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DSST Criminal Justice And Law Enforcement
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1. Trial by jury - rights of the accused - Confrontation of witnesses - Speedy trial - Public trial - Right to counsel
US v Leon
Kent vs. US
Prisons growing
Amendment 6
2. 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
ROBBERY
LARCENY
Crime Index total
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
3. 4th amendment - no warrant w/o probable cause - When officer is in pursuit he may use deadly force if suspect is escaping and the officer has probable cause to believe the suspect poses a significant threat to officers and others
Tennessee vs. Garner
Miranda rights
Right to remain silent case
ROBBERY
4. New York had first due process clause in their bill of rights - NY insisted due process be added to US BOR - Madison added it
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
Tennessee vs. Garner
Mapp vs. Ohio
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
5. 5th amendment - due process - Juvenile Justice - Some due process must be followed even though juvenile court is civil - not criminal - Granted minors charged with crimes the same rights as adults. Significance: ushered in an era of reform in the juv
Kent vs. US
LEAA
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
Benefits
6. 6th amendment counsel must be provided for indigent (poor) defendants
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
Payton vs. New York
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Before interrogation
7. 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
Tennessee vs. Garner
BURGLARY
exclusionary rule versions
First Juvenile Court in the United States
8. Guilty mind - act does not make guilty without the mind - add actus rea to mens rea = crime
ROBBERY
mens rea
writ of habeas corpus
English Law
9. 'State as parent' - state serves as parent of juvenile (father)
Tennessee vs. Garner
Amendment 14
Parens patriae
First Juvenile Court in the United States
10. First Juvenile hall
English Law
Parens patriae
New York
appellate court
11. Growing quickly - 3 mil+ since 2010 - Strict sentencing and economic benefits
Prisons growing
Shock probation
11th century England
LARCENY
12. 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
Hudson vs. Palmer
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
Juveniles
Mapp vs. Ohio
13. Citizenship clause - due process - equal protection - impeachment - debt
% minorities in law enforcement
Terry v. Ohio
Amendment 14
Difference between Parole and Probation
14. Wrong only because it is prohibited - unlawful act by virtue of statute
UCR limitations
First US Police dept
mala prohibita
List Index crimes
15. 4th amendment - search and seizure - S&S not violated if officer has suspicion of suspect being armed - May search outer person and clothing for weapons - Called a (Terry stop) = stop and frisk - Extended to temporary detention of people in vehicles
Amendment 8
police extortion
LARCENY
Terry v. Ohio
16. Willful homicide - forcible rape - robbery - burglary - aggravated assault - larceny over $50 - motor vehicle theft - arson
List Index crimes
List Part 1 crimes
status offenses
Prisons growing
17. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Death penalty not allowed for mentally retarded persons
Adkins vs. Virginia
First US Police dept
Miranda rights
US v Leon
18. 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
Parens patriae
Juvenile Status offenses
% minorities in law enforcement
Auburn Prison system design
19. Does not include homicides - survey of households - expensive to conduct - covers the frequency of crime victimization
NCVS
police extortion
mala prohibita
UCR limitations
20. All police departments' stats - published in summary form - FBI - 29 types of offenses -
Juvenile Status offenses
% of women in law enforcement
Amendment 5
UCR
21. Illinois - 1899
First Juvenile Court in the United States
Before interrogation
Crime Index total
writ of habeas corpus
22. What is the U.S. Justice System based on?
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
First Police Dept
English Law
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
23. Wrong or evil - conduct wrong by nature - used as the basis for common law
UCR vs. NCVS
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
mala in se
First Police Dept
24. 1215 - Magna Carta
Amendment 14
Powell vs. Alabama
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
UCR vs. NCVS
25. Civil service reform - 1883 - gov jobs on basis of merit - exams - not politics
writ of habeas corpus
Pendleton Act
List Index crimes
Miranda rights
26. When must a suspect be informed of their Miranda rights?
Juveniles
Shock probation
mala prohibita
Before interrogation
27. 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
mala in se
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
mens rea
Gregg vs. Georgia
28. 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 -
Payton vs. New York
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Tennessee vs. Garner
Gregg vs. Georgia
29. Payton - Terry - Leon - Mapp - Tenn - Hudson
UCR limitations
Before interrogation
NCVS
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
30. 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
UCR limitations
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
Payton vs. New York
31. Guilty act - external or objective of the crime
police extortion
Pendleton Act
Shock probation
actus reu
32. Miranda vs. Arizona
loco parentis
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
Right to remain silent case
status offenses
33. 16%
First Police Dept
% of women in law enforcement
US v Leon
LEAA
34. Murder and nonnegligent homicide; nonlethal violent crimes comprising robbery - forcible rape and aggravated assault; property crimes comprising burglary - larceny/theft - motor vehicle theft -arson
List Part 1 crimes
UCR vs. NCVS
List Index crimes
UCR
35. No excessive bail - no cruel and unusual punishment
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
Amendment 8
Kent vs. US
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
36. 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
Gideon vs. Wainwright
First US Police dept
UCR Participation
Part II offenses
37. No unreasonable search and seizure - no warrant without probable cause
% of women in law enforcement
English Law
Gregg vs. Georgia
Amendment 4
38. Person receives money through coercion - Demanding money for not writing ticket
Right to remain silent case
police extortion
BURGLARY
Juveniles
39. 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
Miranda vs. Arizona
LARCENY
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
40. Remain silent - Anything said can be used in court - Right to counsel - Right to attorney during questioning - If indigent (poor) right to have attorney provided
Amendment 4
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Miranda rights
41. Boston (1838)
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
Difference between Parole and Probation
First US Police dept
English Law
42. Judge ordered incarceration for a short time (30-120 days) - the release to probation (aka reconsider then recall)
List Index crimes
equation to figure crime rate
Shock probation
exclusionary rule versions
43. 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
Mapp vs. Ohio
Shock probation
UCR limitations
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
44. 20%
% minorities in law enforcement
First US Police dept
New York
Terry v. Ohio
45. Empowered to hear appeal of lower trial court
11th century England
appellate court
Mapp vs. Ohio
Powell vs. Alabama
46. What would make an Officer want to stay in the police force longer?
Benefits
Tennessee vs. Garner
Shock probation
% of women in law enforcement
47. Formed the Met police of London at Scotland Yard - London system was national - origin of the term 'bobbies' - 'The Father of Modern Policing' - 'Police are public - public are police.'
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
allocution
Payton vs. New York
Juveniles
48. Speaking out - defendant speaking out on their own behalf prior sentencing
11th century England
allocution
% minorities in law enforcement
First Police Dept
49. 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
English Law
Difference between Parole and Probation
Juvenile Status offenses
11th century England
50. Fastest growing group of criminals in the United States
% of women in law enforcement
Juveniles
Shock probation
UCR limitations