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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Right to an impartial jury






2. In female prisons - substitute family groups with a faux father - mother and siblings.






3. Women Imprisoned






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






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






6. Concurrent Jursidiction






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






8. A court order requiring a witness to appear in court at a specified time and place.






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






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






11. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






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






13. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






14. Argument against the Death Penalty






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






16. The substantive criminal law...






17. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






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






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






20. 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.






21. Problem of Re-entry






22. Problems of Parole






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






24. What is Duress?






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






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






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






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






29. The sentence






30. A prison treatment program that allows inmates to be released during the day to work in the community and return to prison at night.






31. Motion for a direct verdict






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Evidentiary Standard






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






44. Truth in Sentencing






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






46. Civil right that include the right of inmates to receive mail and medical benefits and to practice their religion.






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






48. Right to counsel






49. Indeterminate Sentencing






50. What are characteristics of inmates