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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Conditions or restriction mandated by the court that must be obeyed by a probationer






2. Models of sentencing






3. Jury Selection

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






5. According to Packer's due process model of criminal justice - plea bargaining...






6. Truth in Sentencing






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






8. What is one problem with eye-witnesses?






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






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






11. Concurrent Sentence






12. What is General Deterrence?






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






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






15. A community-based correctional facility that houses inmates before their outright released so that they can become gradually acclimatd to conventional society.






16. 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.






17. The majority of criminal cases in the U.S are investigated by...






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






19. The Supreme Court descison on NO EXCEPTIONS said that...






20. The substantive criminal law...






21. Probation failure correlates to...






22. According to Freud's psychological theory - deviant behavior is the result of...






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






24. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






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






26. Factors that Influence Sentencing






27. Bench Trial






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






29. 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.






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






31. 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






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






33. What are the Defendants Legal Rights at Trial?






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






35. A group of citizens chosen to hear charges against persons accused of crime and to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to bring the person to trial.






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






37. Delinquents






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






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






40. Goals of Punishment






41. Motion for a direct verdict






42. The decision by a prosecuttor to drop a case after a complaint has been made because of - for examples - insufficatient edvidence.






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






44. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






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






46. What is Duress?






47. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






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






49. Three Strikes Law






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