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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A prison system - developed in New York during the nineteenth centry - based on congregate work during the day and seperaton at night.






2. Right to an impartial jury






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






4. Right to compulsory process






5. In the common law - a crime that is considered mala in se is...






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






7. 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.






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






9. What is Duress?






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






11. What is the criteria to determine whether someone is entitled to jury trial?






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






13. 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.






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






15. Right to an impartial judge






16. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






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






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






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






20. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






21. 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.






22. The group of punishment falling between probation and prison. Community-based sanction - including house arrest and intensive supervision - serve as alternatives to incarceration.






23. Jury Selection

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






25. Competent Standard

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26. Women Imprisoned






27. 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






28. Factors that Influence Sentencing






29. According to the stop and frisk rule - established by the Terry vs Ohio case a police officer may stop and frisk a person...






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






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






32. An example of the criminal defense of justifaction is...






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






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






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






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






37. The early release of a prisoner from imprisonment subject to conditions set by correctional authorites.






38. What percentage of police departments require officers to have a college degree?






39. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






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






41. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






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






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






44. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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






46. Delinquents






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






48. The policing style associated with police officers belief that it is his duty to be a first line responder to various problems in the community is...






49. Judicial Waiver






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