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Criminal Justice

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1. Truth in Sentencing






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






3. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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






5. What is General Deterrence?






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






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






8. The newest form of a maximum-security prison that uses high-level securtity mesasure to incapacitate the nation's most dangerous criminals. Most inmates are in lockdown 23 hours per day.






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






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






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






12. Three Strikes Law






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






14. How many percent of criminal defendents are considered indigent?






15. Models of sentencing






16. Problems of Parole






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






18. A condition of probation in which the offender repays society or the victim of crime for the trouble the offender caused.






19. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






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






21. Concurrent Jursidiction






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






23. 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






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






25. Capital Punishment






26. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






27. A correctional policy that allow inates to leave the institution for vocational or educational training - for employment - or to maintain famly ties.






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






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






30. Miranda Rights...






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






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






33. Consecutive sentence






34. Problem of Re-entry






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






36. The sentence






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






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






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






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






41. Challenged for cause






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






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






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






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






46. Stare decisis refers to the concept that legal decisions should be based on...






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






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






49. 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...






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







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