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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. Factors that Influence Sentencing






2. A person can challenge a guilty plea by...






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






4. 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...






5. What is Duress?






6. Indeterminate Sentencing






7. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






8. Concurrent Sentence






9. Duties of probation officers






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






11. Evidentiary Standard






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






13. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






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






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






16. Mandatory Sentence






17. Challenged for cause






18. Jury Selection

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19. Concurrent Jursidiction






20. Argument against the Death Penalty






21. Alternative Correctional Institution






22. Status Offenders






23. Delinquents






24. 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.






25. Problems of Parole






26. What is the common criteria for juveniles to be diverted to community programs?






27. About how many people are in prisons in the US?






28. Truth in Sentencing






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






30. A prison system - developed in New York during the nineteenth centry - based on congregate work during the day and seperaton at night.






31. Problem of Re-entry






32. Right to speedy trial






33. 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






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






35. Competent Standard

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36. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






37. A sentence entailing the conditional release of a convicted offender into the community under the supervision of the court






38. Trial Process






39. Judicial Waiver






40. The substantive criminal law...






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






42. The sentence






43. Three Strikes Law






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






45. Miranda Rights...






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






47. According to the stop and frisk rule - established by the Terry vs Ohio case a police officer may stop and frisk a person...






48. Right to public trial






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






50. Peremptory Challenge






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