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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. Levying a money payment on offenders to compensate society for their misdeeds






2. Civil right that include the right of inmates to receive mail and medical benefits and to practice their religion.






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






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






5. According to Cohen's sub-culture or cultural deviance theory - gang values...






6. Right to compulsory process






7. Problems of Parole






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






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






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






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






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






13. Alternative Correctional Institution






14. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






15. Peremptory Challenge






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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






22. Probation failure correlates to...






23. Right to counsel






24. Concurrent Sentence






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






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






27. Determinate Sentencing






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






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






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






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






32. Bench Trial






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






34. 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.






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






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






37. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






38. Motion for a direct verdict






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






40. Factors that Influence Sentencing






41. A person can challenge a guilty plea by...






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






43. Competent Standard

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






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






46. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






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






48. According to the stop and frisk rule - established by the Terry vs Ohio case a police officer may stop and frisk a person...






49. Argument against the Death Penalty






50. Women Imprisoned







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