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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An investigation performed by a probation officer attached to a trial court after the conviction of a defendent.






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






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






4. Right to public trial






5. The use of an alternative to trial - such as referral to treament or employment programs.






6. The Supreme Court descison on NO EXCEPTIONS said that...






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






8. Right to an impartial judge






9. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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10. Conditions or restriction mandated by the court that must be obeyed by a probationer






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






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






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






14. Right to confront witnesses






15. Good time






16. Right to speedy trial






17. 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.






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






19. What did the BAIL REFORM ACT of 1984 establish?






20. 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.






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






22. Miranda Rights...






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. The substantive criminal law...






30. 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.






31. Consecutive sentence






32. Women Imprisoned






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






34. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






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






36. Bench Trial






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






38. Capital Punishment






39. In the common law - a crime that is considered mala in se is...






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






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






42. 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






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






44. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






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






46. What is Duress?






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






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






49. Delinquents






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