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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Packer describes the crime models criminal justice system operating like an...






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






3. A regimented - dehumanizing institution such as a prison in which like-situated people are kept in social isolation - cut off from the world at large.






4. In order for a case to be heard by the Supreme Court...






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






6. Jury Selection

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7. Right to counsel






8. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






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






10. What is Duress?






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






12. 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.






13. Women Imprisoned






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






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






16. Three Strikes Law






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






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






19. Mandatory Sentence






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






21. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






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






23. The newest form of a maximum-security prison that uses high-level securtity mesasure to incapacitate the nation's most dangerous criminals. Most inmates are in lockdown 23 hours per day.






24. Common concerns with the privatization of policing includes...






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






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






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






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






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






30. Goals of Punishment






31. 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.






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






33. Alternative Correctional Institution






34. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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35. Truth in Sentencing






36. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






37. According to Shaw and McKay's social disorganization theory - crime rates in a geographic area can be explained by...






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






39. Problems of Parole






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






41. Duties of probation officers






42. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






43. Right to speedy trial






44. Right to public trial






45. 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






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






47. Which is more common - violent crimes or property crimes?






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






49. 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






50. Miranda Rights...