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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






3. The attempt by correctional agencies to maintain convicted offenders in the community instead of a secure facilty it includes probation - parole and residential programs.






4. Judicial Waiver






5. Argument against the Death Penalty






6. Concurrent Jursidiction






7. What is General Deterrence?






8. Determinate Sentencing






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






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






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






12. The PRIMARY work of state law enforcement agencies involve...






13. Right to an impartial judge






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






15. The investigation of the murder of a postal worker would fall within the jurisdiction of...






16. A prison system - developed in New York during the nineteenth centry - based on congregate work during the day and seperaton at night.






17. Jury Selection

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18. 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...






19. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






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






21. Indeterminate Sentencing






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






23. Right to public trial






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






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






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






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






28. Probation failure correlates to...






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






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






31. Consecutive sentence






32. Miranda Rights...






33. Models of sentencing






34. According to Packer's due process model of criminal justice - plea bargaining...






35. A place to detain people awaiting trial - to serve as a lockup for drunks and disorderly individuals - and to confine convicted misdemeanants serving sentences of less then ten






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






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






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






39. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






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






41. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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42. 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.






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






44. Right to an impartial jury






45. Goals of Punishment






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






47. Right to speedy trial






48. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






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






50. 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.