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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Status Offenders






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






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






4. The investigation of the murder of a postal worker would fall within the jurisdiction of...






5. Alternative Correctional Institution






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






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






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






9. Evidentiary Standard






10. About how many Americans are under some form of correctional supervision?






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






12. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






13. Miranda Rights...






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






15. Models of sentencing






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






17. Jury Selection

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






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






20. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






21. A form of intermediate sanction that requires that the convicted offender spend a designated amount of time per week in his or her own home-such as from 6:00 P.M. Friday until 8:00 A.M.






22. Concurrent Sentence






23. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






24. What percentage of police departments require officers to have a college degree?






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






26. A state of federal correctional institution for incarceration of felony offenders for term of one year or more.






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






28. Right to compulsory process






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






30. Challenged for cause






31. Truth in Sentencing






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






33. Right to public trial






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






35. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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






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






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






39. Are arrest rates of drug-related crime higher or lower then they were in the 1970's?






40. The initial reaction in prison is usually...






41. Bench Trial






42. 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.






43. What is General Deterrence?






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






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






46. Determinate Sentencing






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






48. Right to counsel






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






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