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DSST Criminal Justice
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Made victim impact statements legal
Gregg V. Georgia
Balancing test
Payne V. Tennessee
Intermediate sentencing
2. Not qualified - convicted felon - under indictment - can't read or write - bias - served ongrand jury - insane - etc. May arise during voir dire exmination
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
Recidivism:
Morissey v. Brewer
Cause challenges:
3. 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
Explain the difference between probation and parole
Procunier vs. Martinez
Mitigating Circumstances
Morissey v. Brewer
4. 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
In Re Winship
Probation
7th Amendment
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
5. Things that add on to sentencing
No lo contendre
Enhancement
Bailiff
baston v. kentucky
6. The lawyer representing the defendant
Defense Attorney
circunstancial evidence
Venue
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
7. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime
Hudson v. Palmer
Judge
Domestic terrorism
Indictment
8. Rules: no attorneys - maximum loss money 7 -500
support for plea bargaining:
Discovery:
Small Courts Claim
Recidivism:
9. It is the receiving point for CA department of corrections
4 types of courts found in the CA court system
determinate sentencing
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Homeland security
10. A model of criminal punishment that encourages the rehabilitiation through the use of general and relatively unspecific sentences
restitution
indeterminate sentencing
Recidivism:
Restitution
11. 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
Grand Jury
indeterminate sentencing
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Balancing test
12. Plea bargaining is an essential component of the new admistration of justice and must be highly encouraged
Santobello Vs. New York
Plea Bargain
Goals of punishment
Explain the difference between probation and parole
13. Consecutive - one after the other and Concurrent is at same time
Parole
Morissey v. Brewer
The difference between consecutive and concurrent sentencing?
Terroism threat levels
14. Decides guilt or innocence
Trial Jury
Explain the difference between probation and parole
Trial Proceedures
aggravating circumstances
15. Crime - Investigation - arrest - file criminal complaint - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - trial - sentencing - appeal
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
Parolve v. probation
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
16. Charges - Rights - Attorney - Plea Bail/No Bail
Suspended sentence
5 functions which take place at an arraignment
USA Patriot Act
Homeland security
17. Mitigating - Lessens criminal responsibility and lightens sentence. Aggravating - factors that makes harsher sentence
Hudson v. Palmer
Function of the Reception Centers within the CA department of Corrections?
Probation officer
The difference between mitigating and aggravating circumstances as it pertains to sentencing
18. Most widely used goal is to individualize punishment - inmates eligible for parole after serving minimum
Against Plea bargaining:
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
Intermediate sentencing
Domestic terrorism
19. 1974 - sanctions cannot be levied against inmates without appropriate due process
Wolff v. McDaniel
Court Jurisdiction
Challenges to the array
USA Patriot Act
20. Run by the Federal government. Charged with protecting the nation's critical infrastructure against terrorist attack.
Homeland security
victim impact statements
restitution
mitigating circumstances
21. A model of criminal punishment in which an offender is given a fixed term of imprisonment that they may be reduced by good time or gain taim. all offendors convicted of the same crime will reciee the same punishment
contract attorneys
Challenge for Cause
determinate sentencing
Venue
22. 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.
Prisoner rights:
3 level of security associated with prisons
In Re Winship
contract attorneys
23. Probation
Prisoner rights:
Grand Jury
How does an individual become a federal judge
Runs juvenile hall
24. Physical material or traces of physical activity
circunstancial evidence
Rules of evidence
In Re Winship
Real evidence
25. A court that hears a case the first time it is tried in court. A trial court is a court of original jurisdiction.
Morissey v. Brewer
Aggravated Circumstances
Terrorism- Causes:
Court Jurisdiction
26. 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
Peremptory Challenges:
Real evidence
Intermediate sentencing
In Re Winship
27. Prohibits peremptory challenges based on race
Court Clerk
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
baston v. kentucky
Venue
28. Green- low Blue-guarded yellow-elevated orange- high red- severe
Intermediate sentencing
J.E.B. vs. Alabama
Trial Jury
Terroism threat levels
29. 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 -
How does an individual become a federal judge
Domestic terrorism
USA Patriot Act
Gideon Vs. Wainwright:
30. 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.
Court Clerk
Recidivism:
restitution
Rules of evidence
31. 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
Atkins v. Virginia
Roper v. Simmons
Place in correct order: Trial - Investigation - Crime - File criminal complaint - appeal - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - sentencing - arrest
32. Nominated by the President
How does an individual become a federal judge
Challenges to the array
Bailiff
3 level of security associated with prisons
33. Requires interpretation of a judge or jury to reach conclusion based on what evidence indicates
indeterminate sentencing
circunstancial evidence
How does an individual become a federal judge
mitigating circumstances
34. Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors - to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for challenge.
Trial Proceedures
3 level of security associated with prisons
Voir Dire
6th Amendment
35. 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.
Balancing test
Recidivism:
Challenge for Cause
'Discover'
36. Any circumstances accompanying the commission of a crime that may justify a lighter sentence.
Mitigating Circumstances
Cruz v. beto
'Discover'
No lo contendre
37. Opening statements --> Prosecution always starts- statement --> Defense statement --> Prosecutors evidence (burden of proof lies on prosecution) --> defense evidence --> rebuttal (prosecution)
Trial Proceedures
Preliminary Hearing
Recidivism:
Payne V. Tennessee
38. 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
Small Courts Claim
Domestic terrorism
baston v. kentucky
Criminal Complaint
39. John Augustus
Court Jurisdiction
Intermediate sentencing
The man known as the first probation officer?
Mitigating Circumstances
40. 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
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Homeland security
Intermediate sentencing
Against Plea bargaining:
41. Evidence that consists of physical material or traces of physical activity
circunstancial evidence
Trial Proceedures
Real evidence
List three ways a person can be released from jail
42. Review court
Parolve v. probation
Voir Dire
What is another term used to identify supreme courts
Hudson v. Palmer
43. Level 1 - 2 - and 3
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system
Parole
3 level of security associated with prisons
Trial Jury
44. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Restitution
Probation officer
Explain the difference between probation and parole
baston v. kentucky
45. 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
Morissey v. Brewer
Mitigating Circumstances
Different type of detention facilities and their function and who operates them
Cruz v. beto
46. Pretrial proceedings at which the prosecutor must prove that a crime was committed and establish the probable guilt of the defendant.
Enhancement
Ddvantages of probation and parole?
Preliminary Hearing
Recidivism:
47. Underlying conditions--> international encironment --> state--> organizations --> leadership
Small Courts Claim
aggravating circumstances
Terrorism- Causes:
Recidivism:
48. 2008 - court held that the death penalty is not appropriate for a crime that does not include the taking of a life
Preliminary Hearing
Trial Jury
Rules of evidence
Kentucky vs. Louisiana
49. A period of incarceration that is fixed by a sentencing authority and cannot be reduced by judges or other corrections officials.
Judge
Lockyer v. Andrade:
Discovery:
Determinate sentencing
50. Amnesty - Bail - good behavior
circunstancial evidence
List three ways a person can be released from jail
Parole
Names of the federal courts that make up the three tiers of the federal court system