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DSST Criminal Justice And Law Enforcement
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1. Speaking out - defendant speaking out on their own behalf prior sentencing
allocution
% of women in law enforcement
Amendment 4
status offenses
2. Federal program - supports Law enforcement - gives grants for education and technology
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
actus reu
LEAA
3. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Ruled that the death penalty was NOT cruel and unusual punishment
Gregg vs. Georgia
Amendment 6
Part II offenses
First US Police dept
4. Guilty act - external or objective of the crime
Benefits
Mapp vs. Ohio
actus reu
Parens patriae
5. Fraud - forgery/counterfeiting - embezzlement - simple assault - sex offenses - offenses against the family - drug and liquor offenses - weapons offenses other non-violent offenses excluding traffic violations
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
Part II offenses
Benefits
NCVS
6. Divide the amount a particular crime is committed by the total population for the city. So if the crime of assault was committed 4 -000 times in a city of 120 -000 - you divide 4 -000 by 120 -000. The answer comes up to be about .03 (or 3%). This mea
mala prohibita
English Law
loco parentis
equation to figure crime rate
7. Judge ordered incarceration for a short time (30-120 days) - the release to probation (aka reconsider then recall)
Shock probation
Pendleton Act
Crime Index total
Before interrogation
8. No unreasonable search and seizure - no warrant without probable cause
Pendleton Act
Juvenile Status offenses
% minorities in law enforcement
Amendment 4
9. Payton - Terry - Leon - Mapp - Tenn - Hudson
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
Amendment 5
UCR limitations
appellate court
10. First Juvenile hall
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
allocution
New York
Amendment 6
11. Unlawful entry of a 'structure' to commit a felony or a theft. Burglary is commonly known as a 'break in -' or - 'breaking and entering.' A 'structure' is usually in reference to physical buildings but not cars. Car breakins or thefts are considered
Part II offenses
Amendment 4
Right to remain silent case
BURGLARY
12. Taking or attempting to take something of value from another person by use of force - threats or intimidation. It is committed in the presence of the victim - divided into different 'degrees'. The degrees vary by state and can also depend on whether
mens rea
Crime Index total
ROBBERY
Auburn Prison system design
13. The Metropolitan Police Department of London
First Police Dept
Hudson vs. Palmer
UCR
loco parentis
14. 4th amendment - no warrant w/o probable cause - search warrants for felonies - officer cannot cross threshold without an arrest warrant - arrest warrant CAN enter - search warrant cannot -
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
List Index crimes
US v Leon
Payton vs. New York
15. Growing quickly - 3 mil+ since 2010 - Strict sentencing and economic benefits
Miranda vs. Arizona
Gregg vs. Georgia
appellate court
Prisons growing
16. Citizenship clause - due process - equal protection - impeachment - debt
Amendment 14
ROBBERY
Before interrogation
Amendment 4
17. 4th and 5th amendment - Interrogation responses allowed only when attorney rights have been understood and waived
Miranda vs. Arizona
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
mala prohibita
US v Leon
18. Trial by jury - rights of the accused - Confrontation of witnesses - Speedy trial - Public trial - Right to counsel
UCR Participation
% of women in law enforcement
Amendment 6
police extortion
19. Wrong only because it is prohibited - unlawful act by virtue of statute
Kent vs. US
status offenses
List Index crimes
mala prohibita
20. Willful homicide - forcible rape - robbery - burglary - aggravated assault - larceny over $50 - motor vehicle theft - arson
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
Payton vs. New York
List Index crimes
Gideon vs. Wainwright
21. When must a suspect be informed of their Miranda rights?
Before interrogation
New York
Pendleton Act
Crime Index total
22. Sheriff
UCR
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
Mapp vs. Ohio
Kent vs. US
23. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Death penalty not allowed for mentally retarded persons
English Law
Amendment 4
Adkins vs. Virginia
Amendment 5
24. In the place (instead) of the parent - allows The state or institutions to act on behalf of their students and non biological parents to act as biological parents on behalf of the child
Drug use
mala in se
mens rea
loco parentis
25. The sum of selected offenses used to measure crime rates and their fluctuations reported to law enforcement. The offenses included in the Crime Index total are the violent crimes of Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter - Forcible Rape - Robbery - and
police extortion
Crime Index total
UCR
Shock probation
26. Similar to burglary. The major difference between the two is that the perpetrator did not illegally enter a structure by using forcible - non forcible or attempted forcible entry (with the exception of a motor vehicle.) All thefts of motor vehicles o
