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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A correctional institution that houses dangerous felons and maintains strict security measure - high walls - and limited contact with the outside world.






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






3. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






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






5. Judicial Waiver






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






7. Goals of Punishment






8. Capital Punishment






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






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






11. Peremptory Challenge






12. What is Duress?






13. 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






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






15. Jury Selection

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






17. 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.






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






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






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






21. Three Strikes Law






22. 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...






23. The least secure institution that houses white-colar and nonviolent offenders - maintains few security measures - and has liberal furlough and visitation policies.






24. 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






25. From 1995 to 2005 - the crime rate in the U.S...






26. Right to speedy trial






27. Competent Standard

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28. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






29. Right to counsel






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






31. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






32. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






33. Verdict






34. 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.






35. Determinate Sentencing






36. Problems of Parole






37. An attorney employed by the government to represent criminal defenders who cannot afford to pay for a lawyer.






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






39. 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.






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






41. Concurrent Jursidiction






42. The use of an alternative to trial - such as referral to treament or employment programs.






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






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






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






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






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






48. About how many people are in prisons in the US?






49. Right to public trial






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