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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Right to public trial






2. The 5th amendment protects citizens from...






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






4. Challenged for cause






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






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






7. 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.






8. 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.






9. Trial Process






10. Mandatory Sentence






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






12. A group of citizens chosen to hear charges against persons accused of crime and to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to bring the person to trial.






13. Right to compulsory process






14. Concurrent Sentence






15. 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.






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






17. A person can challenge a guilty plea by...






18. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






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






20. 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.






21. 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.






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






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






24. Problems of Parole






25. The majority of criminal cases in the U.S are investigated by...






26. Goals of Punishment






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






28. Duties of probation officers






29. Common concerns with the privatization of policing includes...






30. 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






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






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






33. What are characteristics of inmates






34. Verdict






35. Alternative Correctional Institution






36. Determinate Sentencing






37. 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






38. The substantive criminal law...






39. According to social reaction/labeling theory - some young people become criminals because...






40. Competent Standard

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






42. What is General Deterrence?






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






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






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






46. Are arrest rates of drug-related crime higher or lower then they were in the 1970's?






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






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






49. Right to counsel






50. Jury Selection

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