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Criminal Justice

Subject : law
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1. About how many Americans are under some form of correctional supervision?






2. What are considered problems with UCR statistics?






3. What percentage of police departments require officers to have a college degree?






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






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






6. Problem of Re-entry






7. What time of year are crime rates in the U.S. the highest?






8. A prison system - developed in New York during the nineteenth centry - based on congregate work during the day and seperaton at night.






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






10. Mandatory Sentence






11. 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






12. Right to counsel






13. Concurrent Jursidiction






14. Probation failure correlates to...






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






16. Argument against the Death Penalty






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






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






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






20. A defendent who lacks the funds to hire a private attorney and is therefore entitled to free counsel.






21. What is Duress?






22. 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






23. Indeterminate Sentencing






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






25. Evidentiary Standard






26. Problems of Parole






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






28. According to Sampson and Laub's age-graded theory of crime - a developmental theory - the following points are associated with reduced recidivism...






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






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






31. 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.






32. 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.






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






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






35. Arguments for the Death Penalty

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36. Truth in Sentencing






37. A sentence entailing the conditional release of a convicted offender into the community under the supervision of the court






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






39. The 4th Amendment protects citizens from what?






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






41. The sentence






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






43. Peremptory Challenge






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






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






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






47. Establishes the practices and processes of the criminal law






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






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






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