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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. No unreasonable search and seizure - no warrant without probable cause
Shock probation
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
List Part 1 crimes
Amendment 4
2. 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 4
Auburn Prison system design
status offenses
Hudson vs. Palmer
3. Civil service reform - 1883 - gov jobs on basis of merit - exams - not politics
11th century England
Amendment 14
Pendleton Act
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
4. The Metropolitan Police Department of London
First Police Dept
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
Difference between Parole and Probation
Tennessee vs. Garner
5. Due process - double jeopardy - self incrimination - eminent domain
loco parentis
NCVS
Amendment 5
UCR vs. NCVS
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
Drug use
First US Police dept
Before interrogation
Terry v. Ohio
7. 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
Part II offenses
Hudson vs. Palmer
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
% of women in law enforcement
8. 4TH amendment - search and seizure - Good faith exception to exclusionary rule - Good faith (bona fides) = officer believes the search warrant is valid
mala prohibita
LARCENY
US v Leon
ROBBERY
9. 1215 - Magna Carta
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Drug use
Gregg vs. Georgia
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
10. 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
loco parentis
Amendment 4
Difference between Parole and Probation
Payton vs. New York
11. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Death penalty not allowed for mentally retarded persons
actus reu
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
UCR vs. NCVS
Adkins vs. Virginia
12. 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
actus reu
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
Miranda rights
exclusionary rule versions
13. When must a suspect be informed of their Miranda rights?
Before interrogation
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Hudson vs. Palmer
14. New York had first due process clause in their bill of rights - NY insisted due process be added to US BOR - Madison added it
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
Amendment 5
actus reu
List Index crimes
15. 'State as parent' - state serves as parent of juvenile (father)
status offenses
Parens patriae
Prisons growing
English Law
16. All police departments' stats - published in summary form - FBI - 29 types of offenses -
Gideon vs. Wainwright
UCR
exclusionary rule versions
First Police Dept
17. 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
Powell vs. Alabama
UCR limitations
Before interrogation
appellate court
18. 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
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
Prisons growing
English Law
19. Citizenship clause - due process - equal protection - impeachment - debt
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
Amendment 14
Terry v. Ohio
Miranda vs. Arizona
20. 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.
equation to figure crime rate
Gregg vs. Georgia
Amendment 8
UCR vs. NCVS
21. Speaking out - defendant speaking out on their own behalf prior sentencing
US v Leon
allocution
appellate court
New York
22. What is the U.S. Justice System based on?
BURGLARY
police extortion
English Law
equation to figure crime rate
23. Boston (1838)
First US Police dept
List Index crimes
English Law
Amendment 4
24. 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 -
exclusionary rule versions
Before interrogation
loco parentis
Payton vs. New York
25. 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.'
11th century England
Adkins vs. Virginia
Difference between Parole and Probation
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
26. Payton - Terry - Leon - Mapp - Tenn - Hudson
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
mala prohibita
Difference between Parole and Probation
loco parentis
27. 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
Kent vs. US
Tennessee vs. Garner
Benefits
Amendment 4
28. First Juvenile hall
status offenses
ROBBERY
New York
US v Leon
29. 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
UCR vs. NCVS
Pendleton Act
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
30. Person receives money through coercion - Demanding money for not writing ticket
police extortion
Benefits
Amendment 5
Juvenile Status offenses
31. Judge ordered incarceration for a short time (30-120 days) - the release to probation (aka reconsider then recall)
police extortion
Hudson vs. Palmer
NCVS
Shock probation
32. Empowered to hear appeal of lower trial court
appellate court
11th century England
UCR
mala in se
33. Voluntary - 95% participate - only the highest scoring offense is scored and the rest are ignored
Prisons growing
Mapp vs. Ohio
UCR Participation
First Police Dept
34. 6th amendment counsel must be provided for indigent (poor) defendants
mala in se
Gideon vs. Wainwright
% of women in law enforcement
Mapp vs. Ohio
35. 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
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
11th century England
status offenses
equation to figure crime rate
36. New York
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
ROBBERY
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
37. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Ruled that the death penalty was NOT cruel and unusual punishment
Miranda rights
Gregg vs. Georgia
List Index crimes
Amendment 5
38. '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
mala prohibita
writ of habeas corpus
Part II offenses
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
39. Wrong only because it is prohibited - unlawful act by virtue of statute
Juveniles
Hudson vs. Palmer
mala prohibita
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
40. 20%
Payton vs. New York
% minorities in law enforcement
UCR limitations
Hudson vs. Palmer
41. Does not include homicides - survey of households - expensive to conduct - covers the frequency of crime victimization
Kent vs. US
UCR Participation
New York
NCVS
42. 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
Before interrogation
Amendment 8
exclusionary rule versions
US v Leon
43. Where did common law come ?
mala prohibita
11th century England
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
First Police Dept
44. Trial by jury - rights of the accused - Confrontation of witnesses - Speedy trial - Public trial - Right to counsel
Amendment 6
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
Hudson vs. Palmer
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
45. Illinois - 1899
UCR vs. NCVS
First Juvenile Court in the United States
status offenses
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
46. No excessive bail - no cruel and unusual punishment
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
UCR limitations
English Law
Amendment 8
47. Miranda vs. Arizona
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
Right to remain silent case
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
UCR
48. 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
writ of habeas corpus
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
LARCENY
First Juvenile Court in the United States
49. Guilty mind - act does not make guilty without the mind - add actus rea to mens rea = crime
mens rea
Juvenile Status offenses
LEAA
equation to figure crime rate
50. Exclusionary rule (comes from 4th - 5th and 6th) - Tax books were illegally seized - Evidence not admissible in court - 'fruit from poisoned tree' theory -
Miranda rights
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
% of women in law enforcement
police extortion