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DSST Criminal Justice And Law Enforcement
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1. 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
loco parentis
exclusionary rule versions
Miranda rights
Powell vs. Alabama
2. 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.
Amendment 5
First Juvenile Court in the United States
UCR vs. NCVS
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
3. 4TH amendment - search and seizure - Good faith exception to exclusionary rule - Good faith (bona fides) = officer believes the search warrant is valid
UCR
US v Leon
status offenses
Benefits
4. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Death penalty not allowed for mentally retarded persons
Adkins vs. Virginia
allocution
New York
mala in se
5. Miranda vs. Arizona
Difference between Parole and Probation
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
Right to remain silent case
actus reu
6. 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
New York
Drug use
UCR Participation
7. What victimless crime would be most likely to be prosecuted?
Drug use
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
Pendleton Act
11th century England
8. Sheriff
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
Auburn Prison system design
Prisons growing
List Index crimes
9. New York
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
LARCENY
Payton vs. New York
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
10. Speaking out - defendant speaking out on their own behalf prior sentencing
allocution
List Part 1 crimes
Amendment 4
Hudson vs. Palmer
11. Actions prohibited by a class - most often committed by minors - motive not considered
loco parentis
ROBBERY
Amendment 5
status offenses
12. All police departments' stats - published in summary form - FBI - 29 types of offenses -
Adkins vs. Virginia
UCR vs. NCVS
Mapp vs. Ohio
UCR
13. New York had first due process clause in their bill of rights - NY insisted due process be added to US BOR - Madison added it
Tennessee vs. Garner
Powell vs. Alabama
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
Crime Index total
14. 20%
Amendment 6
police extortion
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
% minorities in law enforcement
15. 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
Amendment 4
Miranda vs. Arizona
Hudson vs. Palmer
16. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Ruled that the death penalty was NOT cruel and unusual punishment
Miranda vs. Arizona
New York
List Part 1 crimes
Gregg vs. Georgia
17. First Juvenile hall
New York
Crime Index total
Tennessee vs. Garner
allocution
18. Boston (1838)
ROBBERY
First US Police dept
allocution
Powell vs. Alabama
19. What is the U.S. Justice System based on?
Crime Index total
LARCENY
Benefits
English Law
20. Voluntary - 95% participate - only the highest scoring offense is scored and the rest are ignored
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
UCR Participation
Tennessee vs. Garner
actus reu
21. 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
New York
First Juvenile Court in the United States
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
Difference between Parole and Probation
22. 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
Amendment 4
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
Juvenile Status offenses
23. '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
UCR vs. NCVS
mala prohibita
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
24. Due process - double jeopardy - self incrimination - eminent domain
NCVS
UCR vs. NCVS
Amendment 5
Adkins vs. Virginia
25. 1215 - Magna Carta
First Juvenile Court in the United States
List Part 1 crimes
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
Shock probation
26. 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
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
loco parentis
Gideon vs. Wainwright
allocution
27. 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
Pendleton Act
Parens patriae
UCR vs. NCVS
28. 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
Hudson vs. Palmer
BURGLARY
Mapp vs. Ohio
UCR Participation
29. What would make an Officer want to stay in the police force longer?
Juveniles
Before interrogation
Benefits
status offenses
30. 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
LEAA
Hudson vs. Palmer
Juveniles
Juvenile Status offenses
31. Wrong only because it is prohibited - unlawful act by virtue of statute
ROBBERY
Amendment 6
% minorities in law enforcement
mala prohibita
32. No excessive bail - no cruel and unusual punishment
equation to figure crime rate
mens rea
Amendment 8
% of women in law enforcement
33. 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.'
Amendment 4
Prisons growing
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
Amendment 8
34. Trial by jury - rights of the accused - Confrontation of witnesses - Speedy trial - Public trial - Right to counsel
Amendment 8
Amendment 6
Gregg vs. Georgia
US v Leon
35. 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
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
Difference between Parole and Probation
LARCENY
36. Where did common law come ?
11th century England
Auburn Prison system design
List Part 1 crimes
Juvenile Status offenses
37. When must a suspect be informed of their Miranda rights?
% minorities in law enforcement
BURGLARY
Before interrogation
UCR Participation
38. Exclusionary rule (comes from 4th - 5th and 6th) - Tax books were illegally seized - Evidence not admissible in court - 'fruit from poisoned tree' theory -
Amendment 6
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
US v Leon
Drug use
39. 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
appellate court
Amendment 14
Terry v. Ohio
Miranda rights
40. Guilty mind - act does not make guilty without the mind - add actus rea to mens rea = crime
US v Leon
First Juvenile Court in the United States
mens rea
Miranda vs. Arizona
41. Growing quickly - 3 mil+ since 2010 - Strict sentencing and economic benefits
11th century England
Pendleton Act
writ of habeas corpus
Prisons growing
42. 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
Payton vs. New York
equation to figure crime rate
Before interrogation
Terry v. Ohio
43. Payton - Terry - Leon - Mapp - Tenn - Hudson
Amendment 4
First Police Dept
Mapp vs. Ohio
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
44. 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
allocution
Benefits
Kent vs. US
Pendleton Act
45. Wrong or evil - conduct wrong by nature - used as the basis for common law
mala in se
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
46. Fastest growing group of criminals in the United States
Benefits
US v Leon
Amendment 8
Juveniles
47. 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
Amendment 14
writ of habeas corpus
Drug use
exclusionary rule versions
48. 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 -
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
% of women in law enforcement
Payton vs. New York
Tennessee vs. Garner
49. Federal program - supports Law enforcement - gives grants for education and technology
ROBBERY
LEAA
List Part 1 crimes
Juvenile Status offenses
50. 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
loco parentis
UCR
Right to remain silent case