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DSST Criminal Justice And Law Enforcement
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1. 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
BURGLARY
Payton vs. New York
mala prohibita
New York
2. Wrong or evil - conduct wrong by nature - used as the basis for common law
English Law
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
mala in se
3. 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
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
NCVS
Amendment 5
English Law
4. 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
Amendment 5
actus reu
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
11th century England
5. 6th amendment counsel must be provided for indigent (poor) defendants
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Before interrogation
Kent vs. US
% of women in law enforcement
6. 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
ROBBERY
UCR Participation
Right to remain silent case
Mapp vs. Ohio
7. New York had first due process clause in their bill of rights - NY insisted due process be added to US BOR - Madison added it
Tennessee vs. Garner
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
mens rea
8. 1215 - Magna Carta
appellate court
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
US v Leon
9. No excessive bail - no cruel and unusual punishment
Amendment 5
Payton vs. New York
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
Amendment 8
10. Where did common law come ?
11th century England
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
NCVS
loco parentis
11. Illinois - 1899
Payton vs. New York
First Juvenile Court in the United States
New York
UCR Participation
12. 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
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
mala in se
Powell vs. Alabama
UCR limitations
13. Wrong only because it is prohibited - unlawful act by virtue of statute
Amendment 5
mala prohibita
mens rea
Amendment 4
14. 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
equation to figure crime rate
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
Juveniles
% minorities in law enforcement
15. 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
Tennessee vs. Garner
Pendleton Act
Part II offenses
Juvenile Status offenses
16. Speaking out - defendant speaking out on their own behalf prior sentencing
UCR Participation
Difference between Parole and Probation
allocution
Auburn Prison system design
17. 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.'
exclusionary rule versions
UCR Participation
Before interrogation
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
18. 4TH amendment - search and seizure - Good faith exception to exclusionary rule - Good faith (bona fides) = officer believes the search warrant is valid
exclusionary rule versions
US v Leon
ROBBERY
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
19. All police departments' stats - published in summary form - FBI - 29 types of offenses -
allocution
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
UCR
List Part 1 crimes
20. Empowered to hear appeal of lower trial court
equation to figure crime rate
writ of habeas corpus
appellate court
UCR limitations
21. 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
allocution
Before interrogation
Auburn Prison system design
UCR limitations
22. The Metropolitan Police Department of London
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
Drug use
First Police Dept
LARCENY
23. Willful homicide - forcible rape - robbery - burglary - aggravated assault - larceny over $50 - motor vehicle theft - arson
List Index crimes
Part II offenses
Right to remain silent case
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
24. First Juvenile hall
Drug use
New York
UCR
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
25. 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
11th century England
Terry v. Ohio
Auburn Prison system design
Juvenile Status offenses
26. Does not include homicides - survey of households - expensive to conduct - covers the frequency of crime victimization
NCVS
List Index crimes
Gregg vs. Georgia
% minorities in law enforcement
27. Miranda vs. Arizona
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
equation to figure crime rate
First US Police dept
Right to remain silent case
28. New York
Amendment 8
ROBBERY
Prisons growing
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
29. Civil service reform - 1883 - gov jobs on basis of merit - exams - not politics
LEAA
BURGLARY
Pendleton Act
List Index crimes
30. 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
Benefits
First US Police dept
Miranda rights
Amendment 4
31. Guilty act - external or objective of the crime
Hudson vs. Palmer
First US Police dept
actus reu
Mapp vs. Ohio
32. 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
New York
Tennessee vs. Garner
Powell vs. Alabama
loco parentis
33. 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
Amendment 4
Juveniles
actus reu
Crime Index total
34. 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
mens rea
UCR vs. NCVS
Tennessee vs. Garner
Mapp vs. Ohio
35. Boston (1838)
Gregg vs. Georgia
First US Police dept
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
writ of habeas corpus
36. 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
Difference between Parole and Probation
% minorities in law enforcement
Amendment 4
Parens patriae
37. Citizenship clause - due process - equal protection - impeachment - debt
Payton vs. New York
Amendment 14
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
Right to remain silent case
38. 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
mala prohibita
List Part 1 crimes
Powell vs. Alabama
Hudson vs. Palmer
39. Payton - Terry - Leon - Mapp - Tenn - Hudson
Before interrogation
mens rea
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
Adkins vs. Virginia
40. '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
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
writ of habeas corpus
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
41. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Death penalty not allowed for mentally retarded persons
Prisons growing
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
Miranda vs. Arizona
Adkins vs. Virginia
42. 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.
Right to remain silent case
allocution
Auburn Prison system design
UCR vs. NCVS
43. Voluntary - 95% participate - only the highest scoring offense is scored and the rest are ignored
Terry v. Ohio
UCR Participation
exclusionary rule versions
% minorities in law enforcement
44. No unreasonable search and seizure - no warrant without probable cause
Amendment 4
English Law
mala prohibita
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
45. Trial by jury - rights of the accused - Confrontation of witnesses - Speedy trial - Public trial - Right to counsel
11th century England
List Index crimes
Amendment 6
exclusionary rule versions
46. 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
LEAA
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
Part II offenses
actus reu
47. 16%
% of women in law enforcement
Terry v. Ohio
Mapp vs. Ohio
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
48. Exclusionary rule (comes from 4th - 5th and 6th) - Tax books were illegally seized - Evidence not admissible in court - 'fruit from poisoned tree' theory -
Amendment 8
11th century England
ROBBERY
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
49. What victimless crime would be most likely to be prosecuted?
Amendment 5
Drug use
NCVS
Crime Index total
50. When must a suspect be informed of their Miranda rights?
mala in se
Before interrogation
Pendleton Act
Miranda rights