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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Levying a money payment on offenders to compensate society for their misdeeds






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






3. Probation failure correlates to...






4. A form of intermediate sanction that requires that the convicted offender spend a designated amount of time per week in his or her own home-such as from 6:00 P.M. Friday until 8:00 A.M.






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






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






7. Peremptory Challenge






8. A correctional institution that houses dangerous felons and maintains strict security measure - high walls - and limited contact with the outside world.






9. 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.






10. The majority of criminal cases in the U.S are investigated by...






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






12. Miranda Rights...






13. Right to an impartial jury






14. Concurrent Jursidiction






15. Statutory Jurisdiction






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






17. 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...






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






19. 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.






20. Factors that Influence Sentencing






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






22. Common concerns with the privatization of policing includes...






23. Consecutive sentence






24. Are tv camara's aloud in federal court?






25. A prison treatment program that allows inmates to be released during the day to work in the community and return to prison at night.






26. What percentage of police departments require officers to have a college degree?






27. Judicial Waiver






28. Verdict






29. Mens reas is important in determining if a person can be held criminally responsible and refers specifically to...






30. 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.






31. Three Strikes Law






32. Evidentiary Standard






33. Women Imprisoned






34. Bench Trial






35. Are arrest rates of drug-related crime higher or lower then they were in the 1970's?






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






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






38. Trial Process






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






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






41. The Conflict View of criminal definitions assumes that criminal law expresses...






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






43. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






44. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






45. 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






46. According to Shaw and McKay's social disorganization theory - crime rates in a geographic area can be explained by...






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






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






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






50. According to social reaction/labeling theory - some young people become criminals because...