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Criminal Justice

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1. Right to an impartial judge
Insanity - battared woman syndrome - status as a juvenile
Judge should excuse himself or herself in there is a conflict of interest
They frequently mistake the indentity of suspects
Can earn 10 to 15 days per month and sentence reduction

2. Right to counsel
The U.S. Marshall
Went down steadily
There were too many police errors to trust the police evidence
Guaranteed by the 6th amendment defendent may choose to waive the right to cousel and self-represent

3. Right to compulsory process
PRESUMPTION of DETENTION to limit the release of suspects on bail
Highway Patrol
1. General Deterrence; 2. Specific Deterrence; 3. Incapaition; 4. Rehab; 5. Restitution
The right to compel witnesses via subpoena

4. Jury Selection

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5. The majority of criminal cases in the U.S are investigated by...
The local police
18
Miranda Waivers are particularly relevent to juveniles
1. Concurrent Jurisdiction; 2. Statutory Jurisdiction; 3. Judicial Waiver

6. 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.
Judge should excuse himself or herself in there is a conflict of interest
Total Instutution
90%
The place and its charecteristics

7. The attempt by correctional agencies to maintain convicted offenders in the community instead of a secure facilty it includes probation - parole and residential programs.
The views of powerful elites in society
Certainty of punishment - swiftness of punishment - punishment that is proportional to the severity of the crime
Jail
Community Treatment

8. Women Imprisoned
Furlough
The right to compel witnesses via subpoena
Judge directs jury to acquit the defendant because the prosecution has fail to prove the elements of the crime according to legal standards
Most are in minimum security and are less violent

9. Which is more common - violent crimes or property crimes?
Inmate must serve at least 85% of sentence imposed by court
Total Instutution
Property crimes
Unresolved personality conflicts in early childhood

10. Right to public trial
Unreported crimes - police corruption - police errors
Supreme court has established that criminal trials must remain public
Jail
Super Maximum-Security Prison

11. The Supreme Court descison on NO EXCEPTIONS said that...
6 person jury is required by law jury must come to unanminous verdit
All evidence that is obtained illegally must be thrown out from the use at trial
Insanity - battared woman syndrome - status as a juvenile
1. Incapactation; 2. Deterrence; 3. Moral 'an eye for an eye'; 4. Proportionality; 5. Public Opinion; 6. Low chance of error

12. Determinate Sentencing
Is favorable because it increases efficiency
1. guilty; 2. not guilty; 3. hung jury
A fixed term of incarceration
Targets low level quality of life crimes to eliminate disorder in the community

13. The PRIMARY work of state law enforcement agencies involve...
Defense Attorney
House Arrest
Miranda Waivers are particularly relevent to juveniles
Highway Patrol

14. About how many Americans are under some form of correctional supervision?
If the punishment is 6 months in prisonment or more
Insanity - battared woman syndrome - status as a juvenile
Penitentiary House
7 Million Americans

15. According to choice theories of crime (classical school) - humans are'
Counting the number of rapes in the U.S.
Social agent
Rational - self- intersted and hedonistic
Summer

16. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?
If the punishment is 6 months in prisonment or more
Pennsylvania System
Unreported crimes - police corruption - police errors
Young males - unemployed or low income - prior criminal record or history

17. What are characteristics of inmates
Sentence served simultaneously
Young - male - minority - poor
Subpoena
29 states automatically exclude some offenses from juvenile court (EX. Rape/Murder)

18. The peak age for invovlment in violent crimes in the U.S. is...
1. Severity of offense; 2. Prior criminal record; 3. Use of violence; 4. Use of weapons; 5. Motivation (money)
Insanity - battared woman syndrome - status as a juvenile
18
Collecting taxes and supervising elections

19. Mandatory Sentence
1. Severity of offense; 2. Prior criminal record; 3. Use of violence; 4. Use of weapons; 5. Motivation (money)
They frequently mistake the indentity of suspects
Statutory requirement - limits judges power
Penitentiary House

20. The substantive criminal law...
Boot Camp
Illegally obtained confessions - cruel and unusual punishment and an impartial jury
An example of the criminal defense of Justification
Defines what is criminal behavior and appropriate punishments

21. A state of federal correctional institution for incarceration of felony offenders for term of one year or more.
Prison
Young males - unemployed or low income - prior criminal record or history
Responding to calls of service not chasing down criminals or making arrests
Test for one's competents to stand trial

22. NCVS crime statistics are likely to be better then the UCR crimes statistics in...
Counting the number of rapes in the U.S.
Whent he punishment of one offender deters others
Society expects them to be criminals
If the punishment is 6 months in prisonment or more

23. According to Sampson and Laub's age-graded theory of crime - a developmental theory - the following points are associated with reduced recidivism...
Furlough
Higher
Marriage
Whent he punishment of one offender deters others

24. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?
Marriage
1. Impartial Judge; 2. Competent to Stand Trial; 3. Confront Witnesses; 4. Compulsory Process; 5. Impartial Jury; 6. Counsul; 7. Speedy Trial; 8. Public Trial
1. determinate; 2. mandatory; 3. interminate
Depression and loneliness are common and inmates must learn coping behaviors

25. The Conflict View of criminal definitions assumes that criminal law expresses...
Probation
Recoupment
The views of powerful elites in society
Self-defense and insanity

26. Right to speedy trial
The accused must be brought to trial within 100 days of being arrested
Went down steadily
Super Maximum-Security Prison
Guaranteed by the 6th amendment.

