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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. The Supreme Court descison on NO EXCEPTIONS said that...






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






3. A correctional institution that houses dangerous felons and maintains strict security measure - high walls - and limited contact with the outside world.






4. What is the common criteria for juveniles to be diverted to community programs?






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






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






7. In colonial America - the county sheriff's job included...






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






9. A prison system - developed in New York during the nineteenth centry - based on congregate work during the day and seperaton at night.






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






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






12. Motion for a direct verdict






13. Some of the policing reforms that August Vollmer proposed include...






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






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






16. Are Jury trial common in the U.S.?






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






18. What are the three systems to transfer juveniles to adult court?






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






20. Delinquents






21. Determinate Sentencing






22. Right to public trial






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






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






25. Right to an impartial judge






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






27. Right to compulsory process






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






29. A view of criminal justice that focuses on crime as an act against the community rather than the state






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






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






33. Argument against the Death Penalty






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






35. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






36. Models of sentencing






37. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






38. NCVS crime statistics are likely to be better then the UCR crimes statistics in...






39. Jury Selection

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






41. 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






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






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






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






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






46. Challenged for cause






47. Duties of probation officers






48. Physical punishment or punishment that is far in excess of that given to people under similar circumstances and is therefore banned by the eighth amendment. The death penalty has so far not been considered cruel and unusual if it is administered in f






49. An attorney employed by the government to represent criminal defenders who cannot afford to pay for a lawyer.






50. Three Strikes Law