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Criminal Justice

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






2. Challenged for cause






3. Good time






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






5. The peak age for involvement in property crimes in the U.S is...






6. Indeterminate Sentencing






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






8. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






9. Concurrent Sentence






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






11. Concurrent Jursidiction






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






13. Alternative Correctional Institution






14. According to Sampson and Laub's age-graded theory of crime - a developmental theory - the following points are associated with reduced recidivism...






15. 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.






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






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






18. Right to an impartial jury






19. Problem of Re-entry






20. Right to confront witnesses






21. The newest form of a maximum-security prison that uses high-level securtity mesasure to incapacitate the nation's most dangerous criminals. Most inmates are in lockdown 23 hours per day.






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






23. 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






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






25. What are characteristics of inmates






26. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






27. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






28. In colonial America - the county sheriff's job included...






29. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






30. Models of sentencing






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






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






33. Mandatory Sentence






34. Stare decisis refers to the concept that legal decisions should be based on...






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






36. Motion for a direct verdict






37. Evidentiary Standard






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






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






40. The process in which a probation officer settles cases at the initial appearance before the onset of formal criminal proceeding.






41. Statutory Jurisdiction






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






43. What do police officers spend most of their time on patrol doing?






44. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






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






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






47. Right to an impartial judge






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






49. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






50. What time of year are crime rates in the U.S. the highest?







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