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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Factors that Influence Sentencing






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






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






4. During the araignment phase of the court process - defendants...






5. The group of punishment falling between probation and prison. Community-based sanction - including house arrest and intensive supervision - serve as alternatives to incarceration.






6. Three Strikes Law






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






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






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






10. Indeterminate Sentencing






11. Women Imprisoned






12. Right to an impartial jury






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






14. Status Offenders






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






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






17. Challenged for cause






18. 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.






19. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






20. Consecutive sentence






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






27. Mandatory Sentence






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






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






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






31. Right to compulsory process






32. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






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






34. What did the BAIL REFORM ACT of 1984 establish?






35. The Supreme Court descison on NO EXCEPTIONS said that...






36. Problems of Parole






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






38. Peremptory Challenge






39. A defendent who lacks the funds to hire a private attorney and is therefore entitled to free counsel.






40. Determinate Sentencing






41. Judicial Waiver






42. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






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






44. The majority of criminal cases in the U.S are investigated by...






45. A correctional policy that allow inates to leave the institution for vocational or educational training - for employment - or to maintain famly ties.






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






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






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






49. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






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