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DSST Criminal Justice And Law Enforcement
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1. 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
LARCENY
Tennessee vs. Garner
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
equation to figure crime rate
2. All police departments' stats - published in summary form - FBI - 29 types of offenses -
Benefits
NCVS
UCR
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
3. Exclusionary rule (comes from 4th - 5th and 6th) - Tax books were illegally seized - Evidence not admissible in court - 'fruit from poisoned tree' theory -
BURGLARY
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
Before interrogation
% minorities in law enforcement
4. Payton - Terry - Leon - Mapp - Tenn - Hudson
Parens patriae
Amendment 14
mala in se
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
5. What would make an Officer want to stay in the police force longer?
First Juvenile Court in the United States
Benefits
Right to remain silent case
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
6. What victimless crime would be most likely to be prosecuted?
writ of habeas corpus
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
Kent vs. US
Drug use
7. No unreasonable search and seizure - no warrant without probable cause
First Juvenile Court in the United States
English Law
% minorities in law enforcement
Amendment 4
8. Citizenship clause - due process - equal protection - impeachment - debt
appellate court
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
Amendment 14
New York
9. 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
List Index crimes
Amendment 5
Mapp vs. Ohio
Drug use
10. Judge ordered incarceration for a short time (30-120 days) - the release to probation (aka reconsider then recall)
Powell vs. Alabama
Juvenile Status offenses
loco parentis
Shock probation
11. 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
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
Juvenile Status offenses
Shock probation
equation to figure crime rate
12. Wrong or evil - conduct wrong by nature - used as the basis for common law
mala in se
US v Leon
First Police Dept
List Part 1 crimes
13. 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
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
New York
Pendleton Act
Gideon vs. Wainwright
14. Illinois - 1899
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
First Juvenile Court in the United States
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
Adkins vs. Virginia
15. 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.
% minorities in law enforcement
Adkins vs. Virginia
status offenses
UCR vs. NCVS
16. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Death penalty not allowed for mentally retarded persons
Crime Index total
Amendment 4
Adkins vs. Virginia
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
17. Person receives money through coercion - Demanding money for not writing ticket
loco parentis
Amendment 8
police extortion
Shock probation
18. Sheriff
loco parentis
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
Drug use
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
19. Fastest growing group of criminals in the United States
BURGLARY
Juveniles
Powell vs. Alabama
List Part 1 crimes
20. 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
Terry v. Ohio
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
police extortion
Tennessee vs. Garner
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 -
actus reu
New York
Payton vs. New York
status offenses
22. 4TH amendment - search and seizure - Good faith exception to exclusionary rule - Good faith (bona fides) = officer believes the search warrant is valid
Benefits
Amendment 6
LARCENY
US v Leon
23. Empowered to hear appeal of lower trial court
appellate court
Amendment 6
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
% minorities in law enforcement
24. 4th and 5th amendment - Interrogation responses allowed only when attorney rights have been understood and waived
Miranda vs. Arizona
status offenses
Juvenile Status offenses
Benefits
25. 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
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
First US Police dept
loco parentis
11th century England
26. New York
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
BURGLARY
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
Amendment 8
27. Trial by jury - rights of the accused - Confrontation of witnesses - Speedy trial - Public trial - Right to counsel
Amendment 6
Terry v. Ohio
UCR
loco parentis
28. 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
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
Right to remain silent case
Amendment 8
29. Voluntary - 95% participate - only the highest scoring offense is scored and the rest are ignored
BURGLARY
UCR Participation
Powell vs. Alabama
Gideon vs. Wainwright
30. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Ruled that the death penalty was NOT cruel and unusual punishment
ROBBERY
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
Juveniles
Gregg vs. Georgia
31. 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
status offenses
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
LARCENY
Amendment 14
32. 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.'
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
New York
Benefits
33. Wrong only because it is prohibited - unlawful act by virtue of statute
First Juvenile Court in the United States
Drug use
First US Police dept
mala prohibita
34. 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
Hudson vs. Palmer
Prisons growing
List Part 1 crimes
Part II offenses
35. Does not include homicides - survey of households - expensive to conduct - covers the frequency of crime victimization
NCVS
Right to remain silent case
UCR Participation
LARCENY
36. When must a suspect be informed of their Miranda rights?
Difference between Parole and Probation
Before interrogation
Amendment 14
% of women in law enforcement
37. 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
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
% minorities in law enforcement
List Part 1 crimes
Powell vs. Alabama
38. 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
UCR
Crime Index total
mala in se
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
39. 20%
Kent vs. US
UCR vs. NCVS
US v Leon
% minorities in law enforcement
40. 'State as parent' - state serves as parent of juvenile (father)
Parens patriae
Prisons growing
Amendment 5
Hudson vs. Palmer
41. The Metropolitan Police Department of London
% of women in law enforcement
Benefits
appellate court
First Police Dept
42. Guilty act - external or objective of the crime
actus reu
Mapp vs. Ohio
writ of habeas corpus
New York
43. Actions prohibited by a class - most often committed by minors - motive not considered
UCR vs. NCVS
Difference between Parole and Probation
status offenses
First Juvenile Court in the United States
44. First Juvenile hall
Juvenile Status offenses
mala prohibita
NCVS
New York
45. 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
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
Prisons growing
Juvenile Status offenses
ROBBERY
46. Speaking out - defendant speaking out on their own behalf prior sentencing
Before interrogation
writ of habeas corpus
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
allocution
47. No excessive bail - no cruel and unusual punishment
Juveniles
police extortion
Amendment 8
Shock probation
48. 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
ROBBERY
Hudson vs. Palmer
English Law
Amendment 5
49. Miranda vs. Arizona
Payton vs. New York
Crime Index total
Right to remain silent case
First Police Dept
50. Civil service reform - 1883 - gov jobs on basis of merit - exams - not politics
Pendleton Act
Amendment 6
First US Police dept
% of women in law enforcement