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DSST Criminal Justice
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Crime - Investigation - arrest - file criminal complaint - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - trial - sentencing - appeal
Judge
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Suspended sentence
Explain the difference between probation and parole
2. Plea bargaining is an essential component of the new admistration of justice and must be highly encouraged
Santobello Vs. New York
Real evidence
Parens patriae
Runs juvenile hall
3. 2003 - illegal to execute mentally retarded
Atkins v. Virginia
Trial Jury
Mitigating Circumstances
Homeland security
4. Requires interpretation of a judge or jury to reach conclusion based on what evidence indicates
public defender
circunstancial evidence
Parolve v. probation
Morissey v. Brewer
5. Evidence that consists of physical material or traces of physical activity
Real evidence
Court Jurisdiction
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
Morissey v. Brewer
6. A government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
Real evidence
Court Jurisdiction
Prosecutor
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
7. A period of incarceration that is fixed by a sentencing authority and cannot be reduced by judges or other corrections officials.
Pre-sentence report
Determinate sentencing
Venue
Mitigating Circumstances
8. 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.
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
public defender
Habeus corpus
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.
Domestic terrorism
Prisoner rights:
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
10. 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.
Preliminary Hearing
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Recidivism:
11. (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
Parole
Suspended sentence
Procunier vs. Martinez
indeterminate sentencing
12. An officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.
Small Courts Claim
Bailiff
Atkins v. Virginia
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
13. 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
Court Clerk
Trial Jury
Parens patriae
Aggravated Circumstances
14. 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
circunstancial evidence
Presentence investigation
mitigating circumstances
Defense Attorney
15. Jury trial in civil cases
Venue
Against Plea bargaining:
7th Amendment
Hudson v. Palmer
16. 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
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
Balancing test
Terrorism- Causes:
Preliminary Hearing
17. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
Indictment
Court Jurisdiction
Lockyer v. Andrade:
18. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Restitution
Wolff v. McDaniel
Parolve v. probation
Parens patriae
19. Grand Jury
Peremptory Challenges:
5th Amendment
Stack Vs. Boyle
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
20. 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.
Presentence investigation
Determinate sentencing
baston v. kentucky
Pre-sentence report
21. 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
Aggravated Circumstances
Challenge for Cause
restitution
USA Patriot Act
22. The in court use of victim or survivor supplied information supplied by sentencing authorities seeking to make an informed sentencing decision.
Defense Attorney
Lockyer v. Andrade:
victim impact statements
Wolff v. McDaniel
23. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that may be considered to reduce the blameworthiness of the defendant
Aggravated Circumstances
In Re Winship
Homeland security
mitigating circumstances
24. Signifies the belief that the potential jurors are not representative of the community
Court apointed council
Challenges to the array
Roper v. Simmons
Real evidence
25. Rules: no attorneys - maximum loss money 7 -500
Small Courts Claim
Venue
5th Amendment
aggravating circumstances
26. Consecutive - one after the other and Concurrent is at same time
Mitigating Circumstances
Prisoner rights:
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
How does an individual become a federal judge
27. Prohibits peremptory challenges based on race
Explain the difference between probation and parole
baston v. kentucky
Parens patriae
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
28. Amnesty - Bail - good behavior
7th Amendment
No lo contendre
determinate sentencing
List three ways a person can be released from jail
29. Level 1 - 2 - and 3
Probation
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Bailiff
3 level of security associated with prisons
30. State legislature can establish almost any sentence as a punishment for a crime
Voir Dire
Wolff v. McDaniel
No lo contendre
Lockyer v. Andrade:
31. Decides guilt or innocence
Trial Jury
Trial Proceedures
The man known as the first probation officer?
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
32. Fee based on state rate
baston v. kentucky
Court apointed council
How does an individual become a federal judge
support for plea bargaining:
33. 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
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Habeus corpus
Suspended sentence
34. Pretrial proceedings at which the prosecutor must prove that a crime was committed and establish the probable guilt of the defendant.
3 level of security associated with prisons
Defense Attorney
Preliminary Hearing
Pre-sentence report
35. 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
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
Against Plea bargaining:
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
victim impact statements
36. Geographic area of the court
Grand Jury
Venue
Cruz v. beto
Aggravated Circumstances
37. Not qualified - convicted felon - under indictment - can't read or write - bias - served ongrand jury - insane - etc. May arise during voir dire exmination
Cause challenges:
In Re Winship
3 level of security associated with prisons
Restitution
38. A legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment
Against Plea bargaining:
Arraignment
Grand Jury
Parolve v. probation
39. Pretrial phase of a law suit where each party can obtain any evidence from the opposing side
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40. Run by the Federal government. Charged with protecting the nation's critical infrastructure against terrorist attack.
List three ways a person can be released from jail
Trial Proceedures
Voir Dire
Homeland security
41. In pre-trial in which each party can obtain evidence from opposing party
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Gregg V. Georgia
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
Discovery:
42. 1976 - Bifurcated trials - the guilt and innocent phase is separate from the punishment
Intermediate sentencing
Rules of evidence
Gregg V. Georgia
Cause challenges:
43. 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
mitigating circumstances
Domestic terrorism
Prosecutor
6th Amendment
44. Trial Court - superior court - pellet superior court - supreme court
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Mitigating Circumstances
Trial Proceedures
45. Any circumstances accompanying the commission of a crime that may justify a lighter sentence.
7th Amendment
Explain the difference between probation and parole
Trial Proceedures
Mitigating Circumstances
46. It is the receiving point for CA department of corrections
Santobello Vs. New York
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
public defender
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
47. 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
In Re Gault
mitigating circumstances
Small Courts Claim
Terroism threat levels
48. 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
In Re Winship
Peremptory Challenges:
No lo contendre
Restitution
49. Probation
Venue
Runs juvenile hall
In Re Gault
Arraignment
50. The authorized seizure of money - negotiable instruments - securities - or other things of value. Under federal antidrug laws - judicial representatives are authorized to seize all cash and goods.
Presentence investigation
Prisoner rights:
Forfeiture laws
Pre-sentence report