36. 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






37. Mandatory Sentence






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






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






40. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






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






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






43. Probation failure correlates to...






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






45. 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...






46. The average officers makes how many felony arrests per month?






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






48. Trial Process






49. Right to confront witnesses






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