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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






2. 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






3. Empowered to hear appeal of lower trial court






4. 6th amendment counsel must be provided for indigent (poor) defendants






5. 'State as parent' - state serves as parent of juvenile (father)






6. Growing quickly - 3 mil+ since 2010 - Strict sentencing and economic benefits






7. All police departments' stats - published in summary form - FBI - 29 types of offenses -






8. Where did common law come ?






9. Miranda vs. Arizona






10. 4TH amendment - search and seizure - Good faith exception to exclusionary rule - Good faith (bona fides) = officer believes the search warrant is valid






11. 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






12. Citizenship clause - due process - equal protection - impeachment - debt






13. 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.






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






15. 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






16. Speaking out - defendant speaking out on their own behalf prior sentencing






17. 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






18. 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






19. The Metropolitan Police Department of London






20. Sheriff






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






22. No excessive bail - no cruel and unusual punishment






23. Guilty act - external or objective of the crime






24. 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






25. 20%






26. 1215 - Magna Carta






27. Voluntary - 95% participate - only the highest scoring offense is scored and the rest are ignored






28. 16%






29. 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






30. Fastest growing group of criminals in the United States






31. 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 -






32. What is the U.S. Justice System based on?






33. 4th and 5th amendment - Interrogation responses allowed only when attorney rights have been understood and waived






34. 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






35. 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






36. Judge ordered incarceration for a short time (30-120 days) - the release to probation (aka reconsider then recall)






37. 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






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






39. When must a suspect be informed of their Miranda rights?






40. Guilty mind - act does not make guilty without the mind - add actus rea to mens rea = crime






41. First Juvenile hall






42. New York






43. New York had first due process clause in their bill of rights - NY insisted due process be added to US BOR - Madison added it






44. Payton - Terry - Leon - Mapp - Tenn - Hudson






45. 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.'






46. Willful homicide - forcible rape - robbery - burglary - aggravated assault - larceny over $50 - motor vehicle theft - arson






47. Murder and nonnegligent homicide; nonlethal violent crimes comprising robbery - forcible rape and aggravated assault; property crimes comprising burglary - larceny/theft - motor vehicle theft -arson






48. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Death penalty not allowed for mentally retarded persons






49. 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






50. 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