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DSST Criminal Justice

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Review court






2. Plea bargaining is an essential component of the new admistration of justice and must be highly encouraged






3. Consecutive - one after the other and Concurrent is at same time






4. Things that add on to sentencing






5. Nominated by the President






6. Signifies the belief that the potential jurors are not representative of the community






7. 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






8. Made victim impact statements legal






9. Group of jurors who were selected to tell if there's enough evidence or not






10. Run by the Federal government. Charged with protecting the nation's critical infrastructure against terrorist attack.






11. A prisoner has no reasoable expectations of privacy in his prison cell and no protections against what would otherwise be unreasonable searches 4th amendment






12. 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






13. Retribution - Restoration - deterrence - incapacitation - Rehabilitation






14. Fee based on state rate






15. Level 1 - 2 - and 3






16. Evidence that if believed proves a fact- eyewitnesses - videtapes - ec.






17. 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






18. 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.






19. 1974 - sanctions cannot be levied against inmates without appropriate due process






20. Probation is a sentencing usually given instead of jail but not always - parole is a conditional release from prison






21. Investigation into the history of the person convicted of a crime to see if tehere are an extenuating circumstances which would ameliorate or increase sentence






22. Grand Jury






23. Geographic area of the court






24. 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






25. Underlying conditions--> international encironment --> state--> organizations --> leadership






26. Pretrial phase of a law suit where each party can obtain any evidence from the opposing side


27. Decides guilt or innocence






28. 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.






29. Rules: no attorneys - maximum loss money 7 -500






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.






31. 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






32. John Augustus






33. 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






34. 2003 - illegal to execute mentally retarded






35. 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






36. An officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.






37. 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.






38. A period of incarceration that is fixed by a sentencing authority and cannot be reduced by judges or other corrections officials.






39. The in court use of victim or survivor supplied information supplied by sentencing authorities seeking to make an informed sentencing decision.






40. Pretrial proceedings at which the prosecutor must prove that a crime was committed and establish the probable guilt of the defendant.






41. Green- low Blue-guarded yellow-elevated orange- high red- severe






42. A government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state






43. 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






44. 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.






45. Not qualified - convicted felon - under indictment - can't read or write - bias - served ongrand jury - insane - etc. May arise during voir dire exmination






46. Crime - Investigation - arrest - file criminal complaint - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - trial - sentencing - appeal






47. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that may be considered to reduce the blameworthiness of the defendant






48. 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.






49. Charges - Rights - Attorney - Plea Bail/No Bail






50. Mitigating - Lessens criminal responsibility and lightens sentence. Aggravating - factors that makes harsher sentence