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DSST Criminal Justice

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1. Most widely used goal is to individualize punishment - inmates eligible for parole after serving minimum






2. 2003 - illegal to execute mentally retarded






3. Things that add on to sentencing






4. The in court use of victim or survivor supplied information supplied by sentencing authorities seeking to make an informed sentencing decision.






5. State legislature can establish almost any sentence as a punishment for a crime






6. Physical material or traces of physical activity






7. Least used






8. Probation is a sentencing usually given instead of jail but not always - parole is a conditional release from prison






9. Retain 1st amendment rights that are not inconsistent with his status as a prisoner- have rights - much the same as people who are not incarcerated. Conditional rather than absolute rights. The balancing test.






10. 1976 - Bifurcated trials - the guilt and innocent phase is separate from the punishment






11. Charges - Rights - Attorney - Plea Bail/No Bail






12. A pre-sentence report is a legal term referring to the investigation into the history of person convicted of a crime before sentencing. Probation officer makes it.






13. Nominated by the President






14. (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them






15. Decides guilt or innocence






16. Officers of the probation office of a court. Probation officer duties include conducting presentence investigations - preparing presentence reports on convicted defendants - and supervising released defendants.






17. Consecutive - one after the other and Concurrent is at same time






18. The act of a person repeating of an undesirable behavior after thay have either experienced negative consequences of that behavior or have been treated or trained to extinguish that behavior.






19. Plea bargaining is an essential component of the new admistration of justice and must be highly encouraged






20. A goal of criminal sentencing that attempts to make the victim whole again. a court requirement that an accused or convicted offender pay money or provide services to the victim of the cimre or provie services to the community






21. A model of criminal punishment in which an offender is given a fixed term of imprisonment that they may be reduced by good time or gain taim. all offendors convicted of the same crime will reciee the same punishment






22. 1 - Costs tax players less - 2 - Restitution can be made - 3 - Community work






23. Amnesty - Bail - good behavior






24. The unlawful use of force or violence by an individual or a group that is based and operatues entirely within the U.S. and its territories - acts without foreign direction and directs its activites agaits elements of the us government or population






25. A court that hears a case the first time it is tried in court. A trial court is a court of original jurisdiction.






26. Group of jurors who were selected to tell if there's enough evidence or not






27. John Augustus






28. Geographic area of the court






29. Pretrial phase of a law suit where each party can obtain any evidence from the opposing side


30. A fedral law enacted in response to terrorist attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon on September 11 -2001. The law officially titled the Uniting and Strengthening America by providing Appropriate Tools Required to intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act -






31. The lawyer representing the defendant






32. Mitigating - Lessens criminal responsibility and lightens sentence. Aggravating - factors that makes harsher sentence






33. A principle developed by the courts and applied to the corrections arena by pell v. procunier that attempts to weigh the rights of an individual as guaranteed by the Constituion - against the authority of states of make laws or to otherwise restrict






34. Green- low Blue-guarded yellow-elevated orange- high red- severe






35. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that may be considered to reduce the blameworthiness of the defendant






36. Inmates have to be given a reasonable opportunity to pursue their religious faiths - also visits can be banned is such visits constitute threats to society






37. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury






38. Requires interpretation of a judge or jury to reach conclusion based on what evidence indicates






39. Circumstances - facts - or situations that result in a harsher sentence






40. A government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state






41. A period of incarceration that is fixed by a sentencing authority and cannot be reduced by judges or other corrections officials.






42. Not qualified - convicted felon - under indictment - can't read or write - bias - served ongrand jury - insane - etc. May arise during voir dire exmination






43. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime






44. Level 1 - 2 - and 3






45. Held that juveniles accused of crimes in a delinquency proceeding must be afforded many of the same due process rights as adults - such as the right to timely notification of the cahrges - the right to confront witnesses - the right against self-incr






46. Full time- salaried






47. Any circumstances accompanying the commission of a crime that may justify a lighter sentence.






48. Jury trial in civil cases






49. Prisoners challenged the constitutionality of state regulations covering censorship of prisoner mail on the grounds that they violated the prisoners free-speech rights. REstrictions on speech must be justified as the necessity for security and the ru






50. U.S Districts Courts - U.S. Court of Appeal - U.S. Supreme Court