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DSST Criminal Justice

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1. 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.






2. Physical material or traces of physical activity






3. An officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.






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






5. Made victim impact statements legal






6. Procedural safeguards are necessary in revocation hearing involving parolees






7. 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.






8. Full time- salaried






9. Mitigating - Lessens criminal responsibility and lightens sentence. Aggravating - factors that makes harsher sentence






10. Geographic area of the court






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






12. Crime - Investigation - arrest - file criminal complaint - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - trial - sentencing - appeal






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






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






15. 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






16. Pretrial phase of a law suit where each party can obtain any evidence from the opposing side


17. (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






18. 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






19. 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






20. Things that add on to sentencing






21. Prohibits peremptory challenges based on gender






22. Grand Jury






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






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






25. Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors - to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for challenge.






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






27. 1963 - extended the right to appointed counsel for indigents in all felony cases






28. Presumption of innocence- cannot be convicted unless the evidence is proved without a reasonable doubt






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






30. Probation






31. Decides guilt or innocence






32. Jury trial in civil cases






33. 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






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






35. Underlying conditions--> international encironment --> state--> organizations --> leadership






36. 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






37. 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






38. A written statement of the essential facts making up the offense charged






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






40. 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






41. 2003 - illegal to execute mentally retarded






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






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






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






46. 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 -






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






48. 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






49. 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.






50. Nominated by the President