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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Civil right that include the right of inmates to receive mail and medical benefits and to practice their religion.






2. The 5th amendment protects citizens from...






3. In female prisons - substitute family groups with a faux father - mother and siblings.






4. 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.






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






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






7. Delinquents






8. 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.






9. Probation failure correlates to...






10. Right to be competent at trail

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11. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






12. Problem of Re-entry






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






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






15. 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






16. 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.






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






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






19. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






20. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






21. Jury Selection

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






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






24. Indeterminate Sentencing






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






26. Levying a money payment on offenders to compensate society for their misdeeds






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






28. The Supreme Court descison on NO EXCEPTIONS said that...






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






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






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






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






33. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






34. 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...






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






36. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






37. Miranda Rights...






38. A state of federal correctional institution for incarceration of felony offenders for term of one year or more.






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






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






41. Statutory Jurisdiction






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






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






44. 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.






45. A place to detain people awaiting trial - to serve as a lockup for drunks and disorderly individuals - and to confine convicted misdemeanants serving sentences of less then ten






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






47. Alternative Correctional Institution






48. 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.






49. The early release of a prisoner from imprisonment subject to conditions set by correctional authorites.






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