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DSST Criminal Justice
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The act of a person repeating of an undesirable behavior after thay have either experienced negative consequences of that behavior or have been treated or trained to extinguish that behavior.
Arraignment
Recidivism:
Procunier vs. Martinez
Hudson v. Palmer
2. Held that juveniles accused of crimes in a delinquency proceeding must be afforded many of the same due process rights as adults - such as the right to timely notification of the cahrges - the right to confront witnesses - the right against self-incr
In Re Gault
Suspended sentence
Recidivism:
Discovery:
3. Amnesty - Bail - good behavior
List three ways a person can be released from jail
Suspended sentence
No lo contendre
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
4. Retribution - Restoration - deterrence - incapacitation - Rehabilitation
Explain the difference between probation and parole
Goals of punishment
Roper v. Simmons
Terroism threat levels
5. Procedural safeguards are necessary in revocation hearing involving parolees
Voir Dire
Real evidence
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Morissey v. Brewer
6. Trial Court - superior court - pellet superior court - supreme court
support for plea bargaining:
No lo contendre
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
5th Amendment
7. Probation
Voir Dire
public defender
Runs juvenile hall
Payne V. Tennessee
8. Not qualified - convicted felon - under indictment - can't read or write - bias - served ongrand jury - insane - etc. May arise during voir dire exmination
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
Recidivism:
Cause challenges:
Determinate sentencing
9. The in court use of victim or survivor supplied information supplied by sentencing authorities seeking to make an informed sentencing decision.
Pre-sentence report
Terrorism- Causes:
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
victim impact statements
10. Less courts - less judges - prompt and final disposition of most cases - reduces time/cost in jail - reduces time spent free on bail- dangerous - serious offenders move more quickly into rehab - counseling - etc. - assures that the guilty will not be
'Discover'
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
victim impact statements
support for plea bargaining:
11. Held that when a juvenile is charged with an act taht would be a crime if committed by an adult - every element of the offense must be proved beyond reasonable doubt
Against Plea bargaining:
Domestic terrorism
Trial Proceedures
In Re Winship
12. John Augustus
Parens patriae
The man known as the first probation officer?
Parolve v. probation
Indictment
13. Inmates have to be given a reasonable opportunity to pursue their religious faiths - also visits can be banned is such visits constitute threats to society
Hudson v. Palmer
Challenge for Cause
Stack Vs. Boyle
Cruz v. beto
14. Evidence that if believed proves a fact- eyewitnesses - videtapes - ec.
baston v. kentucky
direct evidence
Small Courts Claim
Mitigating Circumstances
15. It is the receiving point for CA department of corrections
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
In Re Winship
Domestic terrorism
Peremptory Challenges:
16. Crime - Investigation - arrest - file criminal complaint - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - trial - sentencing - appeal
Voir Dire
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
How does an individual become a federal judge
Plea Bargain
17. A period of incarceration that is fixed by a sentencing authority and cannot be reduced by judges or other corrections officials.
Against Plea bargaining:
Morissey v. Brewer
Atkins v. Virginia
Determinate sentencing
18. State legislature can establish almost any sentence as a punishment for a crime
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Parolve v. probation
Trial Jury
19. A fedral law enacted in response to terrorist attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon on September 11 -2001. The law officially titled the Uniting and Strengthening America by providing Appropriate Tools Required to intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act -
Lockyer v. Andrade:
In Re Winship
Prosecutor
USA Patriot Act
20. Group of jurors who were selected to tell if there's enough evidence or not
Aggravated Circumstances
Defense Attorney
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
Grand Jury
21. A legal term for judges delaying of the sentence after they have been found guilty - in order to allow the defendant to perform a period of probation
USA Patriot Act
Court Clerk
Prisoner rights:
Suspended sentence
22. Requires interpretation of a judge or jury to reach conclusion based on what evidence indicates
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
circunstancial evidence
Criminal Complaint
Mitigating Circumstances
23. Plea bargaining is an essential component of the new admistration of justice and must be highly encouraged
Suspended sentence
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
Santobello Vs. New York
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
24. An officer appointed by the judges of the court to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court - maintain court records - handle financial matters - and provide other administrative support to the court.
