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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. According to social reaction/labeling theory - some young people become criminals because...






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






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






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






5. A short prison sentence served in boot camp-type facilities






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






7. A regimented - dehumanizing institution such as a prison in which like-situated people are kept in social isolation - cut off from the world at large.






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






9. Consecutive sentence






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






11. What is Duress?






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






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






14. Goals of Punishment






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






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






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






18. Right to speedy trial






19. Statutory Jurisdiction






20. Right to be competent at trail

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21. The investigation of the murder of a postal worker would fall within the jurisdiction of...






22. Truth in Sentencing






23. 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.






24. Factors that Influence Sentencing






25. Duties of probation officers






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






27. Right to confront witnesses






28. Right to an impartial jury






29. The substantive criminal law...






30. Process by which the state later recovers some or all of the cost of providing free legal counsel to an indigent defendant.






31. The sentence






32. Mandatory Sentence






33. 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.






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






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






36. Miranda Rights...






37. The process in which a probation officer settles cases at the initial appearance before the onset of formal criminal proceeding.






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






39. Concurrent Sentence






40. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






41. 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.






42. What do police officers spend most of their time on patrol doing?






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






44. Probation failure correlates to...






45. What are characteristics of inmates






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






47. Conditions or restriction mandated by the court that must be obeyed by a probationer






48. Jury Selection

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






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