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DSST Criminal Justice And Law Enforcement
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. First Juvenile hall
New York
Powell vs. Alabama
Shock probation
% minorities in law enforcement
2. Person receives money through coercion - Demanding money for not writing ticket
First US Police dept
police extortion
LARCENY
UCR Participation
3. New York
Auburn Prison system design
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
UCR vs. NCVS
allocution
4. 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 -
List Part 1 crimes
11th century England
Payton vs. New York
Drug use
5. Guilty mind - act does not make guilty without the mind - add actus rea to mens rea = crime
List Part 1 crimes
LARCENY
mens rea
Kent vs. US
6. Judge ordered incarceration for a short time (30-120 days) - the release to probation (aka reconsider then recall)
Juvenile Status offenses
equation to figure crime rate
Shock probation
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
7. Payton - Terry - Leon - Mapp - Tenn - Hudson
English Law
UCR vs. NCVS
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
Juveniles
8. 20%
New York
actus reu
% minorities in law enforcement
UCR vs. NCVS
9. 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
UCR Participation
Terry v. Ohio
BURGLARY
List Index crimes
10. Citizenship clause - due process - equal protection - impeachment - debt
UCR vs. NCVS
NCVS
actus reu
Amendment 14
11. 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
LEAA
UCR vs. NCVS
Hudson vs. Palmer
Amendment 14
12. Actions prohibited by a class - most often committed by minors - motive not considered
Amendment 8
US v Leon
loco parentis
status offenses
13. 6th amendment counsel must be provided for indigent (poor) defendants
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
Amendment 6
Gideon vs. Wainwright
ROBBERY
14. 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
appellate court
mala in se
Miranda rights
11th century England
15. '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
Juvenile Status offenses
writ of habeas corpus
Gregg vs. Georgia
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
16. Federal program - supports Law enforcement - gives grants for education and technology
% minorities in law enforcement
status offenses
Part II offenses
LEAA
17. 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
Gregg vs. Georgia
Kent vs. US
Pendleton Act
writ of habeas corpus
18. Growing quickly - 3 mil+ since 2010 - Strict sentencing and economic benefits
Prisons growing
Difference between Parole and Probation
Payton vs. New York
Hudson vs. Palmer
19. 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
LARCENY
ROBBERY
loco parentis
Mapp vs. Ohio
20. 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
Right to remain silent case
11th century England
List Part 1 crimes
equation to figure crime rate
21. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Death penalty not allowed for mentally retarded persons
List Index crimes
Adkins vs. Virginia
11th century England
Tennessee vs. Garner
22. Does not include homicides - survey of households - expensive to conduct - covers the frequency of crime victimization
Amendment 5
mala prohibita
NCVS
Prisons growing
23. What would make an Officer want to stay in the police force longer?
Benefits
actus reu
Kent vs. US
Miranda vs. Arizona
24. No excessive bail - no cruel and unusual punishment
Part II offenses
Kent vs. US
Amendment 8
Prisons growing
25. 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
First US Police dept
LEAA
actus reu
Juvenile Status offenses
26. Voluntary - 95% participate - only the highest scoring offense is scored and the rest are ignored
LEAA
UCR Participation
appellate court
Juveniles
27. The Metropolitan Police Department of London
First Police Dept
equation to figure crime rate
Juvenile Status offenses
Shock probation
28. No unreasonable search and seizure - no warrant without probable cause
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Amendment 4
UCR Participation
writ of habeas corpus
29. 16%
% of women in law enforcement
Amendment 6
Drug use
New York
30. Speaking out - defendant speaking out on their own behalf prior sentencing
Benefits
allocution
LEAA
Part II offenses
31. 1769 - England - No coerced self incriminating evidence. 1789 US - Bill of Rights - 4th and 5th amendments - No search and seizure without probable cause. 1960's US - No involuntary confessions. 1961 US - Mapp vs. Ohio gives exclusionary rights to st
Amendment 6
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
exclusionary rule versions
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
32. New York had first due process clause in their bill of rights - NY insisted due process be added to US BOR - Madison added it
Before interrogation
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
Amendment 5
33. 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
actus reu
Crime Index total
exclusionary rule versions
34. All police departments' stats - published in summary form - FBI - 29 types of offenses -
Payton vs. New York
UCR
Tennessee vs. Garner
exclusionary rule versions
35. When must a suspect be informed of their Miranda rights?
Before interrogation
% minorities in law enforcement
Adkins vs. Virginia
Amendment 14
36. Fastest growing group of criminals in the United States
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Gregg vs. Georgia
Juveniles
Right to remain silent case
37. Where did common law come ?
ROBBERY
UCR vs. NCVS
11th century England
LARCENY
38. Trial by jury - rights of the accused - Confrontation of witnesses - Speedy trial - Public trial - Right to counsel
status offenses
LARCENY
Amendment 6
Gregg vs. Georgia
39. 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
ROBBERY
NCVS
exclusionary rule versions
Terry v. Ohio
40. 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
Mapp vs. Ohio
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
LEAA
41. Wrong or evil - conduct wrong by nature - used as the basis for common law
Drug use
mala in se
Miranda vs. Arizona
Auburn Prison system design
42. 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
11th century England
English Law
UCR
43. 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
Juveniles
Amendment 6
Hudson vs. Palmer
Crime Index total
44. 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
ROBBERY
English Law
Powell vs. Alabama
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
45. 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
writ of habeas corpus
Tennessee vs. Garner
Before interrogation
loco parentis
46. What is the U.S. Justice System based on?
Kent vs. US
First US Police dept
LEAA
English Law
47. 'State as parent' - state serves as parent of juvenile (father)
status offenses
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
Parens patriae
48. What victimless crime would be most likely to be prosecuted?
Difference between Parole and Probation
Drug use
NCVS
Tennessee vs. Garner
49. 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
Kent vs. US
Mapp vs. Ohio
Amendment 8
Gregg vs. Georgia
50. Miranda vs. Arizona
Juvenile Status offenses
Prisons growing
Right to remain silent case
Amendment 4