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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A short term militaristic correctional facility in which inmates undergo intensive physical conditioning and discipline.






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






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






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






5. Competent Standard

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






7. Motion for a direct verdict






8. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






9. Models of sentencing






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






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






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






13. Truth in Sentencing






14. Concurrent Jursidiction






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






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






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






18. What is General Deterrence?






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






20. 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...






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






22. An example of the criminal defense of justifaction is...






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






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






25. In the common law - a crime that is considered mala in se is...






26. Probation failure correlates to...






27. Right to confront witnesses






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






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






30. An example of the criminal defense of EXCUSE is...






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






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






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






35. Consecutive sentence






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






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






38. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






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






40. Delinquents






41. Trial Process






42. Argument against the Death Penalty






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






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






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






46. Indeterminate Sentencing






47. 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.






48. In colonial America - the county sheriff's job included...






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






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