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CRIMINAL JUSTICE ORIENTATION SELFCHECKS EXAM
Predicting crime is one of statistics' most significant functions. ANSWER Trends
The party filing a civil action is known as the __, while the party being sued is
known as the __. - ANSWER Plaintiff, defendant.
The formal study of crime, its causes, society's ANSWER to crime, crime
prevention tactics, and the efficacy of correction and rehabilitation procedures is
known as__. - ANSWER Criminology
In criminal law, the complaint is always filed by the government, which is known
as the __. - ANSWER Prosecutor
The formal study of crime victims is known as __. - Answer: Victimology
The __ system includes police and security officers who detect and investigate
crimes. - ANSWER Law enforcement.
A(n) __ refers to a sort of human conduct that is prohibited by law and carries a
specific punishment under the legal system. - Answer Crime
The __ system includes prosecutors and judges who decide whether those charged
with crimes are guilty or innocent. - Answer Legal
The __ victim is someone who has been personally victimized by a criminal and
has suffered the most harm. - Primary Answer
, In civil litigation, the burden of proof falls mostly on the plaintiff. - ANSWER
Plaintiff
The __ system includes jails, prisons, probation, and people departments that carry
out legal sanctions. - Answer Corrections
The __ law refers to the corpus of laws that govern conflicts between individuals in
which the defendant is never subjected to "punishment" by incarceration. - Answer:
Civil
__ law refers to offences with a specific threat of punishment, such as burglary,
arson, assault, and homicide. - Answer: Criminal
The system that detects, reports, investigates, and prosecutes crime in our society is
known as the __ system. - ANSWER Criminal Justice
The __ Amendment prohibits defendants from testifying against themselves in
criminal proceedings and prevents persons from being deprived of life, liberty, or
property without due process of law. - ANSWER Fifth
Statutes are written laws that apply to specific criminal acts.
The phrase "__" alludes to how previous legal decisions were decided. - ANSWER
Precedent
The instrument that records the fundamental law of the United States is the
Constitution.
The __ Amendment protects a defendant's right to a timely and public trial before
an impartial jury. - ANSWER Sixth
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