The Victim and Witness Act, a federal law passed in 1982, required greater protection
of victims and witnesses and also mandated guidelines for the fair treatment of victims
and witnesses in federal criminal cases.
Part of the reason for the breakdown of trust between the client and the public
____________________ is the lack of one-on-one contact.
The voir dire process provides a way for prosecutors and defense attorneys to begin
developing rapport with potential jurors.
Approximately 2.5 million people work in the criminal justice system.
The most common type of postconviction relief is mandamus.
Lack of cooperation on the part of victims of crime is referred to by scholars as indigent
cynicism.
A gag order prohibits anyone involved in a casepolice, prosecutor, defense attorney,
defendantfrom talking to the press.
The legal process in which officials of one state or country surrender a criminal
offender to another is known as _____________.
Some states have two courts of last resortone for civil appeals and another for criminal
appeals.
In juvenile court, charging occurs during the intake decision.
Researchers find that many jurors make a preliminary decision with regard to the
outcome of a case after hearing opening statements.
Overall, the seriousness of the offense is the most important factor in how the
courtroom work group approaches plea negotiations.
Systems for removing or disciplining errant judges must strike a delicate balance
between judicial accountability and judicial ____________________.
Defense attorneys are often successful at securing not guilty verdicts at trial.
The primary function of a grand jury is to whether probable cause exists to believe that
the defendant committed the crime or crimes charged.
When citizens are selected to be in a jury pool, they will be notified via a(n)
________________________, a document that commands these selected citizens to
appear at the courthouse for jury duty.
Since the Supreme Court ushered in the modern era of the death penalty in 1976, more
than 1,000 executions have been carried out in the United States.
Proponents of the ______________________ Model of criminal justice argue that
instead of pouring increasing amounts of public dollars into juvenile prisons, we need
to put more into education and prevention.