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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A community-based correctional facility that houses inmates before their outright released so that they can become gradually acclimatd to conventional society.






2. Motion for a direct verdict






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






4. Duties of probation officers






5. Right to an impartial jury






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.






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






8. Status Offenders






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






10. Sir Robert Peel believed that police officers should...






11. 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...






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






13. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






14. Models of sentencing






15. The Conflict View of criminal definitions assumes that criminal law expresses...






16. Common concerns with the privatization of policing includes...






17. The sentence






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






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






20. What are the three systems to transfer juveniles to adult court?






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






22. Right to public trial






23. Good time






24. Challenged for cause






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






26. 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.






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






28. Three Strikes Law






29. Concurrent Jursidiction






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






31. Consecutive sentence






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






33. A defendent who lacks the funds to hire a private attorney and is therefore entitled to free counsel.






34. Problem of Re-entry






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






36. Bench Trial






37. Verdict






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






39. The sizure of personal property by the state as a civil or criminal penalty.






40. 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.






41. Some of the policing reforms that August Vollmer proposed include...






42. Concurrent Sentence






43. Which is more common - violent crimes or property crimes?






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






45. The use of an alternative to trial - such as referral to treament or employment programs.






46. About how many people are in prisons in the US?






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






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






49. According to Shaw and McKay's social disorganization theory - crime rates in a geographic area can be explained by...






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