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Criminal Justice

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1. Legal counsel for the defendant in a criminal case - representing to final appeal.
Enter a plea
Defense Attorney
Should be whether the defendent has sufficient present ability to consult with defendents lawyers and defend one's self
Responding to calls of service not chasing down criminals or making arrests

2. 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.
Summer
1. Jury Selection; 2. Opening Statement; 3. Prosecution Case; 4. Motion for Directed Verdict; 5. Closing Argument; 6. Direction to Jury; 7. Verdict; 8. Sentence; 9. Appeal
Probation
House Arrest

3. Trial Process
1. guilty; 2. not guilty; 3. hung jury
1. Jury Selection; 2. Opening Statement; 3. Prosecution Case; 4. Motion for Directed Verdict; 5. Closing Argument; 6. Direction to Jury; 7. Verdict; 8. Sentence; 9. Appeal
Accountability of private police to legal standards of policing and equity in treatment of rich and poor areas
The procedural criminal law

4. An argument in favor of the O.J. trial is likely to point to the fact that...
Society expects them to be criminals
Anger Managment
There were too many police errors to trust the police evidence
Halfway House

5. The majority of criminal cases in the U.S are investigated by...
Judge directs jury to acquit the defendant because the prosecution has fail to prove the elements of the crime according to legal standards
Targets low level quality of life crimes to eliminate disorder in the community
The local police
1. determinate; 2. mandatory; 3. interminate

6. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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7. Stare decisis refers to the concept that legal decisions should be based on...
Established customs and traditions
Collecting taxes and supervising elections
Intake
Illegally obtained confessions - cruel and unusual punishment and an impartial jury

8. Models of sentencing
1. Large numbers of re-entering inmates; 2. Legal prohibition on kinds of employment; 3. Limits on obtaining licenses; 4. Restriction on freedom of movment
1. determinate; 2. mandatory; 3. interminate
nolle prosequi
Enter a plea

9. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?
1. prison farms and camps; 2. Shock Incarations; 3. Community correctional facilities; 4. Private prisons
Loyalty is a critical component of the police subculture
The procedural criminal law
Unreported crimes - police corruption - police errors

10. According to Sampson and Laub's age-graded theory of crime - a developmental theory - the following points are associated with reduced recidivism...
There were too many police errors to trust the police evidence
The place and its charecteristics
Young males - unemployed or low income - prior criminal record or history
Marriage

11. Delinquents
Defines what is criminal behavior and appropriate punishments
House Arrest
Committed an act in violation of the penal code
At least four justices have to agree that it should be heard by the Supreme Court and a writ of certiorari must be filed with the Supreme Court

12. An attorney employed by the government to represent criminal defenders who cannot afford to pay for a lawyer.
Higher
Judge should excuse himself or herself in there is a conflict of interest
Public Defender
All evidence that is obtained illegally must be thrown out from the use at trial

13. How many percent of criminal defendents are considered indigent?
PRESUMPTION of DETENTION to limit the release of suspects on bail
The accused must be brought to trial within 100 days of being arrested
A crime that is considered especially immoral
90%

14. Alternative Correctional Institution
Rational - self- intersted and hedonistic
No - jury trials are NOT very common in the U.S.
1. prison farms and camps; 2. Shock Incarations; 3. Community correctional facilities; 4. Private prisons
Highway Patrol

15. A prison system - developed in New York during the nineteenth centry - based on congregate work during the day and seperaton at night.
Trial by a judge without jury
Obstacle course
New York (Auburn) System
They frequently mistake the indentity of suspects

16. About how many people are in prisons in the US?
Enter a plea
1.4 million
Boot Camp
$200 billion

17. NCVS crime statistics are likely to be better then the UCR crimes statistics in...
Restorative Justice
Substantive Rights
Counting the number of rapes in the U.S.
1. Investigate; 2. Intake; 3. Diagnosis; 4. Supervision; Risk Classification

18. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?
Illegally obtained confessions - cruel and unusual punishment and an impartial jury
Most widely used type of sentence - goal is to indivdualize punishment
Loyalty is a critical component of the police subculture
Public Defender

19. Right to public trial
Supreme court has established that criminal trials must remain public
Maximum-Security
A crime that is considered especially immoral
The views of powerful elites in society

20. Miranda Rights...
Miranda Waivers are particularly relevent to juveniles
Society expects them to be criminals
Make-believe family
Revocation

21. According to Freud's psychological theory - deviant behavior is the result of...
1. Impartial Judge; 2. Competent to Stand Trial; 3. Confront Witnesses; 4. Compulsory Process; 5. Impartial Jury; 6. Counsul; 7. Speedy Trial; 8. Public Trial
15 states allow the prosecutor to decide
About 20% and most police departments require at least an associates degree
Unresolved personality conflicts in early childhood

22. Consecutive sentence
Guaranteed by the 6th amendment.
1. prison farms and camps; 2. Shock Incarations; 3. Community correctional facilities; 4. Private prisons
Public Defender
Sentence served one after another

23. Verdict
Guaranteed by the 6th amendment defendent may choose to waive the right to cousel and self-represent
1. guilty; 2. not guilty; 3. hung jury
Boot Camp
At least four justices have to agree that it should be heard by the Supreme Court and a writ of certiorari must be filed with the Supreme Court

24. An example of the criminal defense of justifaction is...
Unreported crimes - police corruption - police errors
Community Treatment
Probation Rules
Self-defense and insanity

25. Motion for a direct verdict
A crime that is considered especially immoral
Claiming he/she did not have effective counsul - claiming the plea was not made voluntarily and claiming that the prosecuter did not keep his/her promises made in the agreement
Judge directs jury to acquit the defendant because the prosecution has fail to prove the elements of the crime according to legal standards
Property crimes

