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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Probation failure correlates to...






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






7. What is the criteria to determine whether someone is entitled to jury trial?






8. Capital Punishment






9. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






10. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






11. Right to speedy trial






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






13. Concurrent Sentence






14. Right to counsel






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






16. Factors that Influence Sentencing






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






18. 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






19. Jury Selection


20. 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.






21. According to the Supreme Court - the following activities would not violate individual protections against illegal seasrch and seizure...






22. An attorney employed by the government to represent criminal defenders who cannot afford to pay for a lawyer.






23. Women Imprisoned






24. The early release of a prisoner from imprisonment subject to conditions set by correctional authorites.






25. Bench Trial






26. A sentence entailing the conditional release of a convicted offender into the community under the supervision of the court






27. Who has a better record of defending clients; private or public attorneys?






28. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






29. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






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






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






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






33. Right to be competent at trail


34. The average officers makes how many felony arrests per month?






35. Three Strikes Law






36. Levying a money payment on offenders to compensate society for their misdeeds






37. Evidentiary Standard






38. The sentence






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






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






41. A short term militaristic correctional facility in which inmates undergo intensive physical conditioning and discipline.






42. Judicial Waiver






43. Models of sentencing






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






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






46. Right to confront witnesses






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






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






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