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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Argument against the Death Penalty






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






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






4. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






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






6. Statutory Jurisdiction






7. 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.






8. Goals of Punishment






9. Bench Trial






10. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






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






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






13. What is Duress?






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






15. Right to compulsory process






16. Trial Process






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






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






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






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






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






22. Consecutive sentence






23. Mandatory Sentence






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






25. The Conflict View of criminal definitions assumes that criminal law expresses...






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






27. 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...






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






29. Alternative Correctional Institution






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






31. Concurrent Jursidiction






32. Concurrent Sentence






33. Duties of probation officers






34. The sizure of personal property by the state as a civil or criminal penalty.






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






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






37. Verdict






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. 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.






43. Challenged for cause






44. What are characteristics of inmates






45. Right to an impartial jury






46. Models of sentencing






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






48. Determinate Sentencing






49. Right to counsel






50. Judicial Waiver