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DSST Criminal Justice And Law Enforcement

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1. Illinois - 1899






2. 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






3. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Death penalty not allowed for mentally retarded persons






4. Actions prohibited by a class - most often committed by minors - motive not considered






5. 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






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






7. 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.






8. 1215 - Magna Carta






9. 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






10. '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






11. Due process - double jeopardy - self incrimination - eminent domain






12. 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






13. Civil service reform - 1883 - gov jobs on basis of merit - exams - not politics






14. Does not include homicides - survey of households - expensive to conduct - covers the frequency of crime victimization






15. 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






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






17. New York






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






19. 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






20. 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






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






22. Empowered to hear appeal of lower trial court






23. 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 -






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






25. Guilty act - external or objective of the crime






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






27. 6th amendment counsel must be provided for indigent (poor) defendants






28. Person receives money through coercion - Demanding money for not writing ticket






29. The Metropolitan Police Department of London






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






31. Sheriff






32. 16%






33. Miranda vs. Arizona






34. What victimless crime would be most likely to be prosecuted?






35. No unreasonable search and seizure - no warrant without probable cause






36. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Ruled that the death penalty was NOT cruel and unusual punishment






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






38. 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






39. 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






40. Exclusionary rule (comes from 4th - 5th and 6th) - Tax books were illegally seized - Evidence not admissible in court - 'fruit from poisoned tree' theory -






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






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






43. 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






44. 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






45. 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






46. Wrong only because it is prohibited - unlawful act by virtue of statute






47. Fastest growing group of criminals in the United States






48. What would make an Officer want to stay in the police force longer?






49. 4TH amendment - search and seizure - Good faith exception to exclusionary rule - Good faith (bona fides) = officer believes the search warrant is valid






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