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DSST Criminal Justice And Law Enforcement
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1. '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
writ of habeas corpus
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
2. 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
Shock probation
% minorities in law enforcement
UCR limitations
Prisons growing
3. Person receives money through coercion - Demanding money for not writing ticket
ROBBERY
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
Benefits
police extortion
4. New York had first due process clause in their bill of rights - NY insisted due process be added to US BOR - Madison added it
appellate court
Amendment 14
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
Prisons growing
5. 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
Gregg vs. Georgia
Amendment 14
BURGLARY
Miranda vs. Arizona
6. Sheriff
Crime Index total
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
Before interrogation
Pendleton Act
7. 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
Kent vs. US
Terry v. Ohio
List Index crimes
status offenses
8. 20%
% minorities in law enforcement
Auburn Prison system design
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
loco parentis
9. 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
LARCENY
allocution
Terry v. Ohio
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
10. 1215 - Magna Carta
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
Miranda rights
Amendment 4
Mapp vs. Ohio
11. 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
Powell vs. Alabama
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
UCR vs. NCVS
UCR
12. 6th amendment counsel must be provided for indigent (poor) defendants
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
mala in se
Amendment 5
Gideon vs. Wainwright
13. 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
Tennessee vs. Garner
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
14. Miranda vs. Arizona
First Police Dept
Right to remain silent case
First Juvenile Court in the United States
Kent vs. US
15. 16%
exclusionary rule versions
% of women in law enforcement
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
Difference between Parole and Probation
16. Judge ordered incarceration for a short time (30-120 days) - the release to probation (aka reconsider then recall)
First Police Dept
Powell vs. Alabama
Shock probation
exclusionary rule versions
17. Trial by jury - rights of the accused - Confrontation of witnesses - Speedy trial - Public trial - Right to counsel
Tennessee vs. Garner
Amendment 8
Amendment 6
mens rea
18. Growing quickly - 3 mil+ since 2010 - Strict sentencing and economic benefits
Pendleton Act
Amendment 4
Prisons growing
Amendment 6
19. Guilty act - external or objective of the crime
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
Powell vs. Alabama
11th century England
actus reu
20. Fastest growing group of criminals in the United States
Juveniles
UCR limitations
Powell vs. Alabama
Mapp vs. Ohio
21. Due process - double jeopardy - self incrimination - eminent domain
Amendment 14
Amendment 5
Right to remain silent case
ROBBERY
22. Boston (1838)
Adkins vs. Virginia
UCR
First US Police dept
Amendment 5
23. Wrong only because it is prohibited - unlawful act by virtue of statute
Amendment 6
Amendment 5
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
mala prohibita
24. The Metropolitan Police Department of London
police extortion
mens rea
First Police Dept
ROBBERY
25. 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
Crime Index total
First Juvenile Court in the United States
mens rea
26. What victimless crime would be most likely to be prosecuted?
UCR
Right to remain silent case
Miranda vs. Arizona
Drug use
27. Empowered to hear appeal of lower trial court
Before interrogation
Shock probation
appellate court
Adkins vs. Virginia
28. 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.
UCR vs. NCVS
UCR limitations
police extortion
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
29. 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
police extortion
Juvenile Status offenses
mala prohibita
Kent vs. US
30. State Prison - 1819 NY - 1st electric chair execution (1890) - Schedule of hard work in day - then prayer and contemplation - Segregated by type of crime - Originated the black stripe uniform - Also called the congregate system - inmates congregate d
appellate court
First US Police dept
writ of habeas corpus
Auburn Prison system design
31. No excessive bail - no cruel and unusual punishment
Amendment 8
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
Juveniles
equation to figure crime rate
32. 4th and 5th amendment - Interrogation responses allowed only when attorney rights have been understood and waived
Miranda vs. Arizona
Difference between Parole and Probation
Amendment 14
Auburn Prison system design
33. 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
Crime Index total
Part II offenses
First US Police dept
Amendment 8
34. First Juvenile hall
mens rea
New York
Drug use
Before interrogation
35. 'State as parent' - state serves as parent of juvenile (father)
Parens patriae
LARCENY
Amendment 4
List Index crimes
36. Citizenship clause - due process - equal protection - impeachment - debt
appellate court
Amendment 14
equation to figure crime rate
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
37. What is the U.S. Justice System based on?
% of women in law enforcement
English Law
LARCENY
appellate court
38. 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
Miranda rights
loco parentis
status offenses
Drug use
39. 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 -
exclusionary rule versions
mens rea
Payton vs. New York
Miranda rights
40. 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)
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
Juvenile Status offenses
LARCENY
41. Wrong or evil - conduct wrong by nature - used as the basis for common law
appellate court
Crime Index total
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
mala in se
42. Federal program - supports Law enforcement - gives grants for education and technology
LEAA
police extortion
English Law
Mapp vs. Ohio
43. Willful homicide - forcible rape - robbery - burglary - aggravated assault - larceny over $50 - motor vehicle theft - arson
appellate court
Amendment 6
Payton vs. New York
List Index crimes
44. Payton - Terry - Leon - Mapp - Tenn - Hudson
Drug use
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
mala in se
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
45. 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
equation to figure crime rate
Amendment 6
mens rea
Juvenile Status offenses
46. Exclusionary rule (comes from 4th - 5th and 6th) - Tax books were illegally seized - Evidence not admissible in court - 'fruit from poisoned tree' theory -
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
Miranda rights
Part II offenses
Shock probation
47. 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
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
Auburn Prison system design
Crime Index total
Difference between Parole and Probation
48. Does not include homicides - survey of households - expensive to conduct - covers the frequency of crime victimization
Crime Index total
Part II offenses
NCVS
LARCENY
49. 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.'
US v Leon
Amendment 5
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
11th century England
50. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Death penalty not allowed for mentally retarded persons
Adkins vs. Virginia
Amendment 14
Crime Index total
Shock probation