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Criminal Justice

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1. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law
Highway Patrol
The procedural criminal law
Should treat people of different classes equitably
The right to compel witnesses via subpoena

2. According to the stop and frisk rule - established by the Terry vs Ohio case a police officer may stop and frisk a person...
Sentence served one after another
6 person jury is required by law jury must come to unanminous verdit
If the officer supects that the person carrying weapons
Should treat people of different classes equitably

3. What percentage of police departments require officers to have a college degree?
Intermediate Sanctions
About 20% and most police departments require at least an associates degree
All evidence that is obtained illegally must be thrown out from the use at trial
nolle prosequi

4. A state of federal correctional institution for incarceration of felony offenders for term of one year or more.
1. prison farms and camps; 2. Shock Incarations; 3. Community correctional facilities; 4. Private prisons
Assembly line
Prison
The accused must be brought to trial within 100 days of being arrested

5. According to Freud's psychological theory - deviant behavior is the result of...
Rational - self- intersted and hedonistic
Young - male - minority - poor
Unresolved personality conflicts in early childhood
Assembly line

6. 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.
Grand Jury
1. Severity of offense; 2. Prior criminal record; 3. Use of violence; 4. Use of weapons; 5. Motivation (money)
About 10 felony arrests per month
Work Release

7. Packer describes the crime models criminal justice system operating like an...
1. Investigate; 2. Intake; 3. Diagnosis; 4. Supervision; Risk Classification
Assembly line
Shock Probation
The U.S. Marshall

8. What are characteristics of inmates
1. Concurrent Jurisdiction; 2. Statutory Jurisdiction; 3. Judicial Waiver
Subpoena
Young - male - minority - poor
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9. What is the criteria to determine whether someone is entitled to jury trial?
Self-defense and insanity
If the punishment is 6 months in prisonment or more
For criminal trials - the evidentairy standard is proof beyond a reasonable doubt
Fine

10. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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11. Civil right that include the right of inmates to receive mail and medical benefits and to practice their religion.
Substantive Rights
Young - male - minority - poor
Grand Jury
If the punishment is 6 months in prisonment or more

12. The federal agency responsible for the witness protection program and fugitive investigations is...
Determined by judge -statutory requirements and jury recommendation
Depression and loneliness are common and inmates must learn coping behaviors
Established customs and traditions
The U.S. Marshall

13. The substantive criminal law...
Maximum-Security
Boot Camp
Penitentiary House
Defines what is criminal behavior and appropriate punishments

14. Right to be competent at trail

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15. Common concerns with the privatization of policing includes...
Penitentiary House
Accountability of private police to legal standards of policing and equity in treatment of rich and poor areas
Recoupment
Whent he punishment of one offender deters others

16. In female prisons - substitute family groups with a faux father - mother and siblings.
Make-believe family
If the officer supects that the person carrying weapons
Assembly line
Guaranteed by the 6th amendment.

17. Determinate Sentencing
Judge directs jury to acquit the defendant because the prosecution has fail to prove the elements of the crime according to legal standards
Assembly line
Self-defense and insanity
A fixed term of incarceration

18. The least secure institution that houses white-colar and nonviolent offenders - maintains few security measures - and has liberal furlough and visitation policies.
Minimum-Security Prison
The FBI
Restorative Justice
Established that juveniles should be rehabilitated not punished and that children should not be treated as adults

19. According to choice theories of crime (classical school) - humans are'
At least four justices have to agree that it should be heard by the Supreme Court and a writ of certiorari must be filed with the Supreme Court
Guaranteed by the 6th amendment defendent may choose to waive the right to cousel and self-represent
Rational - self- intersted and hedonistic
Self-incrimination

20. Problem of Re-entry
The procedural criminal law
1. Large numbers of re-entering inmates; 2. Legal prohibition on kinds of employment; 3. Limits on obtaining licenses; 4. Restriction on freedom of movment
Anger Managment
Make-believe family

21. Models of sentencing
1. determinate; 2. mandatory; 3. interminate
Day Fees
Total Instutution
Established that juveniles should be rehabilitated not punished and that children should not be treated as adults

22. Is female involvement in violent crime increasing or decreasing?
6 person jury is required by law jury must come to unanminous verdit
29 states automatically exclude some offenses from juvenile court (EX. Rape/Murder)
Determined by judge -statutory requirements and jury recommendation
Increasing

23. The average officers makes how many felony arrests per month?
45 states have provisions that allow judges to transer cases to the adult court room
Property crimes
Police training - fingerprinting - and polygraph tests
About 10 felony arrests per month

24. What is Duress?
An example of the criminal defense of Justification
The views of powerful elites in society
Social agent
About 20% and most police departments require at least an associates degree

25. According to social reaction/labeling theory - some young people become criminals because...
Pennsylvania System
Society expects them to be criminals
Established that juveniles should be rehabilitated not punished and that children should not be treated as adults
Anger Managment

26. According to Sampson and Laub's age-graded theory of crime - a developmental theory - the following points are associated with reduced recidivism...
Marriage
Young - male - minority - poor
Illegally obtained confessions - cruel and unusual punishment and an impartial jury
Televised coverage is not permitted in federal courts

