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DSST Criminal Justice

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. It is the receiving point for CA department of corrections






2. 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






3. Charges - Rights - Attorney - Plea Bail/No Bail






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






5. 1976 - Bifurcated trials - the guilt and innocent phase is separate from the punishment






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






7. Probation






8. Prohibits peremptory challenges based on race






9. 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






10. Nominated by the President






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






12. 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






13. Evidence that consists of physical material or traces of physical activity






14. 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.






15. Court holds that bail must be reasonable but set at level to insure defendant's appearance at trial






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






17. Rules: no attorneys - maximum loss money 7 -500






18. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime






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






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






21. 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.






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






23. 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






24. Things that add on to sentencing






25. 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






26. 1974 - sanctions cannot be levied against inmates without appropriate due process






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






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






29. Not qualified - convicted felon - under indictment - can't read or write - bias - served ongrand jury - insane - etc. May arise during voir dire exmination






30. 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






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






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






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






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






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






36. (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them






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






38. Procedural safeguards are necessary in revocation hearing involving parolees






39. Geographic area of the court






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






41. I do not wish to contend- has the same effect as a guilty plea-becomes a plea bargain






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






43. Prohibits peremptory challenges based on gender






44. 2003 - illegal to execute mentally retarded






45. 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.






46. The lawyer representing the defendant






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






48. In pre-trial in which each party can obtain evidence from opposing party






49. 2008 - court held that the death penalty is not appropriate for a crime that does not include the taking of a life






50. 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 -