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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
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1. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






8. What are characteristics of inmates






9. What is the criteria to determine whether someone is entitled to jury trial?






10. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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11. Civil right that include the right of inmates to receive mail and medical benefits and to practice their religion.






12. The federal agency responsible for the witness protection program and fugitive investigations is...






13. The substantive criminal law...






14. Right to be competent at trail

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






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






17. Determinate Sentencing






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






19. According to choice theories of crime (classical school) - humans are'






20. Problem of Re-entry






21. Models of sentencing






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






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






24. What is Duress?






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






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






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






28. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






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






30. The peak age for involvement in property crimes in the U.S is...






31. Right to confront witnesses






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






33. Are Jury trial common in the U.S.?






34. Right to an impartial jury






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






36. Judicial Waiver






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






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






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






40. Verdict






41. What do police officers spend most of their time on patrol doing?






42. What was significant about the Illinois Juvenile Court Act of 1899?






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






48. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






49. Peremptory Challenge






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