27. Levying a money payment on offenders to compensate society for their misdeeds
Established that juveniles should be rehabilitated not punished and that children should not be treated as adults
Halfway House
Fine
Whent he punishment of one offender deters others

28. According to social reaction/labeling theory - some young people become criminals because...
Police training - fingerprinting - and polygraph tests
Assembly line
They frequently mistake the indentity of suspects
Society expects them to be criminals

29. Statutory Jurisdiction
They frequently mistake the indentity of suspects
29 states automatically exclude some offenses from juvenile court (EX. Rape/Murder)
1. Concurrent Jurisdiction; 2. Statutory Jurisdiction; 3. Judicial Waiver
Tend to be in opposition to mainstream cultural values

30. Who has a better record of defending clients; private or public attorneys?
Is favorable because it increases efficiency
An example of the criminal defense of Justification
Boot Camp
Private attorneys

31. Miranda Rights...
Guaranteed by the 6th amendment defendent may choose to waive the right to cousel and self-represent
Miranda Waivers are particularly relevent to juveniles
1. Large numbers of re-entering inmates; 2. Legal prohibition on kinds of employment; 3. Limits on obtaining licenses; 4. Restriction on freedom of movment
Fine

32. Civil right that include the right of inmates to receive mail and medical benefits and to practice their religion.
Make-believe family
1.4 million
Substantive Rights
Televised coverage is not permitted in federal courts

33. What is the common criteria for juveniles to be diverted to community programs?
Sentence served simultaneously
Insanity - battared woman syndrome - status as a juvenile
1. First time offender; 2. Non-violent or status offender; 3. Alcahol or drug problem
$200 billion

34. The investigation of the murder of a postal worker would fall within the jurisdiction of...
Parole
The FBI
Public Defender
There were too many police errors to trust the police evidence

35. According to the Supreme Court - the following activities would not violate individual protections against illegal seasrch and seizure...
Loyalty is a critical component of the police subculture
The search of abandoned property - the search of an open field - the fly-over search of property
The FBI
House Arrest

36. Legal counsel for the defendant in a criminal case - representing to final appeal.
Pre-Sentence Investigation
Defense Attorney
45 states have provisions that allow judges to transer cases to the adult court room
Restitution

37. Are Jury trial common in the U.S.?
Intermediate Sanctions
Defines what is criminal behavior and appropriate punishments
No - jury trials are NOT very common in the U.S.
If the punishment is 6 months in prisonment or more

38. Are arrest rates of drug-related crime higher or lower then they were in the 1970's?
Substantive Rights
Guaranteed by the 6th amendment defendent may choose to waive the right to cousel and self-represent
Increasing
Higher

39. Conditions or restriction mandated by the court that must be obeyed by a probationer
The FBI
1. personal deficits; 2. social deficit; 3. Economic deficits; 4. Marriage and family deficits
PRESUMPTION of DETENTION to limit the release of suspects on bail
Probation Rules

40. Judicial Waiver
Statutory requirement - limits judges power
When a jury member is challenged for no reason
6 person jury is required by law jury must come to unanminous verdit
45 states have provisions that allow judges to transer cases to the adult court room

41. A short prison sentence served in boot camp-type facilities
Judge directs jury to acquit the defendant because the prosecution has fail to prove the elements of the crime according to legal standards
1. Severity of offense; 2. Prior criminal record; 3. Use of violence; 4. Use of weapons; 5. Motivation (money)
Should be whether the defendent has sufficient present ability to consult with defendents lawyers and defend one's self
Shock Incarceration

42. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes
Revocation
1. Concurrent Jurisdiction; 2. Statutory Jurisdiction; 3. Judicial Waiver
Maximum-Security
Penitentiary House

43. Status Offenders
Probation Rules
Commonly classified as Persons in Need of Supervision (PINS) or Children in Need of Supervision (CHINS)
Subpoena
Pennsylvania System

44. Factors that Influence Sentencing
Recoupment
Forfeiture
1. Severity of offense; 2. Prior criminal record; 3. Use of violence; 4. Use of weapons; 5. Motivation (money)
Juvenile records are confidential; in recent years states have passed statutes to allow for records to be accessed by court order

45. What percentage of police departments require officers to have a college degree?
1. First time offender; 2. Non-violent or status offender; 3. Alcahol or drug problem
Grand Jury
1. personal deficits; 2. social deficit; 3. Economic deficits; 4. Marriage and family deficits
About 20% and most police departments require at least an associates degree

46. Right to be competent at trail

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47. 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.
The place and its charecteristics
Revocation
1. Impartial Judge; 2. Competent to Stand Trial; 3. Confront Witnesses; 4. Compulsory Process; 5. Impartial Jury; 6. Counsul; 7. Speedy Trial; 8. Public Trial
Responding to calls of service not chasing down criminals or making arrests

48. During the araignment phase of the court process - defendants...
Summer
1.4 million
Enter a plea
New York (Auburn) System

49. What was significant about the Illinois Juvenile Court Act of 1899?
Intermediate Sanctions
Established that juveniles should be rehabilitated not punished and that children should not be treated as adults
1.4 million
If the officer supects that the person carrying weapons

50. What time of year are crime rates in the U.S. the highest?
1. Investigate; 2. Intake; 3. Diagnosis; 4. Supervision; Risk Classification
Restorative Justice
The death penalty only applies to first degree murder and only when aggravating circumstances are present
Summer