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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. According to Freud's psychological theory - deviant behavior is the result of...






2. Evidentiary Standard






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






4. Argument against the Death Penalty






5. Goals of Punishment






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






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






8. A correctional institution that houses dangerous felons and maintains strict security measure - high walls - and limited contact with the outside world.






9. Factors that Influence Sentencing






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






11. Probation failure correlates to...






12. During the araignment phase of the court process - defendants...






13. 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.






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. Concurrent Sentence






21. Levying a money payment on offenders to compensate society for their misdeeds






22. Miranda Rights...






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






24. Is female involvement in violent crime increasing or decreasing?






25. What is Duress?






26. Indeterminate Sentencing






27. What are characteristics of inmates






28. A state of federal correctional institution for incarceration of felony offenders for term of one year or more.






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






30. Right to counsel






31. Problem of Re-entry






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






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






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






35. Judicial Waiver






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






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






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






39. In order for a case to be heard by the Supreme Court...






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






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






42. A sentence in which offenders serve a short prison term before they begin probation - to impress them with the pain of imprisonment.






43. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






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






45. The decision by a prosecuttor to drop a case after a complaint has been made because of - for examples - insufficatient edvidence.






46. 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.






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






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






49. Right to confront witnesses






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