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DSST Criminal Justice

Subjects : dsst, law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A written statement of the essential facts making up the offense charged






2. Retribution - Restoration - deterrence - incapacitation - Rehabilitation






3. 2003 - illegal to execute mentally retarded






4. Geographic area of the court






5. Physical material or traces of physical activity






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






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






8. Probation is a sentencing usually given instead of jail but not always - parole is a conditional release from prison






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 -






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






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






12. 1976 - Bifurcated trials - the guilt and innocent phase is separate from the punishment






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






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






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






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






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






19. Jury trial in civil cases






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






21. Made victim impact statements legal






22. John Augustus






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






24. Things that add on to sentencing






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. 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






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






28. Procedural safeguards are necessary in revocation hearing involving parolees






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.






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






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






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






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






34. Nominated by the President






35. Requires interpretation of a judge or jury to reach conclusion based on what evidence indicates






36. Opening statements --> Prosecution always starts- statement --> Defense statement --> Prosecutors evidence (burden of proof lies on prosecution) --> defense evidence --> rebuttal (prosecution)






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.






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.






39. Grand Jury






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.






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.






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.






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






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






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






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






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






48. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime






49. 1974 - sanctions cannot be levied against inmates without appropriate due process






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