Test your basic knowledge |

Criminal Justice

Subject : law

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. Duties of probation officers
Unresolved personality conflicts in early childhood
1. prison farms and camps; 2. Shock Incarations; 3. Community correctional facilities; 4. Private prisons
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
1. Investigate; 2. Intake; 3. Diagnosis; 4. Supervision; Risk Classification

2. Right to an impartial judge
If the officer supects that the person carrying weapons
About 10 felony arrests per month
Responding to calls of service not chasing down criminals or making arrests
Judge should excuse himself or herself in there is a conflict of interest

3. An example of the criminal defense of justifaction is...
Rational - self- intersted and hedonistic
Self-defense and insanity
Increasing
Judge directs jury to acquit the defendant because the prosecution has fail to prove the elements of the crime according to legal standards

4. In the common law - a crime that is considered mala in se is...
Trial by a judge without jury
The place and its charecteristics
A crime that is considered especially immoral
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

5. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?
Established customs and traditions
Property crimes
Loyalty is a critical component of the police subculture
An example of the criminal defense of Justification

6. Packer describes the crime models criminal justice system operating like an...
Miranda Waivers are particularly relevent to juveniles
When a jury member is challenged for no reason
1. Jury Selection; 2. Opening Statement; 3. Prosecution Case; 4. Motion for Directed Verdict; 5. Closing Argument; 6. Direction to Jury; 7. Verdict; 8. Sentence; 9. Appeal
Assembly line

7. The initial reaction in prison is usually...
Inmate must serve at least 85% of sentence imposed by court
Unreported crimes - police corruption - police errors
Depression and loneliness are common and inmates must learn coping behaviors
Miranda Waivers are particularly relevent to juveniles

8. Capital Punishment
nolle prosequi
Prison
The death penalty only applies to first degree murder and only when aggravating circumstances are present
The right to compel witnesses via subpoena

9. Peremptory Challenge
Claiming he/she did not have effective counsul - claiming the plea was not made voluntarily and claiming that the prosecuter did not keep his/her promises made in the agreement
45 states have provisions that allow judges to transer cases to the adult court room
1. Incapactation; 2. Deterrence; 3. Moral 'an eye for an eye'; 4. Proportionality; 5. Public Opinion; 6. Low chance of error
When a jury member is challenged for no reason

10. Competent Standard

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183

11. Models of sentencing
15 states allow the prosecutor to decide
PRESUMPTION of DETENTION to limit the release of suspects on bail
Self-incrimination
1. determinate; 2. mandatory; 3. interminate

12. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?
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
The views of powerful elites in society
Halfway House
The place and its charecteristics

13. Concurrent Jursidiction
Inmate must serve at least 85% of sentence imposed by court
Certainty of punishment - swiftness of punishment - punishment that is proportional to the severity of the crime
15 states allow the prosecutor to decide
Subpoena

14. Bench Trial
1.4 million
Jail
Claiming he/she did not have effective counsul - claiming the plea was not made voluntarily and claiming that the prosecuter did not keep his/her promises made in the agreement
Trial by a judge without jury

15. Mandatory Sentence
Judge directs jury to acquit the defendant because the prosecution has fail to prove the elements of the crime according to legal standards
Statutory requirement - limits judges power
Restitution
Private attorneys

16. According to Packer's due process model of criminal justice - plea bargaining...
No - jury trials are NOT very common in the U.S.
Is favorable because it increases efficiency
Televised coverage is not permitted in federal courts
The place and its charecteristics

17. According to Beccaria - the three criteria required for deterrence to work ainclude...
Minimum-Security Prison
Is favorable because it increases efficiency
Certainty of punishment - swiftness of punishment - punishment that is proportional to the severity of the crime
If the officer supects that the person carrying weapons

18. According to Freud's psychological theory - deviant behavior is the result of...
Unresolved personality conflicts in early childhood
Guaranteed by the 6th amendment.
The place and its charecteristics
At least four justices have to agree that it should be heard by the Supreme Court and a writ of certiorari must be filed with the Supreme Court

19. What did the BAIL REFORM ACT of 1984 establish?
Unreported crimes - police corruption - police errors
Day Fees
PRESUMPTION of DETENTION to limit the release of suspects on bail
Increasing

20. An investigation performed by a probation officer attached to a trial court after the conviction of a defendent.
Trial by a judge without jury
Pre-Sentence Investigation
Young - male - minority - poor
The views of powerful elites in society

21. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law
The procedural criminal law
Fine
The search of abandoned property - the search of an open field - the fly-over search of property
Penitentiary House

22. Right to speedy trial
The right to compel witnesses via subpoena
The accused must be brought to trial within 100 days of being arrested
Self-defense and insanity
Sentence served one after another

23. 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.
Selected random from tax records - Driver's Liscence records and voter registration
Increasing
Revocation
The FBI

24. A program requiring probationers to pay in part for the costs of their treatment.
Day Fees
$200 billion
Revocation
1. Incapactation; 2. Deterrence; 3. Moral 'an eye for an eye'; 4. Proportionality; 5. Public Opinion; 6. Low chance of error

25. Are tv camara's aloud in federal court?
Probation Rules
1. Concurrent Jurisdiction; 2. Statutory Jurisdiction; 3. Judicial Waiver
Televised coverage is not permitted in federal courts
Miranda Waivers are particularly relevent to juveniles

