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DSST Criminal Justice
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Retribution - Restoration - deterrence - incapacitation - Rehabilitation
Cause challenges:
Goals of punishment
Judge
victim impact statements
2. Held that when a juvenile is charged with an act taht would be a crime if committed by an adult - every element of the offense must be proved beyond reasonable doubt
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
3 level of security associated with prisons
6th Amendment
In Re Winship
3. (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
Runs juvenile hall
Stack Vs. Boyle
Parole
Peremptory Challenges:
4. Requires interpretation of a judge or jury to reach conclusion based on what evidence indicates
Indictment
The man known as the first probation officer?
circunstancial evidence
Court apointed council
5. I do not wish to contend- has the same effect as a guilty plea-becomes a plea bargain
No lo contendre
Challenge for Cause
Plea Bargain
Preliminary Hearing
6. 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
contract attorneys
Real evidence
restitution
Cause challenges:
7. Fee based on state rate
Morissey v. Brewer
In Re Gault
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Court apointed council
8. 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
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
Procunier vs. Martinez
Roper v. Simmons
Recidivism:
9. Run by the Federal government. Charged with protecting the nation's critical infrastructure against terrorist attack.
Court Jurisdiction
Homeland security
Real evidence
Enhancement
10. Process of negotiating an agreement w/ defendant - protectors - and the court
Atkins v. Virginia
Determinate sentencing
Plea Bargain
Hudson v. Palmer
11. 2005 - illegal to execute minors
Roper v. Simmons
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Voir Dire
public defender
12. Made victim impact statements legal
Real evidence
5th Amendment
Bailiff
Payne V. Tennessee
13. Evidence that consists of physical material or traces of physical activity
Grand Jury
Real evidence
Explain the difference between probation and parole
indeterminate sentencing
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
Explain the difference between probation and parole
Payne V. Tennessee
Peremptory Challenges:
How does an individual become a federal judge
15. A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
Judge
Parole
Trial Proceedures
victim impact statements
16. Consecutive - one after the other and Concurrent is at same time
Mitigating Circumstances
Court Clerk
In Re Winship
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
17. An officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.
Court apointed council
The man known as the first probation officer?
Parolve v. probation
Bailiff
18. Probation
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Judge
Challenge for Cause
Runs juvenile hall
19. 2003 - illegal to execute mentally retarded
Domestic terrorism
Recidivism:
Atkins v. Virginia
Venue
20. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Discovery:
Restitution
Cruz v. beto
7th Amendment
21. Amnesty - Bail - good behavior
aggravating circumstances
Explain the difference between probation and parole
Court Clerk
List three ways a person can be released from jail
22. A model of criminal punishment that encourages the rehabilitiation through the use of general and relatively unspecific sentences
Suspended sentence
Stack Vs. Boyle
indeterminate sentencing
Probation
23. In pre-trial in which each party can obtain evidence from opposing party
Discovery:
Against Plea bargaining:
No lo contendre
Trial Jury
24. Jury trial in civil cases
support for plea bargaining:
'Discover'
7th Amendment
Bailiff
25. Court holds that bail must be reasonable but set at level to insure defendant's appearance at trial
Discovery:
Grand Jury
Stack Vs. Boyle
Parolve v. probation
26. Physical material or traces of physical activity
Homeland security
Court Clerk
Real evidence
Challenges to the array
27. 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
How does an individual become a federal judge
List three ways a person can be released from jail
Challenge for Cause
support for plea bargaining:
28. State legislature can establish almost any sentence as a punishment for a crime
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
Procunier vs. Martinez
29. A government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
Prosecutor
restitution
How does an individual become a federal judge
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
30. 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.
Court Jurisdiction
Wolff v. McDaniel
No lo contendre
Forfeiture laws
31. 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
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
Rules of evidence
Small Courts Claim
Cruz v. beto
32. Things that add on to sentencing
Enhancement
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Homeland security
Preliminary Hearing
33. 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
Parens patriae
Criminal Complaint
restitution
indeterminate sentencing
34. Plea bargaining is an essential component of the new admistration of justice and must be highly encouraged
support for plea bargaining:
USA Patriot Act
Santobello Vs. New York
Court Clerk
35. 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.
Court Clerk
Gregg V. Georgia
public defender
In Re Winship
36. 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.
Aggravated Circumstances
Habeus corpus
Voir Dire
aggravating circumstances
37. 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
Domestic terrorism
Suspended sentence
Trial Jury
Parolve v. probation
38. (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them
Peremptory Challenges:
Habeus corpus
Domestic terrorism
Probation
39. 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 -
5th Amendment
USA Patriot Act
Forfeiture laws
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
40. Pretrial phase of a law suit where each party can obtain any evidence from the opposing side
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41. U.S Districts Courts - U.S. Court of Appeal - U.S. Supreme Court
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
Terrorism- Causes:
Probation officer
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
42. 1 - Costs tax players less - 2 - Restitution can be made - 3 - Community work
Terroism threat levels
In Re Gault
Domestic terrorism
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
43. Mitigating - Lessens criminal responsibility and lightens sentence. Aggravating - factors that makes harsher sentence
Enhancement
6th Amendment
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
direct evidence
44. Probation is a sentencing usually given instead of jail but not always - parole is a conditional release from prison
Hudson v. Palmer
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
Explain the difference between probation and parole
Challenge for Cause
45. Underlying conditions--> international encironment --> state--> organizations --> leadership
Terrorism- Causes:
Peremptory Challenges:
Terroism threat levels
Procunier vs. Martinez
46. 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
6th Amendment
Against Plea bargaining:
Suspended sentence
How does an individual become a federal judge
47. Level 1 - 2 - and 3
7th Amendment
'Discover'
3 level of security associated with prisons
indeterminate sentencing
48. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
Indictment
Runs juvenile hall
Real evidence
49. Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors - to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for challenge.
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
Mitigating Circumstances
USA Patriot Act
Voir Dire
50. Not qualified - convicted felon - under indictment - can't read or write - bias - served ongrand jury - insane - etc. May arise during voir dire exmination
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Gregg V. Georgia
Indictment
Cause challenges: