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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. Conditions or restriction mandated by the court that must be obeyed by a probationer






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






3. Argument against the Death Penalty






4. A correctional institution that houses dangerous felons and maintains strict security measure - high walls - and limited contact with the outside world.






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






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






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






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






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






10. Right to an impartial jury






11. Delinquents






12. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






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






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






15. Right to be competent at trail

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






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






18. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






19. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






20. 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.






21. Are arrest rates of drug-related crime higher or lower then they were in the 1970's?






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






23. The federal agency responsible for the witness protection program and fugitive investigations is...






24. The decision by a prosecuttor to drop a case after a complaint has been made because of - for examples - insufficatient edvidence.






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






26. Capital Punishment






27. Alternative Correctional Institution






28. Right to speedy trial






29. Miranda Rights...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






38. Consecutive sentence






39. Civil right that include the right of inmates to receive mail and medical benefits and to practice their religion.






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






41. Concurrent Sentence






42. 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.






43. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






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






45. Status Offenders






46. Broken window policing is a strategy in which police officer...






47. Probation failure correlates to...






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






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






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







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