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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. According to the Supreme Court - the following activities would not violate individual protections against illegal seasrch and seizure...






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






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






4. Delinquents






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






6. What time of year are crime rates in the U.S. the highest?






7. Three Strikes Law






8. An attorney employed by the government to represent criminal defenders who cannot afford to pay for a lawyer.






9. Right to public trial






10. 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.






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






12. Right to compulsory process






13. Motion for a direct verdict






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






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






16. A sentence entailing the conditional release of a convicted offender into the community under the supervision of the court






17. Right to an impartial jury






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






19. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






20. Sir Robert Peel believed that police officers should...






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






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






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






24. Right to confront witnesses






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






26. A regimented - dehumanizing institution such as a prison in which like-situated people are kept in social isolation - cut off from the world at large.






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






28. The sentence






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






30. Problems of Parole






31. Concurrent Sentence






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






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






34. What is the common criteria for juveniles to be diverted to community programs?






35. Right to be competent at trail

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36. 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...






37. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






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






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






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






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






42. Probation failure correlates to...






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






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






45. Judicial Waiver






46. A short term militaristic correctional facility in which inmates undergo intensive physical conditioning and discipline.






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






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






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






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







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