26. From 1995 to 2005 - the crime rate in the U.S...
Went down steadily
Determined by judge -statutory requirements and jury recommendation
All evidence that is obtained illegally must be thrown out from the use at trial
Enter a plea

27. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes
The FBI
Private attorneys
Penitentiary House
Shock Incarceration

28. Right to confront witnesses
Guaranteed by the 6th amendment.
Self-incrimination
Private attorneys
Whether the person intentionally committed the act

29. What are characteristics of inmates
Young - male - minority - poor
Whether the person intentionally committed the act
The accused must be brought to trial within 100 days of being arrested
Illegally obtained confessions - cruel and unusual punishment and an impartial jury

30. 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.
Most widely used type of sentence - goal is to indivdualize punishment
Anger Managment
Statutory requirement - limits judges power
Social agent

31. In order for a case to be heard by the Supreme Court...
At least four justices have to agree that it should be heard by the Supreme Court and a writ of certiorari must be filed with the Supreme Court
Prison
$200 billion
Total Instutution

32. The Supreme Court descison on NO EXCEPTIONS said that...
All evidence that is obtained illegally must be thrown out from the use at trial
7 Million Americans
The right to compel witnesses via subpoena
Jail

33. Mens reas is important in determining if a person can be held criminally responsible and refers specifically to...
Whether the person intentionally committed the act
Guaranteed by the 6th amendment defendent may choose to waive the right to cousel and self-represent
Penitentiary House
Community Service Restitution

34. A condition of probation in which the offender repays society or the victim of crime for the trouble the offender caused.
Restitution
Higher
The right to compel witnesses via subpoena
Indigent Defendant

35. Civil right that include the right of inmates to receive mail and medical benefits and to practice their religion.
Public Defender
Can earn 10 to 15 days per month and sentence reduction
Substantive Rights
A fixed term of incarceration

36. The substantive criminal law...
Defines what is criminal behavior and appropriate punishments
The local police
If juror might be biased; if juror has knowledge of case; if unable to be impartial
A fixed term of incarceration

37. The early release of a prisoner from imprisonment subject to conditions set by correctional authorites.
At least four justices have to agree that it should be heard by the Supreme Court and a writ of certiorari must be filed with the Supreme Court
Should treat people of different classes equitably
Parole
1. Severity of offense; 2. Prior criminal record; 3. Use of violence; 4. Use of weapons; 5. Motivation (money)

38. What percentage of police departments require officers to have a college degree?
1. guilty; 2. not guilty; 3. hung jury
Counting the number of rapes in the U.S.
About 20% and most police departments require at least an associates degree
1. prison farms and camps; 2. Shock Incarations; 3. Community correctional facilities; 4. Private prisons

39. Judicial Waiver
Private attorneys
The right to compel witnesses via subpoena
45 states have provisions that allow judges to transer cases to the adult court room
The death penalty only applies to first degree murder and only when aggravating circumstances are present

40. Is female involvement in violent crime increasing or decreasing?
Increasing
Intake
The death penalty only applies to first degree murder and only when aggravating circumstances are present
Prison

41. The decision by a prosecuttor to drop a case after a complaint has been made because of - for examples - insufficatient edvidence.
1. determinate; 2. mandatory; 3. interminate
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
nolle prosequi
Maximum-Security

42. What is Duress?
An example of the criminal defense of Justification
Most are in minimum security and are less violent
For criminal trials - the evidentairy standard is proof beyond a reasonable doubt
Make-believe family

43. Miranda Rights...
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
1. Jury Selection; 2. Opening Statement; 3. Prosecution Case; 4. Motion for Directed Verdict; 5. Closing Argument; 6. Direction to Jury; 7. Verdict; 8. Sentence; 9. Appeal
Insanity - battared woman syndrome - status as a juvenile

44. According to choice theories of crime (classical school) - humans are'
Rational - self- intersted and hedonistic
Most widely used type of sentence - goal is to indivdualize punishment
Trial by a judge without jury
Unresolved personality conflicts in early childhood

45. Who has a better record of defending clients; private or public attorneys?
The FBI
Enter a plea
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Private attorneys

46. According to the Supreme Court - the following activities would not violate individual protections against illegal seasrch and seizure...
1. prison farms and camps; 2. Shock Incarations; 3. Community correctional facilities; 4. Private prisons
The search of abandoned property - the search of an open field - the fly-over search of property
Recoupment
Obstacle course

47. A prison system - developed in Pennsylvania during the nineteeth centry - based on total isolation and individual pentence.
Whent he punishment of one offender deters others
Pennsylvania System
Loyalty is a critical component of the police subculture
Unresolved personality conflicts in early childhood

48. Truth in Sentencing
PRESUMPTION of DETENTION to limit the release of suspects on bail
For criminal trials - the evidentairy standard is proof beyond a reasonable doubt
Inmate must serve at least 85% of sentence imposed by court
Indigent Defendant

49. What is the criteria to determine whether someone is entitled to jury trial?
Social agent
If the punishment is 6 months in prisonment or more
Unresolved personality conflicts in early childhood
1.4 million

50. The federal agency responsible for the witness protection program and fugitive investigations is...
Depression and loneliness are common and inmates must learn coping behaviors
Most widely used type of sentence - goal is to indivdualize punishment
The U.S. Marshall
Judge directs jury to acquit the defendant because the prosecution has fail to prove the elements of the crime according to legal standards