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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
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1. According to Packer's due process model of criminal justice - plea bargaining...






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






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






4. Problem of Re-entry






5. Conditions or restriction mandated by the court that must be obeyed by a probationer






6. The sentence






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






8. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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






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






11. Status Offenders






12. Women Imprisoned






13. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






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






15. According to Cohen's sub-culture or cultural deviance theory - gang values...






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






17. Competent Standard

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18. Right to an impartial judge






19. Three Strikes Law






20. An investigation performed by a probation officer attached to a trial court after the conviction of a defendent.






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






22. Are Jury trial common in the U.S.?






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






24. Right to public trial






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






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






27. Right to speedy trial






28. Factors that Influence Sentencing






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






30. Miranda Rights...






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






32. Right to confront witnesses






33. 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.






34. According to Sampson and Laub's age-graded theory of crime - a developmental theory - the following points are associated with reduced recidivism...






35. Trial Process






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






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






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






39. Mandatory Sentence






40. 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.






41. Peremptory Challenge






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






43. The PRIMARY work of state law enforcement agencies involve...






44. Right to compulsory process






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






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






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.






48. The federal agency responsible for the witness protection program and fugitive investigations is...






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






50. Motion for a direct verdict