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DSST Criminal Justice

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1. 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






2. Pretrial proceedings at which the prosecutor must prove that a crime was committed and establish the probable guilt of the defendant.






3. 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






4. Right to a speedy trial with unbiased jury - right to counsel






5. Nominated by the President






6. Level 1 - 2 - and 3






7. Procedural safeguards are necessary in revocation hearing involving parolees






8. 2005 - illegal to execute minors






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






10. Jury trial in civil cases






11. 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.






12. The lawyer representing the defendant






13. Prohibits peremptory challenges based on race






14. 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






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






16. 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






17. Amnesty - Bail - good behavior






18. Trial Court - superior court - pellet superior court - supreme court






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






20. 2003 - illegal to execute mentally retarded






21. A written statement of the essential facts making up the offense charged






22. 1963 - extended the right to appointed counsel for indigents in all felony cases






23. John Augustus






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






25. Retribution - Restoration - deterrence - incapacitation - Rehabilitation






26. Underlying conditions--> international encironment --> state--> organizations --> leadership






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






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






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






30. 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






31. Probation






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






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






34. Review court






35. 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






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






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






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






39. 1974 - sanctions cannot be levied against inmates without appropriate due process






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






41. 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






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






43. Grand Jury






44. 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






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






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






47. Decides guilt or innocence






48. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime






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






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







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