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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Competent Standard

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2. A court order requiring a witness to appear in court at a specified time and place.






3. Problems of Parole






4. Right to compulsory process






5. Bench Trial






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






11. Duties of probation officers






12. Challenged for cause






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






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






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






16. Verdict






17. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes






18. According to Beccaria - the three criteria required for deterrence to work ainclude...






19. Probation failure correlates to...






20. Right to an impartial jury






21. How confidential are juvenile records kept?






22. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






23. The Conflict View of criminal definitions assumes that criminal law expresses...






24. What are characteristics of inmates






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






26. Right to public trial






27. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






28. Prison Rape/Sexual Coercion






29. Concurrent Sentence






30. Why are investigations of police misconduct tricky?






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






37. Trial Process






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






39. 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...






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






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






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






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






44. Right to confront witnesses






45. How many percent of criminal defendents are considered indigent?






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






47. Right to an impartial judge






48. What is Duress?






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






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