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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. The sentence






2. Goals of Punishment






3. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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4. What is General Deterrence?






5. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






6. Evidentiary Standard






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






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






9. Jury Selection

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






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






12. Which is more common - violent crimes or property crimes?






13. Challenged for cause






14. Mandatory Sentence






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






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






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






18. What do police officers spend most of their time on patrol doing?






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






20. Concurrent Sentence






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






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






23. Stare decisis refers to the concept that legal decisions should be based on...






24. From 1995 to 2005 - the crime rate in the U.S...






25. Duties of probation officers






26. An example of the criminal defense of justifaction is...






27. 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.






28. Determinate Sentencing






29. Right to confront witnesses






30. Packer describes the crime models criminal justice system operating like an...






31. Right to an impartial judge






32. Trial Process






33. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






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






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






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






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






38. Verdict






39. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






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






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






42. Right to public trial






43. Judicial Waiver






44. Delinquents






45. Problems of Parole






46. What are the three systems to transfer juveniles to adult court?






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






48. A regimented - dehumanizing institution such as a prison in which like-situated people are kept in social isolation - cut off from the world at large.






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






50. How confidential are juvenile records kept?







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