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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In colonial America - the county sheriff's job included...






2. 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.






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






4. About how many Americans are under some form of correctional supervision?






5. What is Duress?






6. Right to public trial






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






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






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






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






11. Concurrent Jursidiction






12. Competent Standard

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13. Packer describes the crime models criminal justice system operating like an...






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






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






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






17. According to Beccaria - the three criteria required for deterrence to work ainclude...






18. The substantive criminal law...






19. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






20. 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.






21. Challenged for cause






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






23. Right to be competent at trail

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24. 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.






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






26. Alternative Correctional Institution






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






28. 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.






29. Jury Selection

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






31. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






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






33. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






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






35. Trial Process






36. Evidentiary Standard






37. Concurrent Sentence






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






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






40. Bench Trial






41. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






42. According to the Supreme Court - the following activities would not violate individual protections against illegal seasrch and seizure...






43. Right to speedy trial






44. Judicial Waiver






45. What are characteristics of inmates






46. Verdict






47. Factors that Influence Sentencing






48. Good time






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






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