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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Miranda Rights...






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






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






4. What is Duress?






5. Right to public trial






6. Competent Standard

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7. The investigation of the murder of a postal worker would fall within the jurisdiction of...






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






9. Motion for a direct verdict






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






11. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






12. Delinquents






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






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






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






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






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






18. The initial reaction in prison is usually...






19. An investigation performed by a probation officer attached to a trial court after the conviction of a defendent.






20. According to social reaction/labeling theory - some young people become criminals because...






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






22. Right to compulsory process






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






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






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






26. Right to an impartial jury






27. Evidentiary Standard






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






29. What are characteristics of inmates






30. 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






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






32. Determinate Sentencing






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






34. During the araignment phase of the court process - defendants...






35. 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.






36. Right to confront witnesses






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






38. 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.






39. Right to speedy trial






40. An alternative sanction that requires an offender to work in the community at such task as cleaning public parks or working with disabled children in lieu of an incarceration sentence.






41. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






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






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






44. Problems of Parole






45. According to Packer's due process model of criminal justice - plea bargaining...






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






47. Factors that Influence Sentencing






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






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






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