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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. 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:
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Challenge for Cause
Procunier vs. Martinez
2. 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
Arraignment
Domestic terrorism
indeterminate sentencing
Enhancement
3. 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
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
Presentence investigation
support for plea bargaining:
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
4. The in court use of victim or survivor supplied information supplied by sentencing authorities seeking to make an informed sentencing decision.
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
victim impact statements
Bailiff
Presentence investigation
5. Consecutive - one after the other and Concurrent is at same time
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
Challenge for Cause
Discovery:
6. Evidence that consists of physical material or traces of physical activity
determinate sentencing
restitution
Real evidence
Indictment
7. Presumption of innocence- cannot be convicted unless the evidence is proved without a reasonable doubt
Real evidence
aggravating circumstances
Rules of evidence
Forfeiture laws
8. Retribution - Restoration - deterrence - incapacitation - Rehabilitation
public defender
Suspended sentence
Parolve v. probation
Goals of punishment
9. 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.
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Indictment
Recidivism:
Pre-sentence report
10. (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them
Balancing test
Morissey v. Brewer
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
Probation
11. 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
'Discover'
determinate sentencing
6th Amendment
indeterminate sentencing
12. 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
Rules of evidence
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
Preliminary Hearing
13. Grand Jury
5th Amendment
Wolff v. McDaniel
Trial Proceedures
Homeland security
14. Trial Court - superior court - pellet superior court - supreme court
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Defense Attorney
victim impact statements
Presentence investigation
15. Least used
Grand Jury
Roper v. Simmons
contract attorneys
Judge
16. 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
Balancing test
public defender
USA Patriot Act
Cruz v. beto
17. 1974 - sanctions cannot be levied against inmates without appropriate due process
Wolff v. McDaniel
Voir Dire
Hudson v. Palmer
Grand Jury
18. It is the receiving point for CA department of corrections
Rules of evidence
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Procunier vs. Martinez
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
19. Procedural safeguards are necessary in revocation hearing involving parolees
Discovery:
USA Patriot Act
Pre-sentence report
Morissey v. Brewer
20. 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.
circunstancial evidence
Court Clerk
victim impact statements
Court apointed council
21. Prohibits peremptory challenges based on race
How does an individual become a federal judge
baston v. kentucky
Goals of punishment
Balancing test
22. 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 -
Trial Jury
Court Jurisdiction
USA Patriot Act
Venue
23. Physical material or traces of physical activity
Rules of evidence
Real evidence
5th Amendment
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
24. Probation
3 level of security associated with prisons
Recidivism:
Runs juvenile hall
Domestic terrorism
25. A prisoner has no reasoable expectations of privacy in his prison cell and no protections against what would otherwise be unreasonable searches 4th amendment
Hudson v. Palmer
Preliminary Hearing
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Stack Vs. Boyle
26. A written statement of the essential facts making up the offense charged
Challenge for Cause
restitution
Criminal Complaint
Balancing test
27. Green- low Blue-guarded yellow-elevated orange- high red- severe
Presentence investigation
Aggravated Circumstances
Grand Jury
Terroism threat levels
28. Not qualified - convicted felon - under indictment - can't read or write - bias - served ongrand jury - insane - etc. May arise during voir dire exmination
Cause challenges:
restitution
Atkins v. Virginia
Mitigating Circumstances
29. Evidence that if believed proves a fact- eyewitnesses - videtapes - ec.
mitigating circumstances
Peremptory Challenges:
Real evidence
direct evidence
30. Parole is earned - probation is part of a sentence
Habeus corpus
Parolve v. probation
circunstancial evidence
Payne V. Tennessee
31. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Judge
Indictment
5th Amendment
Restitution
32. Excusing a juror from a trial for a stated - specific reason - such as the juror knows the parties or witnesses in a case. Each side has an unlimited number of challenges for cause.
Challenge for Cause
Preliminary Hearing
indeterminate sentencing
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
33. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime
5th Amendment
Challenges to the array
3 level of security associated with prisons
Indictment
34. Run by the Federal government. Charged with protecting the nation's critical infrastructure against terrorist attack.
Rules of evidence
'Discover'
Small Courts Claim
Homeland security
35. John Augustus
No lo contendre
Forfeiture laws
Court Jurisdiction
The man known as the first probation officer?
36. A court that hears a case the first time it is tried in court. A trial court is a court of original jurisdiction.
Peremptory Challenges:
Judge
Goals of punishment
Court Jurisdiction
37. 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
Judge
Against Plea bargaining:
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
'Discover'
38. Process of negotiating an agreement w/ defendant - protectors - and the court
Mitigating Circumstances
Plea Bargain
Runs juvenile hall
Prisoner rights:
39. Crime - Investigation - arrest - file criminal complaint - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - trial - sentencing - appeal
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Court apointed council
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Payne V. Tennessee
40. Plea bargaining is an essential component of the new admistration of justice and must be highly encouraged
contract attorneys
Goals of punishment
Santobello Vs. New York
Habeus corpus
41. Signifies the belief that the potential jurors are not representative of the community
The man known as the first probation officer?
Real evidence
Challenges to the array
Presentence investigation
42. Geographic area of the court
Probation
Venue
Procunier vs. Martinez
Forfeiture laws
43. Level 1 - 2 - and 3
Venue
Runs juvenile hall
Stack Vs. Boyle
3 level of security associated with prisons
44. 2008 - court held that the death penalty is not appropriate for a crime that does not include the taking of a life
Court Clerk
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
Prosecutor
mitigating circumstances
45. Court holds that bail must be reasonable but set at level to insure defendant's appearance at trial
Lockyer v. Andrade:
aggravating circumstances
Preliminary Hearing
Stack Vs. Boyle
46. 2005 - illegal to execute minors
Plea Bargain
Parole
Roper v. Simmons
Lockyer v. Andrade:
47. Fee based on state rate
Grand Jury
Court apointed council
Intermediate sentencing
direct evidence
48. Group of jurors who were selected to tell if there's enough evidence or not
indeterminate sentencing
Grand Jury
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
No lo contendre
49. Nominated by the President
Against Plea bargaining:
How does an individual become a federal judge
7th Amendment
The man known as the first probation officer?
50. I do not wish to contend- has the same effect as a guilty plea-becomes a plea bargain
Cause challenges:
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Terrorism- Causes:
No lo contendre