Exam 1: Criminal Justice: Introduction and Overviewcriminal Justice: the Origins of a Young Disciplinecreating a Criminal Justice

An accusation against a criminal defendant rendered by a grand jury on the basis of evidence is called ____________.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the police have _____________ to take a suspect into custody when "the fact and circumstances within their knowledge and of which they [have] reasonable trustworthy information [are] sufficient to warrant a prudent man in believing that the [suspect] has committed or was committing an offence.

In the 1960's the U.S. Supreme Court addressed many issues of rights for minorities and women under the leadership of ________________.

The supervised conditional release of a convicted prisoner before expiration of the sentence of imprisonment is called _____________.

The preview of a trial held in court before a judge, in which the prosecution must produce sufficient evidence for the case to proceed to trial is called a ____________.

_____________ is an alternative to imprisonment, allowing a person found guilty of an offense to stay in the community, under conditions and with supervision.

The model of criminal justice that focuses on the efficiency and effectiveness of the criminal justice process is called the __________________.

The first American juvenile court was established in 1899 in _____________.

A panel of sixteen to twenty-three citizens who screen the prosecutor's evidence, in secret hearings, to decide whether someone should be formally charged with a crime is called a preliminary hearing.

According to your text, the sum total of society's activities to defend itself against the actions it defines as criminal is called ______________.

An accusation against a criminal defendant rendered by a grand jury on the basis of evidence is called an indictment.

The Wickersham Commission occurred in __________________.

An accusation against a criminal defendant prepared by a prosecuting attorney to be presented at a preliminary hearing is called an indictment ___________.

The President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice was established by President _________________.

The practice of finding inadmissible evidence that is illegally obtained is called the ______________.

Criminal activities extending into, and violating the laws of several countries are called __________.

The exclusionary rule was created by ___________________.

The model of criminal justice that is known as an obstacle course is called the ______.

The author of The Limits of the Criminal Sanction was _____________.

The term in loco parentis means ________________.