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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. 2008 - court held that the death penalty is not appropriate for a crime that does not include the taking of a life
Probation officer
Presentence investigation
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
Roper v. Simmons
2. A written statement of the essential facts making up the offense charged
Plea Bargain
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Criminal Complaint
6th Amendment
3. Criminals recieve lighter/easier punishments- nota true sentence- endangers the correct legal outcome. It's coercion- bluffing- violation of human rights- prosecutors bluff and defendants plead to things they didn't do out of fear
indeterminate sentencing
Homeland security
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
Against Plea bargaining:
4. John Augustus
mitigating circumstances
Determinate sentencing
5th Amendment
The man known as the first probation officer?
5. Requires interpretation of a judge or jury to reach conclusion based on what evidence indicates
Court Jurisdiction
Parolve v. probation
Procunier vs. Martinez
circunstancial evidence
6. Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors - to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for challenge.
Habeus corpus
Parens patriae
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
Voir Dire
7. A goal of criminal sentencing that attempts to make the victim whole again. a court requirement that an accused or convicted offender pay money or provide services to the victim of the cimre or provie services to the community
In Re Gault
'Discover'
restitution
Court Jurisdiction
8. A principle developed by the courts and applied to the corrections arena by pell v. procunier that attempts to weigh the rights of an individual as guaranteed by the Constituion - against the authority of states of make laws or to otherwise restrict
5th Amendment
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Balancing test
Roper v. Simmons
9. 1976 - Bifurcated trials - the guilt and innocent phase is separate from the punishment
The man known as the first probation officer?
Gregg V. Georgia
Enhancement
Pre-sentence report
10. Opening statements --> Prosecution always starts- statement --> Defense statement --> Prosecutors evidence (burden of proof lies on prosecution) --> defense evidence --> rebuttal (prosecution)
Trial Proceedures
Aggravated Circumstances
Goals of punishment
No lo contendre
11. A model of criminal punishment that encourages the rehabilitiation through the use of general and relatively unspecific sentences
indeterminate sentencing
Parole
contract attorneys
6th Amendment
12. Grand Jury
determinate sentencing
5th Amendment
victim impact statements
Terrorism- Causes:
13. Retribution - Restoration - deterrence - incapacitation - Rehabilitation
Rules of evidence
Goals of punishment
Small Courts Claim
Discovery:
14. (law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitiles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with
Atkins v. Virginia
Cruz v. beto
Parole
Morissey v. Brewer
15. Group of jurors who were selected to tell if there's enough evidence or not
Grand Jury
Venue
Roper v. Simmons
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
16. The in court use of victim or survivor supplied information supplied by sentencing authorities seeking to make an informed sentencing decision.
victim impact statements
Grand Jury
Trial Proceedures
Parole
17. 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.
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Explain the difference between probation and parole
Pre-sentence report
Homeland security
18. Review court
Wolff v. McDaniel
mitigating circumstances
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
victim impact statements
19. Jury trial in civil cases
Rules of evidence
7th Amendment
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
public defender
20. Run by the Federal government. Charged with protecting the nation's critical infrastructure against terrorist attack.
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
Preliminary Hearing
Pre-sentence report
Homeland security
21. A period of incarceration that is fixed by a sentencing authority and cannot be reduced by judges or other corrections officials.
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
Probation
Against Plea bargaining:
Determinate sentencing
22. Things that add on to sentencing
Plea Bargain
Enhancement
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
Preliminary Hearing
23. Officers of the probation office of a court. Probation officer duties include conducting presentence investigations - preparing presentence reports on convicted defendants - and supervising released defendants.
In Re Winship
Probation officer
Goals of punishment
7th Amendment
24. A writ whcih requires a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court. This ensure that a prisoner can be released form unlawful detention.
Real evidence
Enhancement
Habeus corpus
Probation officer
25. 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
Indictment
Domestic terrorism
Determinate sentencing
Parole
26. Presumption of innocence- cannot be convicted unless the evidence is proved without a reasonable doubt
Rules of evidence
Small Courts Claim
Suspended sentence
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
27. Signifies the belief that the potential jurors are not representative of the community
contract attorneys
Mitigating Circumstances
Challenges to the array
Pre-sentence report
28. Charges - Rights - Attorney - Plea Bail/No Bail
Payne V. Tennessee
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
Criminal Complaint
USA Patriot Act
29. Evidence that if believed proves a fact- eyewitnesses - videtapes - ec.
direct evidence
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Procunier vs. Martinez
Payne V. Tennessee
30. A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
Trial Proceedures
Judge
Arraignment
Voir Dire
31. Circumstances - facts - or situations that result in a harsher sentence
Peremptory Challenges:
public defender
aggravating circumstances
Aggravated Circumstances
32. 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.
Prisoner rights:
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
Court Jurisdiction
Rules of evidence
33. Prohibits peremptory challenges based on race
Venue
baston v. kentucky
mitigating circumstances
Court apointed council
34. The lawyer representing the defendant
Defense Attorney
Homeland security
'Discover'
USA Patriot Act
35. Probation
Plea Bargain
contract attorneys
Runs juvenile hall
Probation officer
36. Consecutive - one after the other and Concurrent is at same time
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Prosecutor
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
In Re Winship
37. A common law principle that allows the state to assume a parental role and to take custody of a child when he or she becomes delinquent - is abandoned or is need of care taht the natural parents are unable or unwilling to provide
Balancing test
Wolff v. McDaniel
Parens patriae
restitution
38. Least used
6th Amendment
Goals of punishment
contract attorneys
Trial Jury
39. Plea bargaining is an essential component of the new admistration of justice and must be highly encouraged
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Challenge for Cause
Goals of punishment
Santobello Vs. New York
40. Not qualified - convicted felon - under indictment - can't read or write - bias - served ongrand jury - insane - etc. May arise during voir dire exmination
determinate sentencing
Aggravated Circumstances
Stack Vs. Boyle
Cause challenges:
41. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that make it more grave than average instance of that crime
Homeland security
aggravating circumstances
No lo contendre
Preliminary Hearing
42. Physical material or traces of physical activity
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Real evidence
6th Amendment
Small Courts Claim
43. Pretrial proceedings at which the prosecutor must prove that a crime was committed and establish the probable guilt of the defendant.
Preliminary Hearing
Mitigating Circumstances
6th Amendment
Domestic terrorism
44. Fee based on state rate
Court Jurisdiction
Challenges to the array
Court apointed council
Terrorism- Causes:
45. Mitigating - Lessens criminal responsibility and lightens sentence. Aggravating - factors that makes harsher sentence
Mitigating Circumstances
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
Discovery:
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
46. Level 1 - 2 - and 3
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
3 level of security associated with prisons
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
public defender
47. 1974 - sanctions cannot be levied against inmates without appropriate due process
contract attorneys
USA Patriot Act
Wolff v. McDaniel
List three ways a person can be released from jail
48. 2005 - illegal to execute minors
Atkins v. Virginia
Roper v. Simmons
Trial Jury
Intermediate sentencing
49. Most widely used goal is to individualize punishment - inmates eligible for parole after serving minimum
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
Gregg V. Georgia
mitigating circumstances
Intermediate sentencing
50. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that may be considered to reduce the blameworthiness of the defendant
Pre-sentence report
Lockyer v. Andrade:
mitigating circumstances
Ddvantages of probation and parole?