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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. According to Shaw and McKay's social disorganization theory - crime rates in a geographic area can be explained by...






2. Argument against the Death Penalty






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






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






5. Good time






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






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






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






9. 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...






10. Motion for a direct verdict






11. Consecutive sentence






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






13. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






14. Problems of Parole






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






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






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






18. Jury Selection

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19. What is Duress?






20. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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






22. Concurrent Jursidiction






23. What is the common criteria for juveniles to be diverted to community programs?






24. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






25. What are characteristics of inmates






26. Status Offenders






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






28. Right to compulsory process






29. 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






30. Peremptory Challenge






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






32. The early release of a prisoner from imprisonment subject to conditions set by correctional authorites.






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






34. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






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






36. Factors that Influence Sentencing






37. 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.






38. What do police officers spend most of their time on patrol doing?






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






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






41. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






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






43. Right to public trial






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






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






46. The sentence






47. 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






48. Mandatory Sentence






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






50. Right to be competent at trail

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