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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. Right to a speedy trial with unbiased jury - right to counsel
6th Amendment
Atkins v. Virginia
Explain the difference between probation and parole
Parolve v. probation
2. Probation
Judge
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
Runs juvenile hall
Criminal Complaint
3. Plea bargaining is an essential component of the new admistration of justice and must be highly encouraged
Santobello Vs. New York
Against Plea bargaining:
Prosecutor
Real evidence
4. 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.
Wolff v. McDaniel
Hudson v. Palmer
Parole
Recidivism:
5. 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
circunstancial evidence
Real evidence
Prosecutor
Suspended sentence
6. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime
Indictment
Homeland security
Trial Proceedures
Cruz v. beto
7. Process of negotiating an agreement w/ defendant - protectors - and the court
Venue
Cruz v. beto
Prisoner rights:
Plea Bargain
8. Presumption of innocence- cannot be convicted unless the evidence is proved without a reasonable doubt
Procunier vs. Martinez
direct evidence
The man known as the first probation officer?
Rules of evidence
9. 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
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Presentence investigation
Procunier vs. Martinez
determinate sentencing
10. Procedural safeguards are necessary in revocation hearing involving parolees
Morissey v. Brewer
Cause challenges:
Parolve v. probation
Defense Attorney
11. A legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment
In Re Gault
Arraignment
circunstancial evidence
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
12. Retribution - Restoration - deterrence - incapacitation - Rehabilitation
Goals of punishment
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Voir Dire
In Re Winship
13. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that make it more grave than average instance of that crime
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Arraignment
Parens patriae
aggravating circumstances
14. The right to challenge a potential juror without discling the reason for the challenge. Used to eliminate juries individuals who although they express no bias are thought to be capable of swaying the jury in an undesirable way
Real evidence
Peremptory Challenges:
Probation
Voir Dire
15. Signifies the belief that the potential jurors are not representative of the community
Arraignment
Suspended sentence
Challenges to the array
Roper v. Simmons
16. Amnesty - Bail - good behavior
Real evidence
Probation officer
List three ways a person can be released from jail
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
17. Green- low Blue-guarded yellow-elevated orange- high red- severe
Mitigating Circumstances
Real evidence
Stack Vs. Boyle
Terroism threat levels
18. Level 1 - 2 - and 3
'Discover'
3 level of security associated with prisons
Terrorism- Causes:
aggravating circumstances
19. Underlying conditions--> international encironment --> state--> organizations --> leadership
mitigating circumstances
Terrorism- Causes:
Mitigating Circumstances
Prosecutor
20. (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them
aggravating circumstances
Aggravated Circumstances
Suspended sentence
Probation
21. State legislature can establish almost any sentence as a punishment for a crime
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Indictment
support for plea bargaining:
Morissey v. Brewer
22. Grand Jury
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
5th Amendment
The man known as the first probation officer?
3 level of security associated with prisons
23. Holding Cells-Convenience-Many law enforcement agencies - County Jail-Holds all level of offenders-sheriffs department Juvenile Hall-criminals under 18-probation department
Court Jurisdiction
Balancing test
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
Determinate sentencing
24. Pretrial proceedings at which the prosecutor must prove that a crime was committed and establish the probable guilt of the defendant.
circunstancial evidence
Terrorism- Causes:
Preliminary Hearing
Roper v. Simmons
25. 2003 - illegal to execute mentally retarded
Parole
Atkins v. Virginia
Payne V. Tennessee
indeterminate sentencing
26. Made victim impact statements legal
Voir Dire
Pre-sentence report
Payne V. Tennessee
Roper v. Simmons
27. I do not wish to contend- has the same effect as a guilty plea-becomes a plea bargain
Small Courts Claim
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Prisoner rights:
No lo contendre
28. Full time- salaried
Prosecutor
public defender
5th Amendment
direct evidence
29. 1976 - Bifurcated trials - the guilt and innocent phase is separate from the punishment
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
Gregg V. Georgia
3 level of security associated with prisons
Intermediate sentencing
30. Court holds that bail must be reasonable but set at level to insure defendant's appearance at trial
Bailiff
Rules of evidence
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
Stack Vs. Boyle
31. Crime - Investigation - arrest - file criminal complaint - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - trial - sentencing - appeal
List three ways a person can be released from jail
Real evidence
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Presentence investigation
32. Geographic area of the court
Venue
Terroism threat levels
Indictment
5th Amendment
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
Venue
USA Patriot Act
6th Amendment
Domestic terrorism
34. Parole is earned - probation is part of a sentence
Parolve v. probation
Indictment
Pre-sentence report
Voir Dire
35. Circumstances - facts - or situations that result in a harsher sentence
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
Aggravated Circumstances
Probation
Cruz v. beto
36. Less courts - less judges - prompt and final disposition of most cases - reduces time/cost in jail - reduces time spent free on bail- dangerous - serious offenders move more quickly into rehab - counseling - etc. - assures that the guilty will not be
Trial Proceedures
Domestic terrorism
support for plea bargaining:
No lo contendre
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.
In Re Winship
Runs juvenile hall
Criminal Complaint
Habeus corpus
38. 2005 - illegal to execute minors
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
Small Courts Claim
Roper v. Simmons
Morissey v. Brewer
39. A prisoner has no reasoable expectations of privacy in his prison cell and no protections against what would otherwise be unreasonable searches 4th amendment
Voir Dire
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
Morissey v. Brewer
Hudson v. Palmer
40. Requires interpretation of a judge or jury to reach conclusion based on what evidence indicates
Cruz v. beto
Parolve v. probation
circunstancial evidence
In Re Gault
41. Jury trial in civil cases
Real evidence
7th Amendment
Preliminary Hearing
mitigating circumstances
42. 1963 - extended the right to appointed counsel for indigents in all felony cases
Parolve v. probation
Trial Proceedures
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
43. Evidence that consists of physical material or traces of physical activity
Grand Jury
Voir Dire
Prisoner rights:
Real evidence
44. Decides guilt or innocence
public defender
Voir Dire
Trial Jury
Small Courts Claim
45. Evidence that if believed proves a fact- eyewitnesses - videtapes - ec.
support for plea bargaining:
contract attorneys
Presentence investigation
direct evidence
46. 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
Balancing test
In Re Winship
USA Patriot Act
Parens patriae
47. 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.
Runs juvenile hall
In Re Winship
Against Plea bargaining:
Court Clerk
48. Review court
USA Patriot Act
Parole
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Payne V. Tennessee
49. Physical material or traces of physical activity
Real evidence
public defender
Habeus corpus
Defense Attorney
50. The in court use of victim or survivor supplied information supplied by sentencing authorities seeking to make an informed sentencing decision.
victim impact statements
Against Plea bargaining:
Voir Dire
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?