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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. A program requiring probationers to pay in part for the costs of their treatment.






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






3. Trial Process






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






5. What was significant about the Illinois Juvenile Court Act of 1899?






6. 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.






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






8. What is General Deterrence?






9. Consecutive sentence






10. Goals of Punishment






11. 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.






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






13. An investigation performed by a probation officer attached to a trial court after the conviction of a defendent.






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






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






16. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. The sentence






25. Competent Standard

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26. The Conflict View of criminal definitions assumes that criminal law expresses...






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






28. The sizure of personal property by the state as a civil or criminal penalty.






29. Factors that Influence Sentencing






30. Right to be competent at trail

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






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






33. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






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






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






36. Right to confront witnesses






37. A court order requiring a witness to appear in court at a specified time and place.






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






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






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






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






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






43. Right to an impartial judge






44. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






45. Bench Trial






46. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






47. Right to an impartial jury






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






49. Three Strikes Law






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