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Criminal Justice

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






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






3. Broken window policing is a strategy in which police officer...






4. Evidentiary Standard






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






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






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






8. A state of federal correctional institution for incarceration of felony offenders for term of one year or more.






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






10. 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.






11. Delinquents






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






13. 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.






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






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






16. Mens reas is important in determining if a person can be held criminally responsible and refers specifically to...






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






18. Peremptory Challenge






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






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






21. Good time






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






23. Truth in Sentencing






24. Models of sentencing






25. A condition of probation in which the offender repays society or the victim of crime for the trouble the offender caused.






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






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






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






29. The majority of criminal cases in the U.S are investigated by...






30. Factors that Influence Sentencing






31. Judicial Waiver






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






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






34. Right to be competent at trail


35. 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.






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






37. According to Beccaria - the three criteria required for deterrence to work ainclude...






38. Determinate Sentencing






39. Right to compulsory process






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






41. The least secure institution that houses white-colar and nonviolent offenders - maintains few security measures - and has liberal furlough and visitation policies.






42. Argument against the Death Penalty






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






44. Right to an impartial jury






45. Right to public trial






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






47. Indeterminate Sentencing






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






49. What is Duress?






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