26. Capital Punishment
Fine
Diversion
Self-defense and insanity
The death penalty only applies to first degree murder and only when aggravating circumstances are present

27. Problem of Re-entry
1. Large numbers of re-entering inmates; 2. Legal prohibition on kinds of employment; 3. Limits on obtaining licenses; 4. Restriction on freedom of movment
Parole
Selected random from tax records - Driver's Liscence records and voter registration
Should be whether the defendent has sufficient present ability to consult with defendents lawyers and defend one's self

28. The officers of the London Metropolitan Police...
Were considered highly educated in their time period
The search of abandoned property - the search of an open field - the fly-over search of property
Is favorable because it increases efficiency
1. Incapactation; 2. Deterrence; 3. Moral 'an eye for an eye'; 4. Proportionality; 5. Public Opinion; 6. Low chance of error

29. Right to counsel
Probation Rules
No - jury trials are NOT very common in the U.S.
Police training - fingerprinting - and polygraph tests
Guaranteed by the 6th amendment defendent may choose to waive the right to cousel and self-represent

30. A program requiring probationers to pay in part for the costs of their treatment.
Day Fees
Young males - unemployed or low income - prior criminal record or history
Total Instutution
Public Defender

31. 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.
Collecting taxes and supervising elections
Guaranteed by the 6th amendment.
Community Service Restitution
If the officer supects that the person carrying weapons

32. What do police officers spend most of their time on patrol doing?
Responding to calls of service not chasing down criminals or making arrests
Whether the person intentionally committed the act
Public Defender
PRESUMPTION of DETENTION to limit the release of suspects on bail

33. The average officers makes how many felony arrests per month?
7 Million Americans
Restitution
About 10 felony arrests per month
The U.S. Marshall

34. A short prison sentence served in boot camp-type facilities
Increasing
16
Shock Incarceration
The views of powerful elites in society

35. Indeterminate Sentencing
Self-incrimination
The views of powerful elites in society
Most widely used type of sentence - goal is to indivdualize punishment
Marriage

36. Women Imprisoned
1. Jury Selection; 2. Opening Statement; 3. Prosecution Case; 4. Motion for Directed Verdict; 5. Closing Argument; 6. Direction to Jury; 7. Verdict; 8. Sentence; 9. Appeal
Self-incrimination
Most are in minimum security and are less violent
Young - male - minority - poor

37. Mandatory Sentence
Social agent
Unreported crimes - police corruption - police errors
Statutory requirement - limits judges power
Grand Jury

38. Which is more common - violent crimes or property crimes?
Revocation
15 states allow the prosecutor to decide
Property crimes
Furlough

39. The attempt by correctional agencies to maintain convicted offenders in the community instead of a secure facilty it includes probation - parole and residential programs.
Commonly classified as Persons in Need of Supervision (PINS) or Children in Need of Supervision (CHINS)
Community Treatment
If the punishment is 6 months in prisonment or more
1. General Deterrence; 2. Specific Deterrence; 3. Incapaition; 4. Rehab; 5. Restitution

40. The PRIMARY work of state law enforcement agencies involve...
1. First time offender; 2. Non-violent or status offender; 3. Alcahol or drug problem
Committed an act in violation of the penal code
Highway Patrol
Supreme court has established that criminal trials must remain public

41. The Conflict View of criminal definitions assumes that criminal law expresses...
The views of powerful elites in society
Self-incrimination
Police training - fingerprinting - and polygraph tests
Prison

42. According to the Supreme Court - the following activities would not violate individual protections against illegal seasrch and seizure...
Increasing
The search of abandoned property - the search of an open field - the fly-over search of property
1. prison farms and camps; 2. Shock Incarations; 3. Community correctional facilities; 4. Private prisons
Lengthy prison term for 3rd felony offense even if it is a minor offense

43. What are characteristics of inmates
Young - male - minority - poor
Supreme court has established that criminal trials must remain public
Property crimes
The search of abandoned property - the search of an open field - the fly-over search of property

44. According to Packer's due process model of criminal justice - plea bargaining...
There were too many police errors to trust the police evidence
Is favorable because it increases efficiency
Community Treatment
Collecting taxes and supervising elections

45. A short term militaristic correctional facility in which inmates undergo intensive physical conditioning and discipline.
Pre-Sentence Investigation
About 20% and most police departments require at least an associates degree
Boot Camp
Responding to calls of service not chasing down criminals or making arrests

46. Packer describes the crime models criminal justice system operating like an...
Assembly line
Lengthy prison term for 3rd felony offense even if it is a minor offense
At least four justices have to agree that it should be heard by the Supreme Court and a writ of certiorari must be filed with the Supreme Court
1. personal deficits; 2. social deficit; 3. Economic deficits; 4. Marriage and family deficits

47. Packer describes the due process model of the criminal justice system operating like an...
Is favorable because it increases efficiency
Indigent Defendant
Restitution
Obstacle course

48. What is the criteria to determine whether someone is entitled to jury trial?
If the punishment is 6 months in prisonment or more
Should be whether the defendent has sufficient present ability to consult with defendents lawyers and defend one's self
Most are in minimum security and are less violent
Halfway House

49. 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.
Most widely used type of sentence - goal is to indivdualize punishment
Revocation
1. General Deterrence; 2. Specific Deterrence; 3. Incapaition; 4. Rehab; 5. Restitution
Property crimes

50. The peak age for invovlment in violent crimes in the U.S. is...
Certainty of punishment - swiftness of punishment - punishment that is proportional to the severity of the crime
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Defines what is criminal behavior and appropriate punishments
Penitentiary House