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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The process in which a probation officer settles cases at the initial appearance before the onset of formal criminal proceeding.






2. Peremptory Challenge






3. Factors that Influence Sentencing






4. Concurrent Sentence






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






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






7. Trial Process






8. Goals of Punishment






9. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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10. The substantive criminal law...






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






12. The sentence






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






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






15. Probation failure correlates to...






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






17. Right to compulsory process






18. 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.






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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






25. Right to be competent at trail

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26. Right to an impartial judge






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






28. About how many people are in prisons in the US?






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






30. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






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






32. A prison treatment program that allows inmates to be released during the day to work in the community and return to prison at night.






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






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






35. Right to public trial






36. Three Strikes Law






37. Duties of probation officers






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






39. What are characteristics of inmates






40. Mandatory Sentence






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






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






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






44. Judicial Waiver






45. 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.






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






47. According to Sampson and Laub's age-graded theory of crime - a developmental theory - the following points are associated with reduced recidivism...






48. Delinquents






49. Right to confront witnesses






50. A form of intermediate sanction that requires that the convicted offender spend a designated amount of time per week in his or her own home-such as from 6:00 P.M. Friday until 8:00 A.M.