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DSST Criminal Justice
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A written statement of the essential facts making up the offense charged
Criminal Complaint
Pre-sentence report
Enhancement
Suspended sentence
2. Retribution - Restoration - deterrence - incapacitation - Rehabilitation
3 level of security associated with prisons
Challenges to the array
Goals of punishment
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
3. 2003 - illegal to execute mentally retarded
Parens patriae
mitigating circumstances
Homeland security
Atkins v. Virginia
4. Geographic area of the court
6th Amendment
USA Patriot Act
Venue
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
5. Physical material or traces of physical activity
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Real evidence
Prosecutor
Stack Vs. Boyle
6. Process of negotiating an agreement w/ defendant - protectors - and the court
USA Patriot Act
Plea Bargain
Grand Jury
Terroism threat levels
7. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that may be considered to reduce the blameworthiness of the defendant
List three ways a person can be released from jail
Preliminary Hearing
How does an individual become a federal judge
mitigating circumstances
8. Probation is a sentencing usually given instead of jail but not always - parole is a conditional release from prison
Real evidence
Probation officer
Explain the difference between probation and parole
Parens patriae
9. 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 -
USA Patriot Act
6th Amendment
Stack Vs. Boyle
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
10. A period of incarceration that is fixed by a sentencing authority and cannot be reduced by judges or other corrections officials.
Determinate sentencing
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
Against Plea bargaining:
Atkins v. Virginia
11. Plea bargaining is an essential component of the new admistration of justice and must be highly encouraged
Presentence investigation
direct evidence
7th Amendment
Santobello Vs. New York
12. 1976 - Bifurcated trials - the guilt and innocent phase is separate from the punishment
Gregg V. Georgia
7th Amendment
Terrorism- Causes:
Presentence investigation
13. Signifies the belief that the potential jurors are not representative of the community
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
Homeland security
Challenges to the array
USA Patriot Act
14. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that make it more grave than average instance of that crime
Plea Bargain
Indictment
aggravating circumstances
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
15. A legal term for judges delaying of the sentence after they have been found guilty - in order to allow the defendant to perform a period of probation
Criminal Complaint
Suspended sentence
Challenge for Cause
mitigating circumstances
16. A government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
Prosecutor
3 level of security associated with prisons
Voir Dire
Parens patriae
17. Pretrial phase of a law suit where each party can obtain any evidence from the opposing side
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18. A model of criminal punishment that encourages the rehabilitiation through the use of general and relatively unspecific sentences
Peremptory Challenges:
restitution
Intermediate sentencing
indeterminate sentencing
19. Jury trial in civil cases
Payne V. Tennessee
Suspended sentence
7th Amendment
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
20. It is the receiving point for CA department of corrections
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
Parolve v. probation
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
public defender
21. Made victim impact statements legal
indeterminate sentencing
Parole
Payne V. Tennessee
6th Amendment
22. John Augustus
Court Clerk
support for plea bargaining:
The man known as the first probation officer?
Probation
23. Run by the Federal government. Charged with protecting the nation's critical infrastructure against terrorist attack.
Hudson v. Palmer
Homeland security
Probation
Presentence investigation
24. Things that add on to sentencing
Roper v. Simmons
Small Courts Claim
Goals of punishment
Enhancement
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.
Intermediate sentencing
Pre-sentence report
Criminal Complaint
Defense Attorney
26. 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
Presentence investigation
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Trial Jury
indeterminate sentencing
27. Group of jurors who were selected to tell if there's enough evidence or not
Wolff v. McDaniel
Grand Jury
Challenge for Cause
Santobello Vs. New York
28. Procedural safeguards are necessary in revocation hearing involving parolees
Morissey v. Brewer
Venue
Homeland security
support for plea bargaining:
29. 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.
7th Amendment
Santobello Vs. New York
Balancing test
Recidivism:
30. U.S Districts Courts - U.S. Court of Appeal - U.S. Supreme Court
Grand Jury
Probation
aggravating circumstances
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
31. Parole is earned - probation is part of a sentence
Parolve v. probation
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
Runs juvenile hall
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
32. 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
restitution
Balancing test
7th Amendment
Terrorism- Causes:
33. 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
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
Pre-sentence report
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Domestic terrorism
34. Nominated by the President
Procunier vs. Martinez
Defense Attorney
Forfeiture laws
How does an individual become a federal judge
35. Requires interpretation of a judge or jury to reach conclusion based on what evidence indicates
circunstancial evidence
Criminal Complaint
Terroism threat levels
Plea Bargain
36. Opening statements --> Prosecution always starts- statement --> Defense statement --> Prosecutors evidence (burden of proof lies on prosecution) --> defense evidence --> rebuttal (prosecution)
Trial Proceedures
indeterminate sentencing
Explain the difference between probation and parole
3 level of security associated with prisons
37. A writ whcih requires a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court. This ensure that a prisoner can be released form unlawful detention.
Parolve v. probation
Habeus corpus
Discovery:
Grand Jury
38. Excusing a juror from a trial for a stated - specific reason - such as the juror knows the parties or witnesses in a case. Each side has an unlimited number of challenges for cause.
Indictment
'Discover'
Challenge for Cause
Balancing test
39. Grand Jury
Trial Proceedures
Court apointed council
5th Amendment
Wolff v. McDaniel
40. 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.
public defender
Court Jurisdiction
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
Probation officer
41. 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.
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
Court Clerk
Arraignment
Terroism threat levels
42. 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.
baston v. kentucky
Prisoner rights:
contract attorneys
Defense Attorney
43. Pretrial proceedings at which the prosecutor must prove that a crime was committed and establish the probable guilt of the defendant.
Payne V. Tennessee
Atkins v. Virginia
Preliminary Hearing
Explain the difference between probation and parole
44. The in court use of victim or survivor supplied information supplied by sentencing authorities seeking to make an informed sentencing decision.
List three ways a person can be released from jail
victim impact statements
determinate sentencing
Cause challenges:
45. 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
Homeland security
Procunier vs. Martinez
Prosecutor
contract attorneys
46. (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
Presentence investigation
Criminal Complaint
restitution
Parole
47. A legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment
Real evidence
7th Amendment
Arraignment
Judge
48. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime
In Re Gault
Indictment
contract attorneys
Venue
49. 1974 - sanctions cannot be levied against inmates without appropriate due process
Discovery:
Wolff v. McDaniel
Mitigating Circumstances
Explain the difference between probation and parole
50. Right to a speedy trial with unbiased jury - right to counsel
Criminal Complaint
Trial Proceedures
6th Amendment
What is another term used to identify supreme courts