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DSST Criminal Justice And Law Enforcement
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1. Civil service reform - 1883 - gov jobs on basis of merit - exams - not politics
police extortion
First US Police dept
Pendleton Act
mala prohibita
2. 'State as parent' - state serves as parent of juvenile (father)
Parens patriae
BURGLARY
Amendment 14
Juvenile Status offenses
3. First Juvenile hall
Prisons growing
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
New York
NCVS
4. Due process - double jeopardy - self incrimination - eminent domain
Amendment 5
Benefits
Difference between Parole and Probation
Amendment 8
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
List Index crimes
First US Police dept
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
Prisons growing
6. 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
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
% minorities in law enforcement
Miranda rights
7. 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
Payton vs. New York
English Law
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
Crime Index total
8. 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 Index crimes
Part II offenses
List Part 1 crimes
English Law
9. 16%
% of women in law enforcement
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
Auburn Prison system design
Tennessee vs. Garner
10. New York
UCR Participation
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
New York
11. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Death penalty not allowed for mentally retarded persons
Shock probation
Adkins vs. Virginia
mala in se
List Part 1 crimes
12. 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
Amendment 5
Auburn Prison system design
List Part 1 crimes
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
13. Where did common law come ?
UCR Participation
Parens patriae
New York
11th century England
14. 20%
Before interrogation
mala prohibita
11th century England
% minorities in law enforcement
15. 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 -
mala prohibita
LARCENY
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
Payton vs. New York
16. 4TH amendment - search and seizure - Good faith exception to exclusionary rule - Good faith (bona fides) = officer believes the search warrant is valid
Amendment 8
Juvenile Status offenses
Kent vs. US
US v Leon
17. What is the U.S. Justice System based on?
Juvenile Status offenses
equation to figure crime rate
English Law
List Part 1 crimes
18. Growing quickly - 3 mil+ since 2010 - Strict sentencing and economic benefits
Prisons growing
List Part 1 crimes
Powell vs. Alabama
Payton vs. New York
19. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Ruled that the death penalty was NOT cruel and unusual punishment
Gregg vs. Georgia
writ of habeas corpus
UCR vs. NCVS
Shock probation
20. 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
Hudson vs. Palmer
Juveniles
21. Payton - Terry - Leon - Mapp - Tenn - Hudson
Juveniles
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
equation to figure crime rate
22. Illinois - 1899
mala prohibita
police extortion
First Juvenile Court in the United States
Amendment 6
23. 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)
Pendleton Act
UCR Participation
First Police Dept
24. Fastest growing group of criminals in the United States
Juveniles
First US Police dept
allocution
% minorities in law enforcement
25. 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
ROBBERY
UCR Participation
police extortion
Powell vs. Alabama
26. Citizenship clause - due process - equal protection - impeachment - debt
Amendment 14
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
writ of habeas corpus
police extortion
27. 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
Difference between Parole and Probation
allocution
BURGLARY
Gideon vs. Wainwright
28. The Metropolitan Police Department of London
UCR Participation
First Police Dept
writ of habeas corpus
Adkins vs. Virginia
29. No excessive bail - no cruel and unusual punishment
First US Police dept
Amendment 8
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
Mapp vs. Ohio
30. 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
Terry v. Ohio
actus reu
Auburn Prison system design
Adkins vs. Virginia
31. Federal program - supports Law enforcement - gives grants for education and technology
Terry v. Ohio
Gideon vs. Wainwright
List Part 1 crimes
LEAA
32. 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
mens rea
First Police Dept
% minorities in law enforcement
exclusionary rule versions
33. Person receives money through coercion - Demanding money for not writing ticket
UCR vs. NCVS
Shock probation
police extortion
Before interrogation
34. 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
List Part 1 crimes
actus reu
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
Payton vs. New York
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
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
List Part 1 crimes
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
Juveniles
36. Does not include homicides - survey of households - expensive to conduct - covers the frequency of crime victimization
Amendment 4
NCVS
Kent vs. US
List Index crimes
37. Trial by jury - rights of the accused - Confrontation of witnesses - Speedy trial - Public trial - Right to counsel
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
11th century England
Amendment 6
Benefits
38. 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
Drug use
Powell vs. Alabama
Auburn Prison system design
NCVS
39. 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
allocution
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
equation to figure crime rate
Benefits
40. 6th amendment counsel must be provided for indigent (poor) defendants
Gregg vs. Georgia
Drug use
LARCENY
Gideon vs. Wainwright
41. What would make an Officer want to stay in the police force longer?
Difference between Parole and Probation
Benefits
mala in se
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
42. Sheriff
English Law
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
Adkins vs. Virginia
UCR Participation
43. Speaking out - defendant speaking out on their own behalf prior sentencing
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
allocution
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
Amendment 6
44. Judge ordered incarceration for a short time (30-120 days) - the release to probation (aka reconsider then recall)
status offenses
First Juvenile Court in the United States
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
Shock probation
45. 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
police extortion
UCR vs. NCVS
46. No unreasonable search and seizure - no warrant without probable cause
allocution
UCR vs. NCVS
English Law
Amendment 4
47. 1215 - Magna Carta
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
First Police Dept
Part II offenses
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
48. Miranda vs. Arizona
mala in se
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
Right to remain silent case
Pendleton Act
49. Boston (1838)
ROBBERY
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
First US Police dept
US v Leon
50. Guilty mind - act does not make guilty without the mind - add actus rea to mens rea = crime
UCR vs. NCVS
mens rea
Crime Index total
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution