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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A short prison sentence served in boot camp-type facilities






2. The substantive criminal law...






3. Mandatory Sentence






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






5. Stare decisis refers to the concept that legal decisions should be based on...






6. Right to speedy trial






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






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






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






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






11. 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...






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






13. Peremptory Challenge






14. Argument against the Death Penalty






15. Challenged for cause






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






17. The attempt by correctional agencies to maintain convicted offenders in the community instead of a secure facilty it includes probation - parole and residential programs.






18. Verdict






19. Determinate Sentencing






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






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






22. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






23. Packer describes the due process model of the criminal justice system operating like an...






24. What are characteristics of inmates






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






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






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






28. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






29. Right to counsel






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






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






32. Duties of probation officers






33. Indeterminate Sentencing






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






35. Motion for a direct verdict






36. Women Imprisoned






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






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






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






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






41. Truth in Sentencing






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






43. Competent Standard

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






45. 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.






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






47. 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.






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






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






50. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?