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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. Concurrent Sentence






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






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






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






6. Argument against the Death Penalty






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






8. The federal agency responsible for the witness protection program and fugitive investigations is...






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






10. From 1995 to 2005 - the crime rate in the U.S...






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






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






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






14. Right to an impartial jury






15. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






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






17. Status Offenders






18. 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...






19. Models of sentencing






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






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






22. Right to public trial






23. Peremptory Challenge






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






25. 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.






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






27. Problem of Re-entry






28. 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.






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






30. Evidentiary Standard






31. Right to counsel






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Verdict






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






41. The average officers makes how many felony arrests per month?






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






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






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






45. Right to confront witnesses






46. The substantive criminal law...






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






48. Determinate Sentencing






49. Duties of probation officers






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