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DSST Criminal Justice And Law Enforcement
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1. 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
First Police Dept
Tennessee vs. Garner
Benefits
First Juvenile Court in the United States
2. 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
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
police extortion
UCR
3. 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
First Police Dept
Prisons growing
Auburn Prison system design
Shock probation
4. First Juvenile hall
appellate court
New York
UCR vs. NCVS
First US Police dept
5. Trial by jury - rights of the accused - Confrontation of witnesses - Speedy trial - Public trial - Right to counsel
Shock probation
LEAA
Amendment 6
Kent vs. US
6. '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
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
Crime Index total
First Juvenile Court in the United States
writ of habeas corpus
7. 4th and 5th amendment - Interrogation responses allowed only when attorney rights have been understood and waived
appellate court
New York
Miranda vs. Arizona
UCR limitations
8. 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
Kent vs. US
First US Police dept
UCR limitations
LARCENY
9. What is the U.S. Justice System based on?
New York
English Law
List Part 1 crimes
List Index crimes
10. 16%
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
Gideon vs. Wainwright
loco parentis
% of women in law enforcement
11. Fastest growing group of criminals in the United States
Amendment 4
mala prohibita
Drug use
Juveniles
12. Does not include homicides - survey of households - expensive to conduct - covers the frequency of crime victimization
mens rea
Drug use
NCVS
allocution
13. Growing quickly - 3 mil+ since 2010 - Strict sentencing and economic benefits
Prisons growing
Benefits
UCR vs. NCVS
allocution
14. Guilty act - external or objective of the crime
BURGLARY
Hudson vs. Palmer
Juvenile Status offenses
actus reu
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
Amendment 6
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
equation to figure crime rate
First Juvenile Court in the United States
16. Willful homicide - forcible rape - robbery - burglary - aggravated assault - larceny over $50 - motor vehicle theft - arson
List Index crimes
Amendment 4
allocution
First Juvenile Court in the United States
17. What would make an Officer want to stay in the police force longer?
Kent vs. US
Benefits
List Index crimes
First Juvenile Court in the United States
18. 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.'
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
actus reu
Juveniles
19. Wrong only because it is prohibited - unlawful act by virtue of statute
mala prohibita
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
List Index crimes
UCR Participation
20. 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
Juveniles
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
Powell vs. Alabama
Benefits
21. 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.
New York
UCR vs. NCVS
Part II offenses
Amendment 14
22. 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
Pendleton Act
Terry v. Ohio
First US Police dept
Kent vs. US
23. Voluntary - 95% participate - only the highest scoring offense is scored and the rest are ignored
UCR Participation
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
BURGLARY
Amendment 8
24. When must a suspect be informed of their Miranda rights?
mala in se
Amendment 14
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
Before interrogation
25. 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
% minorities in law enforcement
Terry v. Ohio
11th century England
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
26. No excessive bail - no cruel and unusual punishment
LARCENY
% minorities in law enforcement
Amendment 8
Miranda vs. Arizona
27. 20%
Mapp vs. Ohio
% minorities in law enforcement
List Index crimes
Pendleton Act
28. 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
equation to figure crime rate
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
allocution
Miranda vs. Arizona
29. Empowered to hear appeal of lower trial court
% of women in law enforcement
appellate court
English Law
Adkins vs. Virginia
30. Citizenship clause - due process - equal protection - impeachment - debt
Amendment 14
actus reu
mala prohibita
Hudson vs. Palmer
31. Due process - double jeopardy - self incrimination - eminent domain
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
Amendment 6
Juveniles
Amendment 5
32. 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
Mapp vs. Ohio
police extortion
Amendment 14
33. Speaking out - defendant speaking out on their own behalf prior sentencing
allocution
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
First Police Dept
% of women in law enforcement
34. Guilty mind - act does not make guilty without the mind - add actus rea to mens rea = crime
mala prohibita
mala in se
New York
mens rea
35. Exclusionary rule (comes from 4th - 5th and 6th) - Tax books were illegally seized - Evidence not admissible in court - 'fruit from poisoned tree' theory -
English Law
NCVS
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
writ of habeas corpus
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
LARCENY
Mapp vs. Ohio
Gregg vs. Georgia
Hudson vs. Palmer
37. 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
Miranda rights
Amendment 4
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
Gideon vs. Wainwright
38. 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
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
Benefits
English Law
Hudson vs. Palmer
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
exclusionary rule versions
% minorities in law enforcement
allocution
UCR
40. 'State as parent' - state serves as parent of juvenile (father)
NCVS
Parens patriae
New York
UCR
41. 6th amendment counsel must be provided for indigent (poor) defendants
11th century England
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Mapp vs. Ohio
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
42. What victimless crime would be most likely to be prosecuted?
Drug use
UCR Participation
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
Gregg vs. Georgia
43. 4TH amendment - search and seizure - Good faith exception to exclusionary rule - Good faith (bona fides) = officer believes the search warrant is valid
Amendment 8
Miranda rights
US v Leon
First US Police dept
44. Actions prohibited by a class - most often committed by minors - motive not considered
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
mala prohibita
status offenses
Miranda rights
45. Federal program - supports Law enforcement - gives grants for education and technology
LEAA
% of women in law enforcement
Terry v. Ohio
First US Police dept
46. Judge ordered incarceration for a short time (30-120 days) - the release to probation (aka reconsider then recall)
actus reu
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
appellate court
Shock probation
47. Sheriff
equation to figure crime rate
Payton vs. New York
police extortion
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
48. Civil service reform - 1883 - gov jobs on basis of merit - exams - not politics
Pendleton Act
Miranda rights
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
First Juvenile Court in the United States
49. 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
Part II offenses
Shock probation
UCR limitations
US v Leon
50. Boston (1838)
First US Police dept
mala in se
US v Leon
Before interrogation