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DSST Criminal Justice
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Probation is a sentencing usually given instead of jail but not always - parole is a conditional release from prison
Real evidence
Explain the difference between probation and parole
Bailiff
circunstancial evidence
2. Pretrial phase of a law suit where each party can obtain any evidence from the opposing side
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3. A government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
Habeus corpus
Defense Attorney
Prosecutor
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
4. Underlying conditions--> international encironment --> state--> organizations --> leadership
Parolve v. probation
Trial Proceedures
Determinate sentencing
Terrorism- Causes:
5. 1974 - sanctions cannot be levied against inmates without appropriate due process
Restitution
Morissey v. Brewer
Wolff v. McDaniel
Discovery:
6. 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
Parens patriae
Small Courts Claim
baston v. kentucky
contract attorneys
7. 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
determinate sentencing
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
Challenges to the array
8. The authorized seizure of money - negotiable instruments - securities - or other things of value. Under federal antidrug laws - judicial representatives are authorized to seize all cash and goods.
Forfeiture laws
Wolff v. McDaniel
Venue
6th Amendment
9. 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
Small Courts Claim
Domestic terrorism
Suspended sentence
Grand Jury
10. 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
Rules of evidence
Pre-sentence report
Cruz v. beto
Real evidence
11. Crime - Investigation - arrest - file criminal complaint - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - trial - sentencing - appeal
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Probation
12. Physical material or traces of physical activity
Trial Jury
Court apointed council
Homeland security
Real evidence
13. 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
contract attorneys
In Re Winship
Morissey v. Brewer
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
14. 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.
Recidivism:
baston v. kentucky
Pre-sentence report
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
15. Court holds that bail must be reasonable but set at level to insure defendant's appearance at trial
Stack Vs. Boyle
6th Amendment
Terrorism- Causes:
direct evidence
16. Least used
Pre-sentence report
Roper v. Simmons
Cause challenges:
contract attorneys
17. Holding Cells-Convenience-Many law enforcement agencies - County Jail-Holds all level of offenders-sheriffs department Juvenile Hall-criminals under 18-probation department
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
Goals of punishment
Venue
Parole
18. Full time- salaried
Judge
public defender
baston v. kentucky
3 level of security associated with prisons
19. Consecutive - one after the other and Concurrent is at same time
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
3 level of security associated with prisons
Challenge for Cause
Prisoner rights:
20. (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
Roper v. Simmons
Parole
Intermediate sentencing
Cause challenges:
21. A prisoner has no reasoable expectations of privacy in his prison cell and no protections against what would otherwise be unreasonable searches 4th amendment
baston v. kentucky
Hudson v. Palmer
Restitution
Morissey v. Brewer
22. Nominated by the President
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Court Clerk
How does an individual become a federal judge
Challenges to the array
23. Jury trial in civil cases
Balancing test
Wolff v. McDaniel
Payne V. Tennessee
7th Amendment
24. Grand Jury
Real evidence
Domestic terrorism
5th Amendment
Defense Attorney
25. 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
Against Plea bargaining:
Roper v. Simmons
Defense Attorney
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
26. Most widely used goal is to individualize punishment - inmates eligible for parole after serving minimum
Parolve v. probation
Intermediate sentencing
Challenges to the array
Court apointed council
27. Parole is earned - probation is part of a sentence
Suspended sentence
Grand Jury
Parolve v. probation
indeterminate sentencing
28. Procedural safeguards are necessary in revocation hearing involving parolees
Wolff v. McDaniel
Court apointed council
Morissey v. Brewer
Gregg V. Georgia
29. It is the receiving point for CA department of corrections
Mitigating Circumstances
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Challenges to the array
30. 2003 - illegal to execute mentally retarded
Atkins v. Virginia
circunstancial evidence
Real evidence
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
31. The in court use of victim or survivor supplied information supplied by sentencing authorities seeking to make an informed sentencing decision.
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
direct evidence
In Re Winship
victim impact statements
32. Review court
Prisoner rights:
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
Enhancement
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
33. 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
5th Amendment
indeterminate sentencing
Suspended sentence
circunstancial evidence
34. 1963 - extended the right to appointed counsel for indigents in all felony cases
Gregg V. Georgia
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
Homeland security
Parolve v. probation
35. Run by the Federal government. Charged with protecting the nation's critical infrastructure against terrorist attack.
Homeland security
In Re Winship
Parens patriae
restitution
36. A model of criminal punishment that encourages the rehabilitiation through the use of general and relatively unspecific sentences
indeterminate sentencing
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Judge
Terroism threat levels
37. Process of negotiating an agreement w/ defendant - protectors - and the court
Indictment
Plea Bargain
List three ways a person can be released from jail
Trial Proceedures
38. Prohibits peremptory challenges based on gender
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Court Jurisdiction
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
Atkins v. Virginia
39. Evidence that consists of physical material or traces of physical activity
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
Mitigating Circumstances
Voir Dire
Real evidence
40. 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 -
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
Payne V. Tennessee
USA Patriot Act
How does an individual become a federal judge
41. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that may be considered to reduce the blameworthiness of the defendant
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Court Clerk
mitigating circumstances
Explain the difference between probation and parole
42. Retribution - Restoration - deterrence - incapacitation - Rehabilitation
Hudson v. Palmer
Goals of punishment
public defender
Arraignment
43. Prohibits peremptory challenges based on race
Defense Attorney
7th Amendment
baston v. kentucky
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
44. Rules: no attorneys - maximum loss money 7 -500
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
In Re Winship
Small Courts Claim
Grand Jury
45. Circumstances - facts - or situations that result in a harsher sentence
Wolff v. McDaniel
Recidivism:
Aggravated Circumstances
Prisoner rights:
46. A legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment
Balancing test
Recidivism:
Prisoner rights:
Arraignment
47. Made victim impact statements legal
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Venue
restitution
Payne V. Tennessee
48. Group of jurors who were selected to tell if there's enough evidence or not
contract attorneys
Prisoner rights:
Grand Jury
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
49. Any circumstances accompanying the commission of a crime that may justify a lighter sentence.
Mitigating Circumstances
Enhancement
Atkins v. Virginia
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
50. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Recidivism:
Restitution
circunstancial evidence
Probation