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Administration of Justice chp. 12

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CH12 What has been the traditional emphasis for community corrections   Rehabilitation  
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CH12 What are the two competing roles that community corrections staff have to wrestle with?   Law Enforcement vs Help offenders identify and address their problems  
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CH12 An organized and systemized alternative to the criminal justice process via offering alternatives as opposed to more restrictive remedies.   Diversion  
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CH12 This is the most frequently imposed criminal sentence in the U.S.   Probation  
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CH12 Name the 3 steps in the probation process   1. Place on Probation, 2. Supervision and assessment by probation officer, 3. Termination of Probation  
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CH12 This is prepared for the judge by the probation agency prior to sentencing.   The Presentence Investigation Report (PSI)  
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CH12 Imposed at the judges discretion, these are designed to address an offenders particular situation   A Special Conditions sentence  
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CH12 Name a few options a judge may utilize under Special Conditions.   1. Drug Counseling, 2. Sex Offenders reporting frequency, 3. Family Counseling for domestic issues, etc.  
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CH12 This is a likely result if the probationer fails to complete the requirements of his/her probation.   Revocation  
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CH12 What is Shock Probation   A dual punishment by the judge consisting of a short prison stay and the n a second punishment of probation.  
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CH12 Name a few controversial issues in regards to probation.   1. Probationer Fees (Arguably unfair ti indigents), 2. Privacy ((Probation Officers are not subject to attorney/cleint or attorney privacy), 3.Caseload for parole officers.  
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Ch 1 Why is Crime Control McJustice   The CCM goal is quick and efficient closure with the presumption being guilt vs innocence until proven guilty  
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Ch 1 Name 6 defenses against criminal responsibility   Duress, Insanity, Underage, Self Defense or defense of others, Entrapment, Necessity  
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Ch 1 Concurrence   Criminal intent and criminal conduct must happen simultaneously aka concurrently  
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Ch 1 Per the Crime Control, model, how is efficiency increased   By Plea Bargaining  
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Ch 1 Per Herbert Parker, how is the Due Process model defined?   He calls it Assembly Line Justice  
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Ch 1 The Due Process doctrine supposed to be challenging to navigate. This is based on ....   Obstacle course Justice  
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Ch 1 What do we call a behavior that violates the norms of society?   This is the definition of a CRIME  
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Ch 2 Name the three problems associated with defining what a crime is   Overcriminalization, Non Enforcement, and Undercriminalization  
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Ch. 2 What is Over and Undercriminalization   Overcriminal is labeling some behavior as a crime that should not be and undercriminal is not categorizing some behaviour as crime that SHOULD be  
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Ch 2 A person is legally insane if at the time of the act, he coud not formulate that the act was wrong. What is this the concept of?   The M'Naughton rule  
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Ch 2 An immediate trial without a jury is known as   Summary Trial  
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Ch 2 What is the most frequently imposed sentence in the US   Probation  
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Ch 2 What are the elements of a crime   Harm, Legality, Actus Reas, Mens Rea, Causation, Concurrence, Punishment  
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Ch 3 What is the Classical Theory   View that people exercise free will and are responsible for their actions  
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Ch 3 What does Criminalogical Theory seek to do   Define and explain criminal behavior of all of the actors in the criminal justice system  
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Ch 3 What is Anomie   The individual is not a part of the collective conscience  
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Ch 3 What is the biological theory of crime causation?   Concept that criminals behave differently because they are structurally different based on their environment and their chemistry  
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Ch 3 What is Criminal Anthropology   The study of "Criminal" human beings  
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Ch 4 In what amendment would you find the protection against illegal search and seizure   Amend 4  
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Ch 4 Name the 5 ideal features of good criminal law   Politicality, Uniformity, Specificity, Regularity, Penality  
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Ch 5 How many law enforcement agencies are there on the federal level   Dozens  
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Ch 12 What is Community Corrections   The subfield of corrections in which offenders are supervised outside of jail  
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Ch 12 Name the 5 types of probation   Straight probation, Split Sentence Probation, Shock Probation, and Residential Probation  
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Ch 12 Name the two general categories under which revocation of probation may occur.   1) Violation of a new crime and 2) a Technical Violation.  
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Ch 12 What is the difference between probation and parole   Probation is given in lieu of incarceration. Parole is given after serving part of the sentence.  
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Ch 12 What is net widening   Offenders are caught up in a program that the program was not meant to bother. They were caught in the net.  
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Ch 12 What is the difference between Tariff fines and Structured fines   Tariff fines are a fixed amount leveled without consideration of the persons ability to pay. Structured fines consider ability to pay and other hardships in designing the monetary punishment  
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