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DSST Criminal Justice And Law Enforcement

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1. 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






2. 4th and 5th amendment - Interrogation responses allowed only when attorney rights have been understood and waived






3. Payton - Terry - Leon - Mapp - Tenn - Hudson






4. Wrong or evil - conduct wrong by nature - used as the basis for common law






5. 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.






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






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






8. 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.'






9. 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






10. Miranda vs. Arizona






11. Wrong only because it is prohibited - unlawful act by virtue of statute






12. 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






13. New York






14. Voluntary - 95% participate - only the highest scoring offense is scored and the rest are ignored






15. When must a suspect be informed of their Miranda rights?






16. 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






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






18. What would make an Officer want to stay in the police force longer?






19. 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






20. Fastest growing group of criminals in the United States






21. The Metropolitan Police Department of London






22. No unreasonable search and seizure - no warrant without probable cause






23. Due process - double jeopardy - self incrimination - eminent domain






24. Citizenship clause - due process - equal protection - impeachment - debt






25. Murder and nonnegligent homicide; nonlethal violent crimes comprising robbery - forcible rape and aggravated assault; property crimes comprising burglary - larceny/theft - motor vehicle theft -arson






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






27. Civil service reform - 1883 - gov jobs on basis of merit - exams - not politics






28. 6th amendment counsel must be provided for indigent (poor) defendants






29. What victimless crime would be most likely to be prosecuted?






30. 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






31. Guilty act - external or objective of the crime






32. Person receives money through coercion - Demanding money for not writing ticket






33. 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 -






34. First Juvenile hall






35. 'State as parent' - state serves as parent of juvenile (father)






36. Judge ordered incarceration for a short time (30-120 days) - the release to probation (aka reconsider then recall)






37. Exclusionary rule (comes from 4th - 5th and 6th) - Tax books were illegally seized - Evidence not admissible in court - 'fruit from poisoned tree' theory -






38. 4TH amendment - search and seizure - Good faith exception to exclusionary rule - Good faith (bona fides) = officer believes the search warrant is valid






39. 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






40. '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






41. 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






42. Sheriff






43. 16%






44. Willful homicide - forcible rape - robbery - burglary - aggravated assault - larceny over $50 - motor vehicle theft - arson






45. 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






46. Guilty mind - act does not make guilty without the mind - add actus rea to mens rea = crime






47. 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






48. Where did common law come ?






49. 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






50. Illinois - 1899