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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The federal agency responsible for the witness protection program and fugitive investigations is...






2. The substantive criminal law...






3. The newest form of a maximum-security prison that uses high-level securtity mesasure to incapacitate the nation's most dangerous criminals. Most inmates are in lockdown 23 hours per day.






4. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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5. Peremptory Challenge






6. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






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






8. A court order requiring a witness to appear in court at a specified time and place.






9. Factors that Influence Sentencing






10. The use of an alternative to trial - such as referral to treament or employment programs.






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






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






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






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






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






16. A community-based correctional facility that houses inmates before their outright released so that they can become gradually acclimatd to conventional society.






17. The group of punishment falling between probation and prison. Community-based sanction - including house arrest and intensive supervision - serve as alternatives to incarceration.






18. An example of the criminal defense of justifaction is...






19. Right to an impartial jury






20. Mandatory Sentence






21. 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.






22. Packer describes the due process model of the criminal justice system operating like an...






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






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






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






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






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






28. Jury Selection

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29. Challenged for cause






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






31. The least secure institution that houses white-colar and nonviolent offenders - maintains few security measures - and has liberal furlough and visitation policies.






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






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






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






35. Three Strikes Law






36. Duties of probation officers






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






38. Miranda Rights...






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






40. 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.






41. 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






42. Concurrent Jursidiction






43. The average officers makes how many felony arrests per month?






44. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






45. A condition of probation in which the offender repays society or the victim of crime for the trouble the offender caused.






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






47. Alternative Correctional Institution






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






49. A person can challenge a guilty plea by...






50. Bench Trial