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DSST Criminal Justice And Law Enforcement
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1. 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)
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
Amendment 8
Powell vs. Alabama
2. Empowered to hear appeal of lower trial court
Benefits
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
appellate court
Gregg vs. Georgia
3. 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 Police Dept
Powell vs. Alabama
Crime Index total
UCR
4. Wrong or evil - conduct wrong by nature - used as the basis for common law
mala in se
Terry v. Ohio
% minorities in law enforcement
Prisons growing
5. Federal program - supports Law enforcement - gives grants for education and technology
English Law
NCVS
LEAA
Powell vs. Alabama
6. 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 -
Payton vs. New York
Adkins vs. Virginia
New York
List Index crimes
7. 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
11th century England
allocution
% minorities in law enforcement
8. Wrong only because it is prohibited - unlawful act by virtue of statute
Before interrogation
Terry v. Ohio
Gideon vs. Wainwright
mala prohibita
9. All police departments' stats - published in summary form - FBI - 29 types of offenses -
11th century England
writ of habeas corpus
UCR
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
10. Fastest growing group of criminals in the United States
Parens patriae
First Police Dept
Juveniles
11th century England
11. 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
actus reu
First Juvenile Court in the United States
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
12. Actions prohibited by a class - most often committed by minors - motive not considered
Crime Index total
status offenses
English Law
UCR limitations
13. Sheriff
NCVS
Shock probation
Terry v. Ohio
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
14. 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
English Law
Terry v. Ohio
Tennessee vs. Garner
UCR limitations
15. Illinois - 1899
Powell vs. Alabama
New York
First Juvenile Court in the United States
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
16. 4TH amendment - search and seizure - Good faith exception to exclusionary rule - Good faith (bona fides) = officer believes the search warrant is valid
Auburn Prison system design
US v Leon
Juvenile Status offenses
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
17. Where did common law come ?
11th century England
Parens patriae
Kent vs. US
Adkins vs. Virginia
18. Willful homicide - forcible rape - robbery - burglary - aggravated assault - larceny over $50 - motor vehicle theft - arson
BURGLARY
Gregg vs. Georgia
List Index crimes
Amendment 8
19. 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
BURGLARY
Juvenile Status offenses
Prisons growing
appellate court
20. Exclusionary rule (comes from 4th - 5th and 6th) - Tax books were illegally seized - Evidence not admissible in court - 'fruit from poisoned tree' theory -
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
11th century England
allocution
Mapp vs. Ohio
21. 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
LARCENY
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
Before interrogation
exclusionary rule versions
22. 20%
Shock probation
UCR Participation
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
% minorities in law enforcement
23. No excessive bail - no cruel and unusual punishment
Tennessee vs. Garner
Kent vs. US
Amendment 14
Amendment 8
24. '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
English Law
writ of habeas corpus
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
Pendleton Act
25. Payton - Terry - Leon - Mapp - Tenn - Hudson
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
mala prohibita
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
Difference between Parole and Probation
26. 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.
Terry v. Ohio
Prisons growing
UCR vs. NCVS
Amendment 8
27. What is the U.S. Justice System based on?
Prisons growing
Amendment 8
English Law
11th century England
28. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Ruled that the death penalty was NOT cruel and unusual punishment
BURGLARY
Gregg vs. Georgia
Amendment 6
Parens patriae
29. 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
NCVS
Payton vs. New York
Miranda rights
Part II offenses
30. 6th amendment counsel must be provided for indigent (poor) defendants
Pendleton Act
Crime Index total
US v Leon
Gideon vs. Wainwright
31. 16%
% of women in law enforcement
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
11th century England
Gregg vs. Georgia
32. 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
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
BURGLARY
33. 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
Drug use
Tennessee vs. Garner
Kent vs. US
loco parentis
34. Guilty mind - act does not make guilty without the mind - add actus rea to mens rea = crime
UCR limitations
writ of habeas corpus
Juvenile Status offenses
mens rea
35. First Juvenile hall
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
Amendment 4
New York
Tennessee vs. Garner
36. 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
writ of habeas corpus
LEAA
LARCENY
Mapp vs. Ohio
37. Murder and nonnegligent homicide; nonlethal violent crimes comprising robbery - forcible rape and aggravated assault; property crimes comprising burglary - larceny/theft - motor vehicle theft -arson
Amendment 4
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
Powell vs. Alabama
List Part 1 crimes
38. Judge ordered incarceration for a short time (30-120 days) - the release to probation (aka reconsider then recall)
Shock probation
English Law
ROBBERY
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
39. Growing quickly - 3 mil+ since 2010 - Strict sentencing and economic benefits
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
Prisons growing
LARCENY
actus reu
40. What would make an Officer want to stay in the police force longer?
Benefits
List Index crimes
Tennessee vs. Garner
mala prohibita
41. Miranda vs. Arizona
allocution
BURGLARY
Part II offenses
Right to remain silent case
42. 1215 - Magna Carta
Amendment 8
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
US v Leon
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
43. Person receives money through coercion - Demanding money for not writing ticket
Payton vs. New York
Pendleton Act
police extortion
Before interrogation
44. 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
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
Benefits
Part II offenses
45. Due process - double jeopardy - self incrimination - eminent domain
Amendment 5
Amendment 14
Amendment 8
Terry v. Ohio
46. 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
Drug use
Crime Index total
Amendment 5
Miranda vs. Arizona
47. Trial by jury - rights of the accused - Confrontation of witnesses - Speedy trial - Public trial - Right to counsel
Drug use
status offenses
Amendment 6
Difference between Parole and Probation
48. Speaking out - defendant speaking out on their own behalf prior sentencing
exclusionary rule versions
allocution
Powell vs. Alabama
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
49. The Metropolitan Police Department of London
First Police Dept
UCR vs. NCVS
Pendleton Act
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
50. When must a suspect be informed of their Miranda rights?
Hudson vs. Palmer
First Juvenile Court in the United States
Before interrogation
UCR limitations