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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. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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3. Problem of Re-entry






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






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






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






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






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






9. Trial Process






10. 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.






11. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






12. A defendent who lacks the funds to hire a private attorney and is therefore entitled to free counsel.






13. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






14. Good time






15. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






16. The policing style associated with police officers belief that it is his duty to be a first line responder to various problems in the community is...






17. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






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






19. Peremptory Challenge






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






21. About how many Americans are under some form of correctional supervision?






22. Right to be competent at trail

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






24. Bench Trial






25. 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






26. Right to public trial






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






28. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






29. Right to an impartial jury






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






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






32. Right to confront witnesses






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






34. Capital Punishment






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






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






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






38. Challenged for cause






39. Right to counsel






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






41. A community-based correctional facility that houses inmates before their outright released so that they can become gradually acclimatd to conventional society.






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






43. Truth in Sentencing






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






45. Argument against the Death Penalty






46. Judicial Waiver






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






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






49. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






50. Duties of probation officers