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DSST Criminal Justice And Law Enforcement
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1. New York had first due process clause in their bill of rights - NY insisted due process be added to US BOR - Madison added it
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
Amendment 4
Amendment 14
2. 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.'
List Index crimes
writ of habeas corpus
UCR
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
3. What would make an Officer want to stay in the police force longer?
Benefits
Difference between Parole and Probation
Hudson vs. Palmer
Gideon vs. Wainwright
4. 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 -
Amendment 6
Powell vs. Alabama
11th century England
Payton vs. New York
5. When must a suspect be informed of their Miranda rights?
actus reu
Before interrogation
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
Amendment 5
6. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Ruled that the death penalty was NOT cruel and unusual punishment
Auburn Prison system design
Pendleton Act
Parens patriae
Gregg vs. Georgia
7. 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
Kent vs. US
Amendment 6
Part II offenses
Gregg vs. Georgia
8. 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
Powell vs. Alabama
List Part 1 crimes
UCR Participation
Kent vs. US
9. 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
Pendleton Act
UCR
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
10. 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
mala in se
Before interrogation
Tennessee vs. Garner
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
11. Illinois - 1899
English Law
First Juvenile Court in the United States
NCVS
writ of habeas corpus
12. Growing quickly - 3 mil+ since 2010 - Strict sentencing and economic benefits
Adkins vs. Virginia
LEAA
Prisons growing
Crime Index total
13. All police departments' stats - published in summary form - FBI - 29 types of offenses -
Amendment 14
Before interrogation
UCR
Right to remain silent case
14. 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
UCR vs. NCVS
Hudson vs. Palmer
First Juvenile Court in the United States
Powell vs. Alabama
15. Trial by jury - rights of the accused - Confrontation of witnesses - Speedy trial - Public trial - Right to counsel
Powell vs. Alabama
allocution
Pendleton Act
Amendment 6
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
allocution
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
LEAA
17. Where did common law come ?
% of women in law enforcement
First US Police dept
11th century England
Drug use
18. 4th and 5th amendment - Interrogation responses allowed only when attorney rights have been understood and waived
Hudson vs. Palmer
ROBBERY
Miranda vs. Arizona
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
19. What victimless crime would be most likely to be prosecuted?
exclusionary rule versions
Drug use
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
First Juvenile Court in the United States
20. Person receives money through coercion - Demanding money for not writing ticket
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
police extortion
Right to remain silent case
Crime Index total
21. Exclusionary rule (comes from 4th - 5th and 6th) - Tax books were illegally seized - Evidence not admissible in court - 'fruit from poisoned tree' theory -
UCR
Amendment 14
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
LARCENY
22. Boston (1838)
police extortion
First US Police dept
Prisons growing
Mapp vs. Ohio
23. 1215 - Magna Carta
% minorities in law enforcement
Amendment 8
UCR limitations
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
24. The Metropolitan Police Department of London
List Part 1 crimes
Amendment 6
First Police Dept
Auburn Prison system design
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
Juvenile Status offenses
Adkins vs. Virginia
UCR
Pendleton Act
26. 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
LARCENY
Kent vs. US
Miranda vs. Arizona
UCR limitations
27. Wrong or evil - conduct wrong by nature - used as the basis for common law
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
mala in se
Benefits
Adkins vs. Virginia
28. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Death penalty not allowed for mentally retarded persons
BURGLARY
Hudson vs. Palmer
Tennessee vs. Garner
Adkins vs. Virginia
29. 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
Mapp vs. Ohio
actus reu
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
NCVS
30. Wrong only because it is prohibited - unlawful act by virtue of statute
% minorities in law enforcement
Amendment 5
status offenses
mala prohibita
31. New York
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
Miranda vs. Arizona
32. 4TH amendment - search and seizure - Good faith exception to exclusionary rule - Good faith (bona fides) = officer believes the search warrant is valid
Amendment 14
Juvenile Status offenses
US v Leon
appellate court
33. Empowered to hear appeal of lower trial court
Terry v. Ohio
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
appellate court
UCR
34. Fastest growing group of criminals in the United States
Juveniles
mens rea
actus reu
UCR
35. What is the U.S. Justice System based on?
% of women in law enforcement
Payton vs. New York
English Law
Gregg vs. Georgia
36. Guilty mind - act does not make guilty without the mind - add actus rea to mens rea = crime
First Police Dept
mens rea
Difference between Parole and Probation
LEAA
37. Federal program - supports Law enforcement - gives grants for education and technology
Drug use
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
LARCENY
LEAA
38. 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
Tennessee vs. Garner
Powell vs. Alabama
Amendment 5
Right to remain silent case
39. No unreasonable search and seizure - no warrant without probable cause
Amendment 4
Gregg vs. Georgia
UCR
NCVS
40. 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
Juvenile Status offenses
Mapp vs. Ohio
Hudson vs. Palmer
41. 6th amendment counsel must be provided for indigent (poor) defendants
Parens patriae
loco parentis
allocution
Gideon vs. Wainwright
42. 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
Crime Index total
actus reu
Terry v. Ohio
Juvenile Status offenses
43. 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
Hudson vs. Palmer
Amendment 14
LARCENY
First Juvenile Court in the United States
44. 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
Gregg vs. Georgia
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
Part II offenses
Difference between Parole and Probation
45. Guilty act - external or objective of the crime
equation to figure crime rate
actus reu
LARCENY
Amendment 8
46. 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
Crime Index total
actus reu
Parens patriae
loco parentis
47. 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
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
Juvenile Status offenses
BURGLARY
Difference between Parole and Probation
48. '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
Auburn Prison system design
writ of habeas corpus
Miranda rights
Part II offenses
49. Due process - double jeopardy - self incrimination - eminent domain
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
Amendment 5
Prisons growing
UCR Participation
50. 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
Hudson vs. Palmer
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
ROBBERY