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DSST Criminal Justice And Law Enforcement
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. No unreasonable search and seizure - no warrant without probable cause
Right to remain silent case
Gregg vs. Georgia
LEAA
Amendment 4
2. 1215 - Magna Carta
Prisons growing
equation to figure crime rate
Before interrogation
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
3. Sheriff
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
Miranda rights
police extortion
Juvenile Status offenses
4. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Ruled that the death penalty was NOT cruel and unusual punishment
status offenses
ROBBERY
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
Gregg vs. Georgia
5. 6th amendment counsel must be provided for indigent (poor) defendants
writ of habeas corpus
Terry v. Ohio
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
Gideon vs. Wainwright
6. 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
Before interrogation
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
Miranda rights
% of women in law enforcement
7. 16%
Hudson vs. Palmer
BURGLARY
UCR vs. NCVS
% of women in law enforcement
8. Miranda vs. Arizona
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
Right to remain silent case
Miranda vs. Arizona
English Law
9. 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
Parens patriae
% minorities in law enforcement
Benefits
Part II offenses
10. 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
Amendment 5
ROBBERY
BURGLARY
Juveniles
11. Citizenship clause - due process - equal protection - impeachment - debt
Powell vs. Alabama
First Police Dept
status offenses
Amendment 14
12. 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
Right to remain silent case
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
Tennessee vs. Garner
actus reu
13. What is the U.S. Justice System based on?
Prisons growing
LEAA
Miranda vs. Arizona
English Law
14. 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
actus reu
English Law
UCR
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
15. No excessive bail - no cruel and unusual punishment
mala prohibita
Amendment 8
English Law
Parens patriae
16. 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
mens rea
UCR limitations
Juveniles
Crime Index total
17. Empowered to hear appeal of lower trial court
ROBBERY
appellate court
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
% minorities in law enforcement
18. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Death penalty not allowed for mentally retarded persons
LEAA
Adkins vs. Virginia
New York
Hudson vs. Palmer
19. New York
Parens patriae
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
US v Leon
Amendment 8
20. The Metropolitan Police Department of London
Gregg vs. Georgia
ROBBERY
First Police Dept
List Part 1 crimes
21. 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
Amendment 14
Amendment 8
Powell vs. Alabama
UCR vs. NCVS
22. Speaking out - defendant speaking out on their own behalf prior sentencing
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
Part II offenses
allocution
23. Willful homicide - forcible rape - robbery - burglary - aggravated assault - larceny over $50 - motor vehicle theft - arson
List Part 1 crimes
exclusionary rule versions
List Index crimes
appellate court
24. 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
ROBBERY
Kent vs. US
Juvenile Status offenses
UCR limitations
25. When must a suspect be informed of their Miranda rights?
exclusionary rule versions
First Police Dept
equation to figure crime rate
Before interrogation
26. Judge ordered incarceration for a short time (30-120 days) - the release to probation (aka reconsider then recall)
Mapp vs. Ohio
Part II offenses
Shock probation
UCR Participation
27. Exclusionary rule (comes from 4th - 5th and 6th) - Tax books were illegally seized - Evidence not admissible in court - 'fruit from poisoned tree' theory -
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Payton vs. New York
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
Part II offenses
28. Wrong or evil - conduct wrong by nature - used as the basis for common law
mala in se
Tennessee vs. Garner
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
29. Murder and nonnegligent homicide; nonlethal violent crimes comprising robbery - forcible rape and aggravated assault; property crimes comprising burglary - larceny/theft - motor vehicle theft -arson
List Part 1 crimes
Amendment 5
% minorities in law enforcement
mens rea
30. What would make an Officer want to stay in the police force longer?
NCVS
Benefits
UCR limitations
New York
31. 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
Crime Index total
equation to figure crime rate
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
allocution
32. First Juvenile hall
Difference between Parole and Probation
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
Tennessee vs. Garner
New York
33. What victimless crime would be most likely to be prosecuted?
Parens patriae
Drug use
UCR Participation
Kent vs. US
34. 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
Amendment 14
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
equation to figure crime rate
BURGLARY
35. Actions prohibited by a class - most often committed by minors - motive not considered
Amendment 14
English Law
status offenses
Benefits
36. 4th and 5th amendment - Interrogation responses allowed only when attorney rights have been understood and waived
New York
Miranda vs. Arizona
Benefits
Juvenile Status offenses
37. Federal program - supports Law enforcement - gives grants for education and technology
LEAA
English Law
US v Leon
loco parentis
38. Person receives money through coercion - Demanding money for not writing ticket
police extortion
Payton vs. New York
First Juvenile Court in the United States
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
39. Due process - double jeopardy - self incrimination - eminent domain
police extortion
BURGLARY
Right to remain silent case
Amendment 5
40. 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
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
English Law
Drug use
41. Payton - Terry - Leon - Mapp - Tenn - Hudson
Benefits
police extortion
% of women in law enforcement
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
42. Trial by jury - rights of the accused - Confrontation of witnesses - Speedy trial - Public trial - Right to counsel
exclusionary rule versions
ROBBERY
Juveniles
Amendment 6
43. '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
Prisons growing
writ of habeas corpus
Right to remain silent case
First Police Dept
44. 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 -
Auburn Prison system design
Before interrogation
Payton vs. New York
UCR Participation
45. Where did common law come ?
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
11th century England
Gregg vs. Georgia
Parens patriae
46. 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
Powell vs. Alabama
exclusionary rule versions
NCVS
UCR limitations
47. Illinois - 1899
loco parentis
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
First Juvenile Court in the United States
List Part 1 crimes
48. 'State as parent' - state serves as parent of juvenile (father)
actus reu
Parens patriae
NCVS
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
49. 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
loco parentis
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
English Law
LEAA
50. 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
New York
US v Leon
mala in se