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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. Legal counsel for the defendant in a criminal case - representing to final appeal.






2. 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.






3. Trial Process






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






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






6. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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






8. Models of sentencing






9. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






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






11. Delinquents






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






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






14. Alternative Correctional Institution






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






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






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






18. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






19. Right to public trial






20. Miranda Rights...






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






22. Consecutive sentence






23. Verdict






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






25. Motion for a direct verdict






26. Capital Punishment






27. Problem of Re-entry






28. The officers of the London Metropolitan Police...






29. Right to counsel






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






35. Indeterminate Sentencing






36. Women Imprisoned






37. Mandatory Sentence






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






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






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






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






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






43. What are characteristics of inmates






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






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






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






47. Packer describes the due process model of the criminal justice system operating like an...






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






49. 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.






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