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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Are tv camara's aloud in federal court?






2. A prison system - developed in Pennsylvania during the nineteeth centry - based on total isolation and individual pentence.






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






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






5. Models of sentencing






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






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






8. 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.






9. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






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






11. Right to be competent at trail


12. Probation failure correlates to...






13. Right to compulsory process






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






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






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






17. A community-based correctional facility that houses inmates before their outright released so that they can become gradually acclimatd to conventional society.






18. Judicial Waiver






19. What are characteristics of inmates






20. What did the BAIL REFORM ACT of 1984 establish?






21. What was significant about the Illinois Juvenile Court Act of 1899?






22. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






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






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






25. Right to counsel






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






27. Arguments for the Death Penalty


28. Truth in Sentencing






29. Alternative Correctional Institution






30. Motion for a direct verdict






31. What is the common criteria for juveniles to be diverted to community programs?






32. Competent Standard


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






34. Problems of Parole






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






36. According to Cohen's sub-culture or cultural deviance theory - gang values...






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






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






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






40. Good time






41. According to Freud's psychological theory - deviant behavior is the result of...






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






43. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






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






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






46. Mandatory Sentence






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






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






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






50. A person can challenge a guilty plea by...