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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. Is female involvement in violent crime increasing or decreasing?






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






3. Goals of Punishment






4. Three Strikes Law






5. An argument in favor of the O.J. trial is likely to point to the fact that...






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






7. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






8. Good time






9. 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.






10. Sir Robert Peel believed that police officers should...






11. A sentence entailing the conditional release of a convicted offender into the community under the supervision of the court






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






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






14. Determinate Sentencing






15. The sentence






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






17. According to Shaw and McKay's social disorganization theory - crime rates in a geographic area can be explained by...






18. Right to be competent at trail

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






20. Concurrent Sentence






21. Argument against the Death Penalty






22. Right to compulsory process






23. Right to speedy trial






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






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






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






27. Truth in Sentencing






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






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






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






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






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






33. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






34. How many percent of criminal defendents are considered indigent?






35. Statutory Jurisdiction






36. A correctional policy that allow inates to leave the institution for vocational or educational training - for employment - or to maintain famly ties.






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






38. Problem of Re-entry






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






40. Judicial Waiver






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






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






43. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






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






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






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






47. Women Imprisoned






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






49. Right to counsel






50. Right to confront witnesses







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