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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. 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
BURGLARY
New York
Amendment 5
UCR limitations
2. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Death penalty not allowed for mentally retarded persons
Adkins vs. Virginia
Miranda vs. Arizona
UCR
allocution
3. 4TH amendment - search and seizure - Good faith exception to exclusionary rule - Good faith (bona fides) = officer believes the search warrant is valid
Difference between Parole and Probation
Juveniles
US v Leon
mens rea
4. 16%
Mapp vs. Ohio
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
% of women in law enforcement
status offenses
5. Voluntary - 95% participate - only the highest scoring offense is scored and the rest are ignored
UCR Participation
NCVS
Juvenile Status offenses
Powell vs. Alabama
6. 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)
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
% minorities in law enforcement
First Police Dept
7. 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)
mala prohibita
Juvenile Status offenses
Terry v. Ohio
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
Mapp vs. Ohio
Drug use
Terry v. Ohio
List Part 1 crimes
9. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Ruled that the death penalty was NOT cruel and unusual punishment
Shock probation
First US Police dept
Gregg vs. Georgia
Terry v. Ohio
10. 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
mala prohibita
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
Crime Index total
11. Miranda vs. Arizona
UCR
Right to remain silent case
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
Part II offenses
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
First US Police dept
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
Powell vs. Alabama
LEAA
13. Judge ordered incarceration for a short time (30-120 days) - the release to probation (aka reconsider then recall)
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
Drug use
UCR vs. NCVS
Shock probation
14. Citizenship clause - due process - equal protection - impeachment - debt
NCVS
Juvenile Status offenses
Difference between Parole and Probation
Amendment 14
15. Fastest growing group of criminals in the United States
Juveniles
Amendment 14
police extortion
List Index crimes
16. 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
Adkins vs. Virginia
NCVS
Shock probation
17. 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
% of women in law enforcement
Amendment 14
Terry v. Ohio
List Index crimes
18. Payton - Terry - Leon - Mapp - Tenn - Hudson
Terry v. Ohio
LARCENY
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
19. Boston (1838)
% of women in law enforcement
First US Police dept
equation to figure crime rate
UCR limitations
20. Speaking out - defendant speaking out on their own behalf prior sentencing
First Police Dept
loco parentis
Juvenile Status offenses
allocution
21. 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
UCR vs. NCVS
Difference between Parole and Probation
% minorities in law enforcement
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
22. First Juvenile hall
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
UCR Participation
New York
% of women in law enforcement
23. 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
Powell vs. Alabama
Drug use
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
Right to remain silent case
24. Wrong or evil - conduct wrong by nature - used as the basis for common law
Kent vs. US
mala in se
Powell vs. Alabama
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
25. Guilty mind - act does not make guilty without the mind - add actus rea to mens rea = crime
mens rea
Pendleton Act
Tennessee vs. Garner
Parens patriae
26. 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
Drug use
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
Miranda rights
27. Civil service reform - 1883 - gov jobs on basis of merit - exams - not politics
Pendleton Act
Miranda rights
loco parentis
New York
28. What is the U.S. Justice System based on?
appellate court
mens rea
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
English Law
29. 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
Amendment 8
% of women in law enforcement
Tennessee vs. Garner
status offenses
30. Guilty act - external or objective of the crime
New York
BURGLARY
List Index crimes
actus reu
31. Does not include homicides - survey of households - expensive to conduct - covers the frequency of crime victimization
status offenses
Amendment 4
NCVS
List Part 1 crimes
32. 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
Mapp vs. Ohio
First US Police dept
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
Juveniles
33. 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
Difference between Parole and Probation
Juvenile Status offenses
English Law
Terry v. Ohio
34. Federal program - supports Law enforcement - gives grants for education and technology
LEAA
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
Benefits
Powell vs. Alabama
35. Exclusionary rule (comes from 4th - 5th and 6th) - Tax books were illegally seized - Evidence not admissible in court - 'fruit from poisoned tree' theory -
Adkins vs. Virginia
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Part II offenses
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
36. Due process - double jeopardy - self incrimination - eminent domain
Shock probation
Amendment 5
Crime Index total
Amendment 14
37. 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
Before interrogation
BURGLARY
UCR Participation
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
38. 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 -
Prisons growing
List Index crimes
Kent vs. US
Payton vs. New York
39. 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
Juvenile Status offenses
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
exclusionary rule versions
mala in se
40. No unreasonable search and seizure - no warrant without probable cause
First Juvenile Court in the United States
Amendment 4
Drug use
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
41. Wrong only because it is prohibited - unlawful act by virtue of statute
loco parentis
Gideon vs. Wainwright
mala prohibita
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
42. All police departments' stats - published in summary form - FBI - 29 types of offenses -
List Index crimes
Gideon vs. Wainwright
UCR
loco parentis
43. Trial by jury - rights of the accused - Confrontation of witnesses - Speedy trial - Public trial - Right to counsel
Amendment 6
English Law
loco parentis
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
44. Willful homicide - forcible rape - robbery - burglary - aggravated assault - larceny over $50 - motor vehicle theft - arson
List Index crimes
English Law
Tennessee vs. Garner
allocution
45. No excessive bail - no cruel and unusual punishment
English Law
Amendment 8
loco parentis
UCR vs. NCVS
46. 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
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
mens rea
Kent vs. US
47. 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
mala prohibita
First Police Dept
appellate court
48. What would make an Officer want to stay in the police force longer?
Mapp vs. Ohio
Amendment 5
Benefits
New York
49. Actions prohibited by a class - most often committed by minors - motive not considered
status offenses
Auburn Prison system design
mala in se
equation to figure crime rate
50. The Metropolitan Police Department of London
Miranda rights
First Police Dept
% minorities in law enforcement
Payton vs. New York