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DSST Criminal Justice And Law Enforcement
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1. Speaking out - defendant speaking out on their own behalf prior sentencing
Powell vs. Alabama
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
allocution
LARCENY
2. 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
BURGLARY
allocution
LARCENY
Hudson vs. Palmer
3. 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 -
ROBBERY
First US Police dept
Gregg vs. Georgia
Payton vs. New York
4. 4TH amendment - search and seizure - Good faith exception to exclusionary rule - Good faith (bona fides) = officer believes the search warrant is valid
New York
Right to remain silent case
US v Leon
UCR Participation
5. Exclusionary rule (comes from 4th - 5th and 6th) - Tax books were illegally seized - Evidence not admissible in court - 'fruit from poisoned tree' theory -
UCR vs. NCVS
US v Leon
mala prohibita
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
6. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Ruled that the death penalty was NOT cruel and unusual punishment
Mapp vs. Ohio
Gregg vs. Georgia
Adkins vs. Virginia
Prisons growing
7. '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
writ of habeas corpus
% minorities in law enforcement
Tennessee vs. Garner
BURGLARY
8. 6th amendment counsel must be provided for indigent (poor) defendants
Tennessee vs. Garner
NCVS
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Amendment 5
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
Tennessee vs. Garner
Payton vs. New York
Benefits
Part II offenses
10. Illinois - 1899
Shock probation
UCR Participation
List Part 1 crimes
First Juvenile Court in the United States
11. 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
mala in se
allocution
police extortion
equation to figure crime rate
12. Fastest growing group of criminals in the United States
Juveniles
Before interrogation
First US Police dept
UCR Participation
13. First Juvenile hall
Kent vs. US
New York
mens rea
equation to figure crime rate
14. 'State as parent' - state serves as parent of juvenile (father)
Adkins vs. Virginia
actus reu
Parens patriae
allocution
15. Trial by jury - rights of the accused - Confrontation of witnesses - Speedy trial - Public trial - Right to counsel
Amendment 6
Gregg vs. Georgia
allocution
LEAA
16. Does not include homicides - survey of households - expensive to conduct - covers the frequency of crime victimization
Right to remain silent case
ROBBERY
NCVS
mens rea
17. Payton - Terry - Leon - Mapp - Tenn - Hudson
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
Crime Index total
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
18. 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
BURGLARY
Auburn Prison system design
Difference between Parole and Probation
UCR Participation
19. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Death penalty not allowed for mentally retarded persons
UCR Participation
writ of habeas corpus
Adkins vs. Virginia
UCR limitations
20. 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
status offenses
UCR
Crime Index total
Gregg vs. Georgia
21. 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
% of women in law enforcement
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
mala prohibita
Mapp vs. Ohio
22. Where did common law come ?
11th century England
Payton vs. New York
% of women in law enforcement
Amendment 5
23. 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
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
Amendment 8
exclusionary rule versions
UCR
24. What would make an Officer want to stay in the police force longer?
UCR limitations
Benefits
police extortion
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
25. Actions prohibited by a class - most often committed by minors - motive not considered
status offenses
Amendment 4
Powell vs. Alabama
Juvenile Status offenses
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
police extortion
Miranda rights
mens rea
mala in se
27. 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 Juvenile Court in the United States
writ of habeas corpus
Tennessee vs. Garner
Juveniles
28. Guilty act - external or objective of the crime
Terry v. Ohio
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
actus reu
ROBBERY
29. All police departments' stats - published in summary form - FBI - 29 types of offenses -
Parens patriae
allocution
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
UCR
30. Judge ordered incarceration for a short time (30-120 days) - the release to probation (aka reconsider then recall)
Terry v. Ohio
Gregg vs. Georgia
US v Leon
Shock probation
31. Empowered to hear appeal of lower trial court
Powell vs. Alabama
appellate court
ROBBERY
Juvenile Status offenses
32. Willful homicide - forcible rape - robbery - burglary - aggravated assault - larceny over $50 - motor vehicle theft - arson
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
Part II offenses
List Index crimes
Amendment 4
33. Growing quickly - 3 mil+ since 2010 - Strict sentencing and economic benefits
equation to figure crime rate
Prisons growing
Juvenile Status offenses
mens rea
34. When must a suspect be informed of their Miranda rights?
Before interrogation
Right to remain silent case
UCR Participation
Amendment 6
35. 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
Before interrogation
Miranda rights
Adkins vs. Virginia
Kent vs. US
36. The Metropolitan Police Department of London
Mapp vs. Ohio
First Police Dept
Prisons growing
Adkins vs. Virginia
37. 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.'
List Index crimes
Crime Index total
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
Miranda rights
38. 4th and 5th amendment - Interrogation responses allowed only when attorney rights have been understood and waived
Miranda vs. Arizona
BURGLARY
loco parentis
UCR
39. Wrong or evil - conduct wrong by nature - used as the basis for common law
mala in se
Adkins vs. Virginia
Mapp vs. Ohio
First US Police dept
40. 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
NCVS
11th century England
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
41. No unreasonable search and seizure - no warrant without probable cause
First US Police dept
Amendment 4
actus reu
Part II offenses
42. What victimless crime would be most likely to be prosecuted?
Parens patriae
Tennessee vs. Garner
List Index crimes
Drug use
43. Miranda vs. Arizona
Amendment 8
Mapp vs. Ohio
Adkins vs. Virginia
Right to remain silent case
44. Federal program - supports Law enforcement - gives grants for education and technology
Adkins vs. Virginia
LEAA
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
Terry v. Ohio
45. 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
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
List Index crimes
Gregg vs. Georgia
Amendment 6
46. 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
Amendment 6
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
allocution
Gideon vs. Wainwright
47. Civil service reform - 1883 - gov jobs on basis of merit - exams - not politics
NCVS
11th century England
Pendleton Act
Gideon vs. Wainwright
48. Sheriff
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
LARCENY
UCR vs. NCVS
49. 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
status offenses
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
Shock probation
50. 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
NCVS
LEAA
LARCENY
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution