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DSST Criminal Justice

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

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2. Crime - Investigation - arrest - file criminal complaint - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - trial - sentencing - appeal






3. 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






4. Process of negotiating an agreement w/ defendant - protectors - and the court






5. Parole is earned - probation is part of a sentence






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






7. Run by the Federal government. Charged with protecting the nation's critical infrastructure against terrorist attack.






8. Made victim impact statements legal






9. Fee based on state rate






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






11. 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.






12. Signifies the belief that the potential jurors are not representative of the community






13. (law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitiles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with






14. 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






15. A prisoner has no reasoable expectations of privacy in his prison cell and no protections against what would otherwise be unreasonable searches 4th amendment






16. A model of criminal punishment that encourages the rehabilitiation through the use of general and relatively unspecific sentences






17. 2005 - illegal to execute minors






18. In pre-trial in which each party can obtain evidence from opposing party






19. Evidence that consists of physical material or traces of physical activity






20. A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice






21. Jury trial in civil cases






22. The lawyer representing the defendant






23. Probation






24. John Augustus






25. 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.






26. 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.






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






28. Procedural safeguards are necessary in revocation hearing involving parolees






29. Grand Jury






30. It is the receiving point for CA department of corrections






31. A common law principle that allows the state to assume a parental role and to take custody of a child when he or she becomes delinquent - is abandoned or is need of care taht the natural parents are unable or unwilling to provide






32. Full time- salaried






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






34. An officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.






35. A legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment






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






37. 1974 - sanctions cannot be levied against inmates without appropriate due process






38. 2008 - court held that the death penalty is not appropriate for a crime that does not include the taking of a life






39. An officer appointed by the judges of the court to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court - maintain court records - handle financial matters - and provide other administrative support to the court.






40. Prohibits peremptory challenges based on race






41. 1976 - Bifurcated trials - the guilt and innocent phase is separate from the punishment






42. Rules: no attorneys - maximum loss money 7 -500






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






44. Investigation into the history of the person convicted of a crime to see if tehere are an extenuating circumstances which would ameliorate or increase sentence






45. Evidence that if believed proves a fact- eyewitnesses - videtapes - ec.






46. Criminals recieve lighter/easier punishments- nota true sentence- endangers the correct legal outcome. It's coercion- bluffing- violation of human rights- prosecutors bluff and defendants plead to things they didn't do out of fear






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






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






49. Least used






50. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that make it more grave than average instance of that crime







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