Pendleton Act
LARCENY
Amendment 14
Juvenile Status offenses
27. What would make an Officer want to stay in the police force longer?
11th century England
US v Leon
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
Benefits
28. Murder and nonnegligent homicide; nonlethal violent crimes comprising robbery - forcible rape and aggravated assault; property crimes comprising burglary - larceny/theft - motor vehicle theft -arson
Kent vs. US
LARCENY
Miranda vs. Arizona
List Part 1 crimes
29. All police departments' stats - published in summary form - FBI - 29 types of offenses -
Auburn Prison system design
UCR
% of women in law enforcement
Drug use
30. Probation is front end - sentence in leu of incarceration - a sentence option for misdemeanors and some felonies - a decision by the JUDGE - parole is back end - supervised release of a prisoner before completion of prison sentence - a decision by th
Amendment 14
Hudson vs. Palmer
Difference between Parole and Probation
LARCENY
31. 5th amendment - due process - Juvenile Justice - Some due process must be followed even though juvenile court is civil - not criminal - Granted minors charged with crimes the same rights as adults. Significance: ushered in an era of reform in the juv
% minorities in law enforcement
Part II offenses
Parens patriae
Kent vs. US
32. Fastest growing group of criminals in the United States
Juveniles
Terry v. Ohio
Amendment 14
Auburn Prison system design
33. 4th amendment - search and seizure - Ruled that prison cells could be searched - that prisoners have no right against search and seizure - Decision: Fourth Amendment does not apply to prison inmates - Significance: After Hudson - prisoners who are tr
equation to figure crime rate
UCR vs. NCVS
Hudson vs. Palmer
Auburn Prison system design
34. 4th amendment - no warrant w/o probable cause - When officer is in pursuit he may use deadly force if suspect is escaping and the officer has probable cause to believe the suspect poses a significant threat to officers and others
BURGLARY
UCR
Miranda rights
Tennessee vs. Garner
35. Miranda vs. Arizona
Right to remain silent case
Kent vs. US
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
Miranda rights
36. New York
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
First Juvenile Court in the United States
Drug use
actus reu
37. A computerized index of criminal justice information (i.e. criminal record history information - fugitives - stolen properties - missing persons). It is available to Federal - state - and local law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies and
Miranda vs. Arizona
Amendment 4
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
Amendment 14
38. Exclusionary rule (comes from 4th - 5th and 6th) - Tax books were illegally seized - Evidence not admissible in court - 'fruit from poisoned tree' theory -
exclusionary rule versions
Pendleton Act
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
39. Does not include homicides - survey of households - expensive to conduct - covers the frequency of crime victimization
Gideon vs. Wainwright
mala in se
NCVS
Mapp vs. Ohio
40. Voluntary - 95% participate - only the highest scoring offense is scored and the rest are ignored
First US Police dept
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
UCR Participation
loco parentis
41. 1769 - England - No coerced self incriminating evidence. 1789 US - Bill of Rights - 4th and 5th amendments - No search and seizure without probable cause. 1960's US - No involuntary confessions. 1961 US - Mapp vs. Ohio gives exclusionary rights to st
UCR
BURGLARY
loco parentis
exclusionary rule versions
42. 6th amendment counsel must be provided for indigent (poor) defendants
Parens patriae
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Crime Index total
Juvenile Status offenses
43. Not accutate - relies on local law enforcement agency - can only measure crime known to police - cannot provide an accurate representation of actual crime rates. Misrepresentation: focused upon street crime -does not record information on many other
Tennessee vs. Garner
US v Leon
Terry v. Ohio
UCR limitations
44. Where did common law come ?
UCR limitations
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
Mapp vs. Ohio
11th century England
45. Person receives money through coercion - Demanding money for not writing ticket
Amendment 6
police extortion
New York
exclusionary rule versions
46. No excessive bail - no cruel and unusual punishment
Adkins vs. Virginia
Before interrogation
Shock probation
Amendment 8
47. 'you are to have the body' - person in custody who is summoned must be shown court order or proof that the authority has the right to detain
mala in se
UCR Participation
writ of habeas corpus
First Juvenile Court in the United States
48. 4th amendment - search and seizure - S&S not violated if officer has suspicion of suspect being armed - May search outer person and clothing for weapons - Called a (Terry stop) = stop and frisk - Extended to temporary detention of people in vehicles
police extortion
UCR Participation
Amendment 14
Terry v. Ohio
49. Empowered to hear appeal of lower trial court
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
appellate court
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
Amendment 14
50. Due process (4th and 5th) - in a capital trial - the defendant must be given access to counsel upon his or her own request as part of due process
LEAA
Drug use
English Law
Powell vs. Alabama