SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
DSST Criminal Justice
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
dsst
,
law
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Prohibits peremptory challenges based on gender
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Recidivism:
Real evidence
Peremptory Challenges:
2. 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.
Balancing test
public defender
Explain the difference between probation and parole
Prisoner rights:
3. 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
Santobello Vs. New York
Mitigating Circumstances
Morissey v. Brewer
4. 2003 - illegal to execute mentally retarded
Preliminary Hearing
Santobello Vs. New York
Venue
Atkins v. Virginia
5. Charges - Rights - Attorney - Plea Bail/No Bail
Goals of punishment
Prosecutor
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
Suspended sentence
6. Rules: no attorneys - maximum loss money 7 -500
Habeus corpus
Small Courts Claim
Preliminary Hearing
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
7. Evidence that if believed proves a fact- eyewitnesses - videtapes - ec.
Determinate sentencing
direct evidence
Challenges to the array
baston v. kentucky
8. 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.
public defender
Runs juvenile hall
Recidivism:
Hudson v. Palmer
9. Trial Court - superior court - pellet superior court - supreme court
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Procunier vs. Martinez
victim impact statements
Runs juvenile hall
10. Evidence that consists of physical material or traces of physical activity
Real evidence
Trial Proceedures
Peremptory Challenges:
Preliminary Hearing
11. Right to a speedy trial with unbiased jury - right to counsel
Venue
6th Amendment
The man known as the first probation officer?
determinate 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
support for plea bargaining:
Pre-sentence report
Criminal Complaint
In Re Gault
13. 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
Morissey v. Brewer
Balancing test
Challenge for Cause
Grand Jury
14. Pretrial proceedings at which the prosecutor must prove that a crime was committed and establish the probable guilt of the defendant.
restitution
Preliminary Hearing
Discovery:
Aggravated Circumstances
15. 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.
restitution
Stack Vs. Boyle
Court Clerk
Restitution
16. 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 -
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
USA Patriot Act
Prosecutor
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
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.
Terroism threat levels
Pre-sentence report
7th Amendment
Parole
18. The lawyer representing the defendant
3 level of security associated with prisons
Defense Attorney
indeterminate sentencing
Challenge for Cause
19. 1963 - extended the right to appointed counsel for indigents in all felony cases
Pre-sentence report
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
Venue
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
20. Court holds that bail must be reasonable but set at level to insure defendant's appearance at trial
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Habeus corpus
Against Plea bargaining:
Stack Vs. Boyle
21. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that may be considered to reduce the blameworthiness of the defendant
Prosecutor
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
direct evidence
mitigating circumstances
22. 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
Cruz v. beto
support for plea bargaining:
Grand Jury
Terroism threat levels
23. 2005 - illegal to execute minors
Roper v. Simmons
Judge
Payne V. Tennessee
Domestic terrorism
24. 1 - Costs tax players less - 2 - Restitution can be made - 3 - Community work
Preliminary Hearing
Trial Jury
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
USA Patriot Act
25. Prohibits peremptory challenges based on race
Probation
baston v. kentucky
Defense Attorney
restitution
26. 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
Probation officer
Cause challenges:
restitution
Wolff v. McDaniel
27. Probation is a sentencing usually given instead of jail but not always - parole is a conditional release from prison
Discovery:
Explain the difference between probation and parole
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Parolve v. probation
28. (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them
Court Jurisdiction
Trial Proceedures
Probation
Domestic terrorism
29. Fee based on state rate
victim impact statements
Court apointed council
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
30. It is the receiving point for CA department of corrections
Arraignment
Indictment
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Suspended sentence
31. A legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment
Criminal Complaint
Arraignment
Recidivism:
Explain the difference between probation and parole
32. Process of negotiating an agreement w/ defendant - protectors - and the court
USA Patriot Act
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
Plea Bargain
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
33. Probation
Small Courts Claim
Stack Vs. Boyle
Defense Attorney
Runs juvenile hall
34. Presumption of innocence- cannot be convicted unless the evidence is proved without a reasonable doubt
Rules of evidence
In Re Winship
Judge
Probation
35. Jury trial in civil cases
Terrorism- Causes:
7th Amendment
Venue
contract attorneys
36. 1976 - Bifurcated trials - the guilt and innocent phase is separate from the punishment
Gregg V. Georgia
baston v. kentucky
Santobello Vs. New York
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
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
Hudson v. Palmer
Parens patriae
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
38. Opening statements --> Prosecution always starts- statement --> Defense statement --> Prosecutors evidence (burden of proof lies on prosecution) --> defense evidence --> rebuttal (prosecution)
Roper v. Simmons
indeterminate sentencing
Trial Proceedures
Presentence investigation
39. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime
Parolve v. probation
Indictment
Suspended sentence
Recidivism:
40. Plea bargaining is an essential component of the new admistration of justice and must be highly encouraged
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
Santobello Vs. New York
Atkins v. Virginia
41. Amnesty - Bail - good behavior
Mitigating Circumstances
Prisoner rights:
Venue
List three ways a person can be released from jail
42. Signifies the belief that the potential jurors are not representative of the community
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
'Discover'
Challenges to the array
Rules of evidence
43. Most widely used goal is to individualize punishment - inmates eligible for parole after serving minimum
Gregg V. Georgia
Restitution
Plea Bargain
Intermediate sentencing
44. Retribution - Restoration - deterrence - incapacitation - Rehabilitation
Goals of punishment
Court apointed council
Plea Bargain
Parole
45. 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
Hudson v. Palmer
Habeus corpus
circunstancial evidence
determinate sentencing
46. I do not wish to contend- has the same effect as a guilty plea-becomes a plea bargain
aggravating circumstances
No lo contendre
Bailiff
Real evidence
47. 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
How does an individual become a federal judge
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
support for plea bargaining:
Atkins v. Virginia
48. A model of criminal punishment that encourages the rehabilitiation through the use of general and relatively unspecific sentences
Parole
How does an individual become a federal judge
indeterminate sentencing
Criminal Complaint
49. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
Recidivism:
Restitution
Payne V. Tennessee
50. Procedural safeguards are necessary in revocation hearing involving parolees
Morissey v. Brewer
Small Courts Claim
Aggravated Circumstances
How does an individual become a federal judge