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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. 2003 - illegal to execute mentally retarded
Judge
Atkins v. Virginia
direct evidence
Court Jurisdiction
2. It is the receiving point for CA department of corrections
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Court apointed council
Habeus corpus
Mitigating Circumstances
3. A government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
Prosecutor
determinate sentencing
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Roper v. Simmons
4. 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
public defender
Trial Proceedures
Grand Jury
determinate sentencing
5. Process of negotiating an agreement w/ defendant - protectors - and the court
Preliminary Hearing
Venue
Plea Bargain
No lo contendre
6. Any circumstances accompanying the commission of a crime that may justify a lighter sentence.
Mitigating Circumstances
Defense Attorney
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
Probation
7. 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
Runs juvenile hall
Pre-sentence report
Cruz v. beto
Roper v. Simmons
8. Things that add on to sentencing
Enhancement
Intermediate sentencing
Court Jurisdiction
The man known as the first probation officer?
9. Consecutive - one after the other and Concurrent is at same time
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
6th Amendment
Habeus corpus
Aggravated Circumstances
10. 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
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
In Re Winship
In Re Gault
7th Amendment
11. Pretrial phase of a law suit where each party can obtain any evidence from the opposing side
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12. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that may be considered to reduce the blameworthiness of the defendant
mitigating circumstances
Cause challenges:
Procunier vs. Martinez
6th Amendment
13. John Augustus
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
The man known as the first probation officer?
Cruz v. beto
'Discover'
14. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime
Probation
victim impact statements
Indictment
Intermediate sentencing
15. Grand Jury
Terrorism- Causes:
5th Amendment
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Plea Bargain
16. Decides guilt or innocence
Goals of punishment
Enhancement
Trial Jury
Suspended sentence
17. 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
Bailiff
Hudson v. Palmer
Cause challenges:
Procunier vs. Martinez
18. (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
The man known as the first probation officer?
Parole
circunstancial evidence
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
19. 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
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
Plea Bargain
No lo contendre
restitution
20. An officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.
baston v. kentucky
Grand Jury
determinate sentencing
Bailiff
21. 2008 - court held that the death penalty is not appropriate for a crime that does not include the taking of a life
Suspended sentence
Hudson v. Palmer
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
public defender
22. Physical material or traces of physical activity
Presentence investigation
Santobello Vs. New York
Real evidence
Payne V. Tennessee
23. Underlying conditions--> international encironment --> state--> organizations --> leadership
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Venue
Terrorism- Causes:
Parolve v. probation
24. 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
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Roper v. Simmons
In Re Winship
Criminal Complaint
25. Jury trial in civil cases
Intermediate sentencing
Procunier vs. Martinez
Grand Jury
7th Amendment
26. Full time- salaried
Procunier vs. Martinez
Recidivism:
public defender
Balancing test
27. Trial Court - superior court - pellet superior court - supreme court
Payne V. Tennessee
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Challenges to the array
List three ways a person can be released from jail
28. 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.
6th Amendment
Probation officer
Santobello Vs. New York
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
29. Run by the Federal government. Charged with protecting the nation's critical infrastructure against terrorist attack.
Homeland security
Gregg V. Georgia
restitution
Restitution
30. Opening statements --> Prosecution always starts- statement --> Defense statement --> Prosecutors evidence (burden of proof lies on prosecution) --> defense evidence --> rebuttal (prosecution)
Real evidence
Real evidence
Trial Proceedures
mitigating circumstances
31. 1976 - Bifurcated trials - the guilt and innocent phase is separate from the punishment
baston v. kentucky
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
Venue
Gregg V. Georgia
32. A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
Intermediate sentencing
Arraignment
Pre-sentence report
Judge
33. 2005 - illegal to execute minors
5th Amendment
Payne V. Tennessee
Probation
Roper v. Simmons
34. Prohibits peremptory challenges based on race
Habeus corpus
Runs juvenile hall
baston v. kentucky
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
35. 1 - Costs tax players less - 2 - Restitution can be made - 3 - Community work
Bailiff
Presentence investigation
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
Enhancement
36. 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
Voir Dire
Grand Jury
support for plea bargaining:
Venue
37. A court that hears a case the first time it is tried in court. A trial court is a court of original jurisdiction.
Court Jurisdiction
Parole
Venue
Restitution
38. Review court
mitigating circumstances
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
contract attorneys
support for plea bargaining:
39. The in court use of victim or survivor supplied information supplied by sentencing authorities seeking to make an informed sentencing decision.
Probation officer
victim impact statements
Presentence investigation
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
40. Retribution - Restoration - deterrence - incapacitation - Rehabilitation
Real evidence
Parole
Bailiff
Goals of punishment
41. 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
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
Parens patriae
Balancing test
42. Probation is a sentencing usually given instead of jail but not always - parole is a conditional release from prison
contract attorneys
Procunier vs. Martinez
Explain the difference between probation and parole
How does an individual become a federal judge
43. Requires interpretation of a judge or jury to reach conclusion based on what evidence indicates
circunstancial evidence
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
Determinate sentencing
Restitution
44. 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
Goals of punishment
Judge
Presentence investigation
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
45. 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
Pre-sentence report
Court Clerk
contract attorneys
46. Amnesty - Bail - good behavior
Suspended sentence
Cause challenges:
Peremptory Challenges:
List three ways a person can be released from jail
47. Level 1 - 2 - and 3
3 level of security associated with prisons
Recidivism:
Trial Proceedures
Roper v. Simmons
48. 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
Trial Jury
Peremptory Challenges:
Voir Dire
How does an individual become a federal judge
49. 1974 - sanctions cannot be levied against inmates without appropriate due process
Wolff v. McDaniel
Gregg V. Georgia
Discovery:
circunstancial evidence
50. Fee based on state rate
Parole
Payne V. Tennessee
Forfeiture laws
Court apointed council