law chapter 1
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nikkiamber on January 12, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 What idea is fundamental to the contemporary concept of criminal justice | intertwined series of relations |
| Who wrote on Crime and Punishment in 1764 | Cesarce Beccaria |
| according to beccaria, the system can reduce the severity of punishment if it can also do what? | if violations are certain to be discovered and swiftly punished |
| The Chicago crime commission | 1919 |
| The us congress passed the safe streets and crime control act in 1968, this legislative was used to fund what federal program | LEAA |
| The criminal justice system is made up of agencies, which act as governmental sanctioned instruments of what | social control |
| What branch of gov estab criminal penalties for those who violate the law | legislative |
| whose job is it to interpret laws in light of constitutional safeguards | judiciary |
| appoints and removes heads of agencies | executive |
| what is the current cost to keep an inmate in prison for one year | 25,000 |
| Most initial contacts with the criminal justice process are the result of what | takes place as a result of police action |
| in order to legally arrest someone on officer must satisfy what level of evidence | probable cause |
| in order to make a misdemeanor arrest the officer must satisfy what legal requirement | in presence requirement |
| if the case involves a misdemeanor, the prosecutor will file a document generally called what? | compliant |
| What formal term is used to indicate that the prosecutor will take no further action in the case | nolle prosequi |
| in many states the work of the grand jury has been replaced by what | preliminary hearing |
| at what decision points in the formal criminal process does the defendant enter a plea of guilty or not guilty | arraignment |
| what is the standard of proof for adjudication of guilt in criminal trial | if the prosecutor evidence is enough to prove guilt |
| a convicted offender may receive an early release from incarceration in a state prison through a mechanism know as what? | parole |
| which justice historian come up with the wedding cake model of justice | Samuel walker |
| The O.J. Simpson case is a level what | 1 |
| Hard-line conservatives are most likely to favor what prospective on crime | crime control |
| The focus of justice should be on who according the crime control perspective | the victim of the crime |
| who or what should be the primary focus of the rehabilitation perspective | the criminal |
| the primary focus in due process perceptive is on what | individual rights and conventional safeguards |
| what is the primary focus of the nonintervention perspective | decentralization, diversion, decriminalization least intrusive |
| what does deinstitutionalization policy achieve | it places non violent offender into the community and treat them there |
| Advocates of the restorative justice argue that what should replace coerevice punishment as the key to harmonious society | mutual aid |
| mediation and conflict resolution are examples of policies based on what perspective | restorative |
| what is the cornerstone of the justice anti-drug model | adoption of mandatory minimum sentences |
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