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DSST Criminal Justice And Law Enforcement

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1. Where did common law come ?






2. When must a suspect be informed of their Miranda rights?






3. 4th amendment - search and seizure - Ruled that evidence violating search and seizure protections may not be used is STATE and FEDERAL court - Mapp applies the 4th amendment to state courts






4. Fastest growing group of criminals in the United States






5. Berkley California police chief - Developed the office of police chief - Integrated records system - 'Father of Modern Law Enforcement' - Taught O.W. Wilson at Berkley - Wanted policemen to have degrees - Removed politics from policing - First to use






6. What is the U.S. Justice System based on?






7. 4TH amendment - search and seizure - Good faith exception to exclusionary rule - Good faith (bona fides) = officer believes the search warrant is valid






8. Payton - Terry - Leon - Mapp - Tenn - Hudson






9. No unreasonable search and seizure - no warrant without probable cause






10. Divide the amount a particular crime is committed by the total population for the city. So if the crime of assault was committed 4 -000 times in a city of 120 -000 - you divide 4 -000 by 120 -000. The answer comes up to be about .03 (or 3%). This mea






11. Probation is front end - sentence in leu of incarceration - a sentence option for misdemeanors and some felonies - a decision by the JUDGE - parole is back end - supervised release of a prisoner before completion of prison sentence - a decision by th






12. 20%






13. Illinois - 1899






14. New York had first due process clause in their bill of rights - NY insisted due process be added to US BOR - Madison added it






15. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Death penalty not allowed for mentally retarded persons






16. All police departments' stats - published in summary form - FBI - 29 types of offenses -






17. Exclusionary rule (comes from 4th - 5th and 6th) - Tax books were illegally seized - Evidence not admissible in court - 'fruit from poisoned tree' theory -






18. Boston (1838)






19. Person receives money through coercion - Demanding money for not writing ticket






20. 4th amendment - search and seizure - Ruled that prison cells could be searched - that prisoners have no right against search and seizure - Decision: Fourth Amendment does not apply to prison inmates - Significance: After Hudson - prisoners who are tr






21. UCR = police report - NCVS = survey of households - comparisons of the UCR and NCVS data sets show there to be a high degree of correspondence between the two systems.






22. 4th amendment - no warrant w/o probable cause - search warrants for felonies - officer cannot cross threshold without an arrest warrant - arrest warrant CAN enter - search warrant cannot -






23. 'you are to have the body' - person in custody who is summoned must be shown court order or proof that the authority has the right to detain






24. Delinquent because of the offender's status as a minor - typically dealt with by social services agencies - do not require intervention from the juvenile court. Includes: underage consumption of alcohol - driving without a license - truancy from scho






25. Unlawful entry of a 'structure' to commit a felony or a theft. Burglary is commonly known as a 'break in -' or - 'breaking and entering.' A 'structure' is usually in reference to physical buildings but not cars. Car breakins or thefts are considered






26. Murder and nonnegligent homicide; nonlethal violent crimes comprising robbery - forcible rape and aggravated assault; property crimes comprising burglary - larceny/theft - motor vehicle theft -arson






27. 16%






28. In the place (instead) of the parent - allows The state or institutions to act on behalf of their students and non biological parents to act as biological parents on behalf of the child






29. No excessive bail - no cruel and unusual punishment






30. Empowered to hear appeal of lower trial court






31. Does not include homicides - survey of households - expensive to conduct - covers the frequency of crime victimization






32. Due process (4th and 5th) - in a capital trial - the defendant must be given access to counsel upon his or her own request as part of due process






33. First Juvenile hall






34. Taking or attempting to take something of value from another person by use of force - threats or intimidation. It is committed in the presence of the victim - divided into different 'degrees'. The degrees vary by state and can also depend on whether






35. Leader in management systems in policing - Chief in Chicago - Fullerton CA - Wichita KS - Author - Student of Vollmer - Believed in police omnipresence - 2 way radios and quick response - single officer patrol cars






36. 6th amendment counsel must be provided for indigent (poor) defendants






37. Wrong only because it is prohibited - unlawful act by virtue of statute






38. Speaking out - defendant speaking out on their own behalf prior sentencing






39. A computerized index of criminal justice information (i.e. criminal record history information - fugitives - stolen properties - missing persons). It is available to Federal - state - and local law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies and






40. State Prison - 1819 NY - 1st electric chair execution (1890) - Schedule of hard work in day - then prayer and contemplation - Segregated by type of crime - Originated the black stripe uniform - Also called the congregate system - inmates congregate d






41. Voluntary - 95% participate - only the highest scoring offense is scored and the rest are ignored






42. Fraud - forgery/counterfeiting - embezzlement - simple assault - sex offenses - offenses against the family - drug and liquor offenses - weapons offenses other non-violent offenses excluding traffic violations






43. Miranda vs. Arizona






44. 4th and 5th amendment - Interrogation responses allowed only when attorney rights have been understood and waived






45. Similar to burglary. The major difference between the two is that the perpetrator did not illegally enter a structure by using forcible - non forcible or attempted forcible entry (with the exception of a motor vehicle.) All thefts of motor vehicles o






46. Not accutate - relies on local law enforcement agency - can only measure crime known to police - cannot provide an accurate representation of actual crime rates. Misrepresentation: focused upon street crime -does not record information on many other






47. Civil service reform - 1883 - gov jobs on basis of merit - exams - not politics






48. 1215 - Magna Carta






49. The sum of selected offenses used to measure crime rates and their fluctuations reported to law enforcement. The offenses included in the Crime Index total are the violent crimes of Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter - Forcible Rape - Robbery - and






50. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Ruled that the death penalty was NOT cruel and unusual punishment