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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. According to the stop and frisk rule - established by the Terry vs Ohio case a police officer may stop and frisk a person...






2. Legal counsel for the defendant in a criminal case - representing to final appeal.






3. 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.






4. Concurrent Jursidiction






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






6. Judicial Waiver






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






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






9. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






10. Some of the policing reforms that August Vollmer proposed include...






11. Right to an impartial jury






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






13. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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14. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






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






16. Problems of Parole






17. In order for a case to be heard by the Supreme Court...






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






19. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






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






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






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






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






24. The sentence






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






26. Three Strikes Law






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






28. Duties of probation officers






29. Jury Selection

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






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






32. Bench Trial






33. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






34. Good time






35. Competent Standard

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






37. Right to public trial






38. What is General Deterrence?






39. Challenged for cause






40. Goals of Punishment






41. According to Freud's psychological theory - deviant behavior is the result of...






42. Models of sentencing






43. Consecutive sentence






44. What did the BAIL REFORM ACT of 1984 establish?






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






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






47. Right to be competent at trail

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






49. An argument in favor of the O.J. trial is likely to point to the fact that...






50. Right to compulsory process