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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
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1. What was significant about the Illinois Juvenile Court Act of 1899?






2. According to Cohen's sub-culture or cultural deviance theory - gang values...






3. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






4. Goals of Punishment






5. Factors that Influence Sentencing






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






7. Mandatory Sentence






8. An example of the criminal defense of EXCUSE is...






9. Jury Selection

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10. Indeterminate Sentencing






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






12. The sentence






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






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






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






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






17. Motion for a direct verdict






18. Physical punishment or punishment that is far in excess of that given to people under similar circumstances and is therefore banned by the eighth amendment. The death penalty has so far not been considered cruel and unusual if it is administered in f






19. In the common law - a crime that is considered mala in se is...






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






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






22. Right to counsel






23. 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.






24. The substantive criminal law...






25. What did the BAIL REFORM ACT of 1984 establish?






26. 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...






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






28. 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






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






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






31. Good time






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






33. 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.






34. Argument against the Death Penalty






35. Problem of Re-entry






36. Right to compulsory process






37. Consecutive sentence






38. Determinate Sentencing






39. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






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






41. Miranda Rights...






42. Judicial Waiver






43. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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






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






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






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






48. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






49. Truth in Sentencing






50. 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.