Semester
At Least 25 states now impose a fee on probationers to offset the cost of their probation; this is known as ____________
What are day fees?
This term means a higher court agrees with a lower courts decision.
What is affirm?
These are used as a step down in security for jail or prison inmates. It is also a step up for those on probation.
What are day reporting centers?
The evidentiary standard of proof required to convict a defendant in a criminal trial is this.
What is beyond a reasonable doubt?
This is the view that states the low rates of crime and delinquency among females reflects the leniency with which female offenders are treated.
What is the chivalry hypothesis?
This model punishes people in an attempt to set an example for other would-be criminals.
What is general deterrence?
Civil and Criminal _________ involve the seizure of goods or instruments related to the commission or outcome of a criminal act.
What is forfeiture?
Examples of this include house arrest and electronic monitoring.
What is intermediate sanctions?
This is the sentence entailing the conditional release of a convicted offender in the the community under supervision.
What is probation?
Morris v Slappy ruled this amendment does not require a meaningful relationship between counsel and his/her client.
What is the 6th amendment?
The chief legal officer and prosecutor of each state of the U.S.
What is the attorney general?
This is the action of the grand jury not to indict a suspect.
What is no bill?
Providing for more judges, diversion programs, and bail reform are solutions for the problem of _________________
What is court congestion?
This is a type of sentence that muse be set and carried out.
What is mandatory?
This concept states that criminal have been failed by society and need help.
What is rehabilitation?
This type of sentence is still the most widely used.
What is indeterminate?
The belief that capital punishment creates a barbaric atmosphere that enhances the level of violence in society is referred to as this.
What is the brutalization effect?
This is the practice by private attorneys to take on cases without charging a fee as a service to the community.
What is pro bono?
The act of compelling the production of a witness or evidence via subpoena is called the _________
What is the compulsory process?
This is the monetary payment made by a defendant.
What is a fine?
The general criteria used to assess whether a defendant can be released pretrial is their community ties and prior involvement in this system.
What is the criminal justice system?
This is the age set for execution by the court case Roper v. Simmons.
What is 18?
What is indigent?
Prison sentences that run together are also known as this.
An order of the superior court requesting that a record of an inferior court be brought forward for review or inspection is called this.
What is a writ of certiorari?