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DSST Criminal Justice And Law Enforcement
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1. New York had first due process clause in their bill of rights - NY insisted due process be added to US BOR - Madison added it
First Juvenile Court in the United States
Amendment 14
Parens patriae
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
2. 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
appellate court
Juveniles
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
Shock probation
3. What victimless crime would be most likely to be prosecuted?
actus reu
Drug use
Amendment 5
Miranda rights
4. 'State as parent' - state serves as parent of juvenile (father)
Payton vs. New York
loco parentis
Parens patriae
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
5. Judge ordered incarceration for a short time (30-120 days) - the release to probation (aka reconsider then recall)
Terry v. Ohio
Tennessee vs. Garner
Auburn Prison system design
Shock probation
6. Growing quickly - 3 mil+ since 2010 - Strict sentencing and economic benefits
Amendment 5
Mapp vs. Ohio
mala prohibita
Prisons growing
7. 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
Miranda rights
actus reu
Mapp vs. Ohio
Amendment 14
8. 4th and 5th amendment - Interrogation responses allowed only when attorney rights have been understood and waived
Miranda vs. Arizona
loco parentis
Parens patriae
New York
9. Citizenship clause - due process - equal protection - impeachment - debt
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
% minorities in law enforcement
Amendment 14
Benefits
10. Trial by jury - rights of the accused - Confrontation of witnesses - Speedy trial - Public trial - Right to counsel
Amendment 6
Benefits
Amendment 8
writ of habeas corpus
11. '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
Tennessee vs. Garner
LEAA
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
writ of habeas corpus
12. 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.'
allocution
Mapp vs. Ohio
Parens patriae
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
13. 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
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
Shock probation
Parens patriae
equation to figure crime rate
14. 20%
Amendment 5
Amendment 8
% minorities in law enforcement
Adkins vs. Virginia
15. Federal program - supports Law enforcement - gives grants for education and technology
List Part 1 crimes
Pendleton Act
allocution
LEAA
16. 16%
Tennessee vs. Garner
Adkins vs. Virginia
status offenses
% of women in law enforcement
17. Civil service reform - 1883 - gov jobs on basis of merit - exams - not politics
writ of habeas corpus
% minorities in law enforcement
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
Pendleton Act
18. What is the U.S. Justice System based on?
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
Amendment 8
English Law
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
19. 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
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
Before interrogation
LEAA
Crime Index total
20. 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
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
New York
Kent vs. US
Terry v. Ohio
21. Willful homicide - forcible rape - robbery - burglary - aggravated assault - larceny over $50 - motor vehicle theft - arson
Gregg vs. Georgia
List Index crimes
Amendment 4
Juvenile Status offenses
22. No excessive bail - no cruel and unusual punishment
Amendment 8
Part II offenses
% of women in law enforcement
Amendment 14
23. What would make an Officer want to stay in the police force longer?
Shock probation
New York
Amendment 4
Benefits
24. Actions prohibited by a class - most often committed by minors - motive not considered
First US Police dept
status offenses
Juvenile Status offenses
Powell vs. Alabama
25. First Juvenile hall
List Part 1 crimes
Amendment 6
New York
First Juvenile Court in the United States
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
% minorities in law enforcement
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
List Part 1 crimes
Crime Index total
27. 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 -
11th century England
Payton vs. New York
Powell vs. Alabama
mens rea
28. 6th amendment counsel must be provided for indigent (poor) defendants
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Hudson vs. Palmer
29. Person receives money through coercion - Demanding money for not writing ticket
BURGLARY
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
List Index crimes
police extortion
30. All police departments' stats - published in summary form - FBI - 29 types of offenses -
Adkins vs. Virginia
UCR
Amendment 4
Amendment 8
31. Payton - Terry - Leon - Mapp - Tenn - Hudson
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
UCR
Miranda vs. Arizona
First Police Dept
32. 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
11th century England
NCVS
Juveniles
LARCENY
33. 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
LARCENY
exclusionary rule versions
NCVS
Difference between Parole and Probation
34. Guilty mind - act does not make guilty without the mind - add actus rea to mens rea = crime
loco parentis
mens rea
Amendment 5
Drug use
35. When must a suspect be informed of their Miranda rights?
Before interrogation
Gideon vs. Wainwright
writ of habeas corpus
NCVS
36. 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
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
First Juvenile Court in the United States
Benefits
Amendment 4
37. Due process - double jeopardy - self incrimination - eminent domain
status offenses
Hudson vs. Palmer
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
Amendment 5
38. 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
loco parentis
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
Terry v. Ohio
allocution
39. 4TH amendment - search and seizure - Good faith exception to exclusionary rule - Good faith (bona fides) = officer believes the search warrant is valid
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
Amendment 6
mala in se
US v Leon
40. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Death penalty not allowed for mentally retarded persons
Adkins vs. Virginia
English Law
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
LARCENY
41. 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.
Drug use
actus reu
UCR vs. NCVS
mala in se
42. New York
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
Hudson vs. Palmer
UCR limitations
43. 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
11th century England
Terry v. Ohio
List Index crimes
44. 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
Payton vs. New York
Juvenile Status offenses
Pendleton Act
Powell vs. Alabama
45. Wrong or evil - conduct wrong by nature - used as the basis for common law
mala in se
11th century England
Hudson vs. Palmer
allocution
46. 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
Miranda rights
UCR
BURGLARY
Mapp vs. Ohio
47. 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
Auburn Prison system design
allocution
UCR vs. NCVS
LEAA
48. 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
Auburn Prison system design
Before interrogation
Hudson vs. Palmer
11th century England
49. Illinois - 1899
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Juvenile Status offenses
First Juvenile Court in the United States
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
50. Exclusionary rule (comes from 4th - 5th and 6th) - Tax books were illegally seized - Evidence not admissible in court - 'fruit from poisoned tree' theory -
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
police extortion
Gregg vs. Georgia