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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. Duties of probation officers






2. Right to an impartial judge






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






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






5. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






6. Packer describes the crime models criminal justice system operating like an...






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






8. Capital Punishment






9. Peremptory Challenge






10. Competent Standard

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11. Models of sentencing






12. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






13. Concurrent Jursidiction






14. Bench Trial






15. Mandatory Sentence






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






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






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






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






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






21. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






22. Right to speedy trial






23. 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.






24. A program requiring probationers to pay in part for the costs of their treatment.






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






26. From 1995 to 2005 - the crime rate in the U.S...






27. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






28. Right to confront witnesses






29. What are characteristics of inmates






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






36. The substantive criminal law...






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. Judicial Waiver






40. Is female involvement in violent crime increasing or decreasing?






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






42. What is Duress?






43. Miranda Rights...






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






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






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






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






48. Truth in Sentencing






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






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