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DSST Criminal Justice And Law Enforcement

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1. 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






2. Does not include homicides - survey of households - expensive to conduct - covers the frequency of crime victimization






3. 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






4. Exclusionary rule (comes from 4th - 5th and 6th) - Tax books were illegally seized - Evidence not admissible in court - 'fruit from poisoned tree' theory -






5. Remain silent - Anything said can be used in court - Right to counsel - Right to attorney during questioning - If indigent (poor) right to have attorney provided






6. 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






7. What victimless crime would be most likely to be prosecuted?






8. Formed the Met police of London at Scotland Yard - London system was national - origin of the term 'bobbies' - 'The Father of Modern Policing' - 'Police are public - public are police.'






9. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Death penalty not allowed for mentally retarded persons






10. Boston (1838)






11. Speaking out - defendant speaking out on their own behalf prior sentencing






12. 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






13. When must a suspect be informed of their Miranda rights?






14. Where did common law come ?






15. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Ruled that the death penalty was NOT cruel and unusual punishment






16. 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






17. Wrong or evil - conduct wrong by nature - used as the basis for common law






18. 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






19. First Juvenile hall






20. What would make an Officer want to stay in the police force longer?






21. 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 -






22. 'State as parent' - state serves as parent of juvenile (father)






23. No excessive bail - no cruel and unusual punishment






24. 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






25. Delinquent because of the offender's status as a minor - typically dealt with by social services agencies - do not require intervention from the juvenile court. Includes: underage consumption of alcohol - driving without a license - truancy from scho






26. 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






27. New York






28. Voluntary - 95% participate - only the highest scoring offense is scored and the rest are ignored






29. Berkley California police chief - Developed the office of police chief - Integrated records system - 'Father of Modern Law Enforcement' - Taught O.W. Wilson at Berkley - Wanted policemen to have degrees - Removed politics from policing - First to use






30. 4th amendment - search and seizure - Ruled that evidence violating search and seizure protections may not be used is STATE and FEDERAL court - Mapp applies the 4th amendment to state courts






31. Guilty act - external or objective of the crime






32. Illinois - 1899






33. No unreasonable search and seizure - no warrant without probable cause






34. 6th amendment counsel must be provided for indigent (poor) defendants






35. 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






36. All police departments' stats - published in summary form - FBI - 29 types of offenses -






37. 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






38. 4th and 5th amendment - Interrogation responses allowed only when attorney rights have been understood and waived






39. Leader in management systems in policing - Chief in Chicago - Fullerton CA - Wichita KS - Author - Student of Vollmer - Believed in police omnipresence - 2 way radios and quick response - single officer patrol cars






40. 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






41. Payton - Terry - Leon - Mapp - Tenn - Hudson






42. Sheriff






43. Citizenship clause - due process - equal protection - impeachment - debt






44. 1215 - Magna Carta






45. UCR = police report - NCVS = survey of households - comparisons of the UCR and NCVS data sets show there to be a high degree of correspondence between the two systems.






46. New York had first due process clause in their bill of rights - NY insisted due process be added to US BOR - Madison added it






47. Judge ordered incarceration for a short time (30-120 days) - the release to probation (aka reconsider then recall)






48. 16%






49. Empowered to hear appeal of lower trial court






50. 4TH amendment - search and seizure - Good faith exception to exclusionary rule - Good faith (bona fides) = officer believes the search warrant is valid