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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






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






3. Motion for a direct verdict






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






5. Right to an impartial jury






6. 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.






7. Mandatory Sentence






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






9. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






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






11. Verdict






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






13. Concurrent Jursidiction






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






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






16. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






17. The sentence






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






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






20. Judicial Waiver






21. What are characteristics of inmates






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






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






24. The early release of a prisoner from imprisonment subject to conditions set by correctional authorites.






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






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






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






28. Alternative Correctional Institution






29. Concurrent Sentence






30. Good time






31. Broken window policing is a strategy in which police officer...






32. Process by which the state later recovers some or all of the cost of providing free legal counsel to an indigent defendant.






33. Trial Process






34. Status Offenders






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






36. Bench Trial






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






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






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






40. Peremptory Challenge






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. Statutory Jurisdiction






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






47. A condition of probation in which the offender repays society or the victim of crime for the trouble the offender caused.






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






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






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