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DSST Criminal Justice And Law Enforcement
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1. 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
% of women in law enforcement
Kent vs. US
UCR limitations
Drug use
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
Powell vs. Alabama
equation to figure crime rate
Crime Index total
Parens patriae
3. 16%
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
Gregg vs. Georgia
% of women in law enforcement
Miranda rights
4. Actions prohibited by a class - most often committed by minors - motive not considered
Amendment 6
mens rea
status offenses
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
5. What is the U.S. Justice System based on?
% minorities in law enforcement
ROBBERY
Mapp vs. Ohio
English Law
6. 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
Powell vs. Alabama
Terry v. Ohio
Amendment 8
Amendment 4
7. 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
UCR vs. NCVS
Pendleton Act
11th century England
8. Civil service reform - 1883 - gov jobs on basis of merit - exams - not politics
Pendleton Act
Tennessee vs. Garner
UCR limitations
allocution
9. All police departments' stats - published in summary form - FBI - 29 types of offenses -
UCR
Hudson vs. Palmer
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
Shock probation
10. '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
Difference between Parole and Probation
11th century England
writ of habeas corpus
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
11. 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
exclusionary rule versions
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
Payton vs. New York
LARCENY
12. Does not include homicides - survey of households - expensive to conduct - covers the frequency of crime victimization
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
NCVS
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
exclusionary rule versions
13. 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
List Part 1 crimes
Tennessee vs. Garner
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
Right to remain silent case
14. 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
UCR limitations
% of women in law enforcement
Amendment 6
Mapp vs. Ohio
15. 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
Gregg vs. Georgia
Tennessee vs. Garner
equation to figure crime rate
Crime Index total
16. 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
List Index crimes
UCR limitations
ROBBERY
loco parentis
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.'
Benefits
UCR vs. NCVS
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
NCVS
18. Person receives money through coercion - Demanding money for not writing ticket
Payton vs. New York
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
Gideon vs. Wainwright
police extortion
19. Murder and nonnegligent homicide; nonlethal violent crimes comprising robbery - forcible rape and aggravated assault; property crimes comprising burglary - larceny/theft - motor vehicle theft -arson
Adkins vs. Virginia
Juveniles
List Part 1 crimes
allocution
20. 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
exclusionary rule versions
mala in se
BURGLARY
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
21. 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
Juvenile Status offenses
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
Adkins vs. Virginia
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
22. New York
Amendment 8
status offenses
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
writ of habeas corpus
23. Boston (1838)
Terry v. Ohio
First US Police dept
Shock probation
% minorities in law enforcement
24. No unreasonable search and seizure - no warrant without probable cause
loco parentis
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
Amendment 4
Adkins vs. Virginia
25. 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)
11th century England
Hudson vs. Palmer
New York
26. 4th and 5th amendment - Interrogation responses allowed only when attorney rights have been understood and waived
% of women in law enforcement
First Juvenile Court in the United States
Miranda vs. Arizona
First Police Dept
27. 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
US v Leon
Payton vs. New York
New York
28. Fastest growing group of criminals in the United States
Juveniles
Right to remain silent case
Tennessee vs. Garner
Payton vs. New York
29. Empowered to hear appeal of lower trial court
appellate court
equation to figure crime rate
Tennessee vs. Garner
New York
30. Where did common law come ?
Tennessee vs. Garner
actus reu
11th century England
UCR limitations
31. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Death penalty not allowed for mentally retarded persons
actus reu
Powell vs. Alabama
Shock probation
Adkins vs. Virginia
32. Federal program - supports Law enforcement - gives grants for education and technology
LEAA
Payton vs. New York
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
33. New York had first due process clause in their bill of rights - NY insisted due process be added to US BOR - Madison added it
mala prohibita
Hudson vs. Palmer
mala in se
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
34. What would make an Officer want to stay in the police force longer?
BURGLARY
LEAA
equation to figure crime rate
Benefits
35. 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.
Hudson vs. Palmer
UCR vs. NCVS
% of women in law enforcement
Shock probation
36. Wrong or evil - conduct wrong by nature - used as the basis for common law
mala in se
Tennessee vs. Garner
US v Leon
Crime Index total
37. 1215 - Magna Carta
Powell vs. Alabama
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
UCR limitations
loco parentis
38. Voluntary - 95% participate - only the highest scoring offense is scored and the rest are ignored
Tennessee vs. Garner
Amendment 4
UCR Participation
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
39. 6th amendment counsel must be provided for indigent (poor) defendants
LEAA
Powell vs. Alabama
appellate court
Gideon vs. Wainwright
40. Wrong only because it is prohibited - unlawful act by virtue of statute
ROBBERY
mala prohibita
First US Police dept
Tennessee vs. Garner
41. Judge ordered incarceration for a short time (30-120 days) - the release to probation (aka reconsider then recall)
English Law
Shock probation
First Police Dept
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
42. 20%
Juvenile Status offenses
% minorities in law enforcement
writ of habeas corpus
UCR vs. NCVS
43. 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
LARCENY
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
Juveniles
44. 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
English Law
mens rea
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
Part II offenses
45. When must a suspect be informed of their Miranda rights?
Before interrogation
Hudson vs. Palmer
Amendment 14
police extortion
46. Miranda vs. Arizona
equation to figure crime rate
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
Right to remain silent case
List Index crimes
47. 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)
Shock probation
Juvenile Status offenses
loco parentis
48. First Juvenile hall
Before interrogation
First Juvenile Court in the United States
actus reu
New York
49. 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
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
LEAA
Miranda rights
allocution
50. 'State as parent' - state serves as parent of juvenile (father)
loco parentis
Parens patriae
List Part 1 crimes
equation to figure crime rate