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DSST Criminal Justice And Law Enforcement
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1. Empowered to hear appeal of lower trial court
appellate court
Terry v. Ohio
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
UCR
2. 4TH amendment - search and seizure - Good faith exception to exclusionary rule - Good faith (bona fides) = officer believes the search warrant is valid
US v Leon
Gideon vs. Wainwright
allocution
mens rea
3. What victimless crime would be most likely to be prosecuted?
UCR
Benefits
Drug use
allocution
4. Growing quickly - 3 mil+ since 2010 - Strict sentencing and economic benefits
actus reu
Amendment 4
Prisons growing
Gregg vs. Georgia
5. New York had first due process clause in their bill of rights - NY insisted due process be added to US BOR - Madison added it
List Index crimes
Drug use
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
Before interrogation
6. Person receives money through coercion - Demanding money for not writing ticket
mala prohibita
US v Leon
police extortion
Tennessee vs. Garner
7. 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 -
Pendleton Act
mala in se
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
Payton vs. New York
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.'
mala prohibita
English Law
Payton vs. New York
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
9. 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.
Mapp vs. Ohio
UCR vs. NCVS
Tennessee vs. Garner
mala in se
10. Fastest growing group of criminals in the United States
New York
Hudson vs. Palmer
First Police Dept
Juveniles
11. Guilty mind - act does not make guilty without the mind - add actus rea to mens rea = crime
First Juvenile Court in the United States
Hudson vs. Palmer
Amendment 14
mens rea
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
exclusionary rule versions
Prisons growing
New York
ROBBERY
13. Citizenship clause - due process - equal protection - impeachment - debt
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
Amendment 14
UCR limitations
LARCENY
14. 16%
% of women in law enforcement
Auburn Prison system design
Shock probation
NCVS
15. 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
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
Parens patriae
Powell vs. Alabama
English Law
16. 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
English Law
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
Amendment 8
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
17. 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
loco parentis
Juveniles
Difference between Parole and Probation
actus reu
18. 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
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
exclusionary rule versions
Amendment 6
% minorities in law enforcement
19. 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
Amendment 4
ROBBERY
Right to remain silent case
Terry v. Ohio
20. Illinois - 1899
Miranda rights
UCR vs. NCVS
First Juvenile Court in the United States
exclusionary rule versions
21. 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
actus reu
UCR Participation
Prisons growing
Miranda rights
22. 6th amendment counsel must be provided for indigent (poor) defendants
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Drug use
mala in se
List Part 1 crimes
23. Due process - double jeopardy - self incrimination - eminent domain
Amendment 5
List Part 1 crimes
Amendment 14
exclusionary rule versions
24. Trial by jury - rights of the accused - Confrontation of witnesses - Speedy trial - Public trial - Right to counsel
% of women in law enforcement
Amendment 6
List Index crimes
Amendment 8
25. New York
Powell vs. Alabama
UCR Participation
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
appellate court
26. Voluntary - 95% participate - only the highest scoring offense is scored and the rest are ignored
ROBBERY
UCR Participation
allocution
LARCENY
27. Exclusionary rule (comes from 4th - 5th and 6th) - Tax books were illegally seized - Evidence not admissible in court - 'fruit from poisoned tree' theory -
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
UCR Participation
Auburn Prison system design
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
28. 1215 - Magna Carta
Right to remain silent case
mens rea
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
29. All police departments' stats - published in summary form - FBI - 29 types of offenses -
UCR limitations
Amendment 14
Amendment 8
UCR
30. '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
Amendment 4
allocution
Miranda rights
31. 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
BURGLARY
Miranda rights
Kent vs. US
exclusionary rule versions
32. 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
Crime Index total
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
First Police Dept
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
33. Does not include homicides - survey of households - expensive to conduct - covers the frequency of crime victimization
Tennessee vs. Garner
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
NCVS
Crime Index total
34. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Ruled that the death penalty was NOT cruel and unusual punishment
LARCENY
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
New York
Gregg vs. Georgia
35. 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
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
Kent vs. US
allocution
36. Boston (1838)
UCR
First US Police dept
Gregg vs. Georgia
Difference between Parole and Probation
37. When must a suspect be informed of their Miranda rights?
Parens patriae
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
Before interrogation
LEAA
38. 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
Gregg vs. Georgia
allocution
List Part 1 crimes
39. Civil service reform - 1883 - gov jobs on basis of merit - exams - not politics
Benefits
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
English Law
Pendleton Act
40. 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
Terry v. Ohio
Mapp vs. Ohio
LARCENY
Gregg vs. Georgia
41. 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
List Index crimes
actus reu
Part II offenses
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
42. No excessive bail - no cruel and unusual punishment
UCR
Kent vs. US
Amendment 8
First Police Dept
43. 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
UCR limitations
Gideon vs. Wainwright
loco parentis
First US Police dept
44. Willful homicide - forcible rape - robbery - burglary - aggravated assault - larceny over $50 - motor vehicle theft - arson
List Index crimes
UCR
Prisons growing
exclusionary rule versions
45. 20%
Adkins vs. Virginia
appellate court
writ of habeas corpus
% minorities in law enforcement
46. 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
police extortion
Tennessee vs. Garner
UCR vs. NCVS
% of women in law enforcement
47. Speaking out - defendant speaking out on their own behalf prior sentencing
Juveniles
Pendleton Act
UCR Participation
allocution
48. Federal program - supports Law enforcement - gives grants for education and technology
UCR vs. NCVS
LEAA
status offenses
Amendment 8
49. 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
Part II offenses
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
Terry v. Ohio
Amendment 14
50. No unreasonable search and seizure - no warrant without probable cause
Amendment 4
Crime Index total
ROBBERY
% of women in law enforcement