Challenges to the array
Court Clerk
In Re Gault
Parole
25. A model of criminal punishment in which an offender is given a fixed term of imprisonment that they may be reduced by good time or gain taim. all offendors convicted of the same crime will reciee the same punishment
Goals of punishment
indeterminate sentencing
determinate sentencing
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
26. A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
Intermediate sentencing
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
Judge
Parolve v. probation
27. Things that add on to sentencing
'Discover'
Enhancement
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
baston v. kentucky
28. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that make it more grave than average instance of that crime
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
aggravating circumstances
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
29. Mitigating - Lessens criminal responsibility and lightens sentence. Aggravating - factors that makes harsher sentence
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
In Re Winship
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
aggravating circumstances
30. Retain 1st amendment rights that are not inconsistent with his status as a prisoner- have rights - much the same as people who are not incarcerated. Conditional rather than absolute rights. The balancing test.
Cause challenges:
Terrorism- Causes:
Prisoner rights:
Restitution
31. Review court
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Recidivism:
In Re Gault
Aggravated Circumstances
32. Signifies the belief that the potential jurors are not representative of the community
Balancing test
Challenges to the array
In Re Gault
Gregg V. Georgia
33. A pre-sentence report is a legal term referring to the investigation into the history of person convicted of a crime before sentencing. Probation officer makes it.
contract attorneys
Pre-sentence report
Court Jurisdiction
Probation officer
34. The right to challenge a potential juror without discling the reason for the challenge. Used to eliminate juries individuals who although they express no bias are thought to be capable of swaying the jury in an undesirable way
direct evidence
Peremptory Challenges:
Court Jurisdiction
Stack Vs. Boyle
35. Fee based on state rate
Discovery:
In Re Winship
Enhancement
Court apointed council
36. A government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
Prosecutor
Probation
contract attorneys
Atkins v. Virginia
37. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Peremptory Challenges:
Restitution
Probation officer
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
38. Presumption of innocence- cannot be convicted unless the evidence is proved without a reasonable doubt
Aggravated Circumstances
Rules of evidence
Discovery:
Court Jurisdiction
39. 1 - Costs tax players less - 2 - Restitution can be made - 3 - Community work
Cause challenges:
In Re Winship
6th Amendment
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
40. Prisoners challenged the constitutionality of state regulations covering censorship of prisoner mail on the grounds that they violated the prisoners free-speech rights. REstrictions on speech must be justified as the necessity for security and the ru
Procunier vs. Martinez
In Re Gault
Bailiff
Santobello Vs. New York
41. Made victim impact statements legal
Challenge for Cause
Payne V. Tennessee
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
Lockyer v. Andrade:
42. Court holds that bail must be reasonable but set at level to insure defendant's appearance at trial
In Re Gault
In Re Winship
Restitution
Stack Vs. Boyle
43. The unlawful use of force or violence by an individual or a group that is based and operatues entirely within the U.S. and its territories - acts without foreign direction and directs its activites agaits elements of the us government or population
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
Domestic terrorism
7th Amendment
Determinate sentencing
44. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime
No lo contendre
Indictment
Lockyer v. Andrade:
5th Amendment
45. Charges - Rights - Attorney - Plea Bail/No Bail
Enhancement
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Indictment
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
46. Opening statements --> Prosecution always starts- statement --> Defense statement --> Prosecutors evidence (burden of proof lies on prosecution) --> defense evidence --> rebuttal (prosecution)
support for plea bargaining:
Discovery:
Trial Proceedures
Recidivism:
47. Any circumstances accompanying the commission of a crime that may justify a lighter sentence.
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Defense Attorney
Arraignment
Mitigating Circumstances
48. Geographic area of the court
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
Venue
Challenge for Cause
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
49. Consecutive - one after the other and Concurrent is at same time
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
Suspended sentence
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
Venue
50. An officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.
Bailiff
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
Recidivism:
Homeland security