27. Are tv camara's aloud in federal court?
Pre-Sentence Investigation
Responding to calls of service not chasing down criminals or making arrests
45 states have provisions that allow judges to transer cases to the adult court room
Televised coverage is not permitted in federal courts

28. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?
No - jury trials are NOT very common in the U.S.
Went down steadily
They frequently mistake the indentity of suspects
Self-incrimination

29. A person can challenge a guilty plea by...
Claiming he/she did not have effective counsul - claiming the plea was not made voluntarily and claiming that the prosecuter did not keep his/her promises made in the agreement
Trial by a judge without jury
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1. Probability of error; 2. Unfair use of discretion; 3. Misplaced vengeance; 4. Weak public support; 5. Little deterrent effect; 6. Race/Gender biases; 7. Brutal; 8. Expensive

30. The peak age for involvement in property crimes in the U.S is...
All evidence that is obtained illegally must be thrown out from the use at trial
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If juror might be biased; if juror has knowledge of case; if unable to be impartial
House Arrest

31. Right to confront witnesses
Community Service Restitution
Established that juveniles should be rehabilitated not punished and that children should not be treated as adults
Guaranteed by the 6th amendment.
Shock Probation

32. NCVS crime statistics are likely to be better then the UCR crimes statistics in...
If juror might be biased; if juror has knowledge of case; if unable to be impartial
Restitution
Counting the number of rapes in the U.S.
The local police

33. Are Jury trial common in the U.S.?
Self-incrimination
No - jury trials are NOT very common in the U.S.
Juvenile records are confidential; in recent years states have passed statutes to allow for records to be accessed by court order
29 states automatically exclude some offenses from juvenile court (EX. Rape/Murder)

34. Right to an impartial jury
Illegally obtained confessions - cruel and unusual punishment and an impartial jury
6 person jury is required by law jury must come to unanminous verdit
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Police training - fingerprinting - and polygraph tests

35. An investigation performed by a probation officer attached to a trial court after the conviction of a defendent.
Pre-Sentence Investigation
90%
1. Concurrent Jurisdiction; 2. Statutory Jurisdiction; 3. Judicial Waiver
Miranda Waivers are particularly relevent to juveniles

36. Judicial Waiver
45 states have provisions that allow judges to transer cases to the adult court room
Anger Managment
Marriage
Juvenile records are confidential; in recent years states have passed statutes to allow for records to be accessed by court order

37. A program requiring probationers to pay in part for the costs of their treatment.
Shock Probation
Indigent Defendant
Shock Incarceration
Day Fees

38. From 1995 to 2005 - the crime rate in the U.S...
Went down steadily
Statutory requirement - limits judges power
Social agent
Most widely used type of sentence - goal is to indivdualize punishment

39. The peak age for invovlment in violent crimes in the U.S. is...
Can earn 10 to 15 days per month and sentence reduction
Trial by a judge without jury
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Obstacle course

40. Verdict
Tend to be in opposition to mainstream cultural values
1. Large numbers of re-entering inmates; 2. Legal prohibition on kinds of employment; 3. Limits on obtaining licenses; 4. Restriction on freedom of movment
Day Fees
1. guilty; 2. not guilty; 3. hung jury

41. What do police officers spend most of their time on patrol doing?
A fixed term of incarceration
Responding to calls of service not chasing down criminals or making arrests
1. General Deterrence; 2. Specific Deterrence; 3. Incapaition; 4. Rehab; 5. Restitution
Loyalty is a critical component of the police subculture

42. What was significant about the Illinois Juvenile Court Act of 1899?
Established that juveniles should be rehabilitated not punished and that children should not be treated as adults
PRESUMPTION of DETENTION to limit the release of suspects on bail
For criminal trials - the evidentairy standard is proof beyond a reasonable doubt
Forfeiture

43. A prison treatment program that allows inmates to be released during the day to work in the community and return to prison at night.
Work Release
Grand Jury
The procedural criminal law
Loyalty is a critical component of the police subculture

44. The 5th amendment protects citizens from...
Loyalty is a critical component of the police subculture
1. guilty; 2. not guilty; 3. hung jury
Is favorable because it increases efficiency
Self-incrimination

45. Legal counsel for the defendant in a criminal case - representing to final appeal.
Defense Attorney
Intake
Committed an act in violation of the penal code
The accused must be brought to trial within 100 days of being arrested

46. 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.
New York (Auburn) System
The local police
Targets low level quality of life crimes to eliminate disorder in the community
Anger Managment

47. An argument in favor of the O.J. trial is likely to point to the fact that...
Pre-Sentence Investigation
There were too many police errors to trust the police evidence
Work Release
Boot Camp

48. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?
There were too many police errors to trust the police evidence
Maximum-Security
Loyalty is a critical component of the police subculture
House Arrest

49. Peremptory Challenge
A crime that is considered especially immoral
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Statutory requirement - limits judges power
When a jury member is challenged for no reason

50. About how much does the U.S. spend on the criminal justice system every year?
Sentence served one after another
Grand Jury
$200 billion
Work Release