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DSST Criminal Justice And Law Enforcement
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1. Where did common law come ?
Amendment 14
appellate court
11th century England
allocution
2. First Juvenile hall
UCR limitations
New York
Prisons growing
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
3. Citizenship clause - due process - equal protection - impeachment - debt
Drug use
Amendment 14
Tennessee vs. Garner
writ of habeas corpus
4. 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
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
Kent vs. US
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
police extortion
5. 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
status offenses
Auburn Prison system design
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
6. 6th amendment counsel must be provided for indigent (poor) defendants
% minorities in law enforcement
Gideon vs. Wainwright
UCR Participation
Amendment 5
7. 1215 - Magna Carta
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
Drug use
loco parentis
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
8. Payton - Terry - Leon - Mapp - Tenn - Hudson
UCR vs. NCVS
Miranda rights
Powell vs. Alabama
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
9. Does not include homicides - survey of households - expensive to conduct - covers the frequency of crime victimization
English Law
Adkins vs. Virginia
appellate court
NCVS
10. Wrong only because it is prohibited - unlawful act by virtue of statute
First Juvenile Court in the United States
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
mala prohibita
mala in se
11. Actions prohibited by a class - most often committed by minors - motive not considered
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
Adkins vs. Virginia
List Index crimes
status offenses
12. The Metropolitan Police Department of London
Amendment 14
List Part 1 crimes
% minorities in law enforcement
First Police Dept
13. 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
Adkins vs. Virginia
Gregg vs. Georgia
allocution
Hudson vs. Palmer
14. Exclusionary rule (comes from 4th - 5th and 6th) - Tax books were illegally seized - Evidence not admissible in court - 'fruit from poisoned tree' theory -
appellate court
First Police Dept
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
writ of habeas corpus
15. 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
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
Miranda rights
Powell vs. Alabama
16. What victimless crime would be most likely to be prosecuted?
Amendment 4
% minorities in law enforcement
Drug use
First US Police dept
17. 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
% minorities in law enforcement
First Police Dept
Amendment 5
loco parentis
18. Wrong or evil - conduct wrong by nature - used as the basis for common law
New York
% of women in law enforcement
Pendleton Act
mala in se
19. Guilty act - external or objective of the crime
actus reu
Amendment 5
First Juvenile Court in the United States
First Police Dept
20. 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
% of women in law enforcement
equation to figure crime rate
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
Gregg vs. Georgia
21. Civil service reform - 1883 - gov jobs on basis of merit - exams - not politics
Pendleton Act
Benefits
Shock probation
Parens patriae
22. 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 6
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
Amendment 5
Gideon vs. Wainwright
23. Growing quickly - 3 mil+ since 2010 - Strict sentencing and economic benefits
Mapp vs. Ohio
English Law
Prisons growing
First US Police dept
24. 'State as parent' - state serves as parent of juvenile (father)
Gregg vs. Georgia
Mapp vs. Ohio
Before interrogation
Parens patriae
25. 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
LARCENY
Terry v. Ohio
First US Police dept
Amendment 8
26. What is the U.S. Justice System based on?
UCR
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
Powell vs. Alabama
English Law
27. 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 6
Auburn Prison system design
% of women in law enforcement
exclusionary rule versions
28. Voluntary - 95% participate - only the highest scoring offense is scored and the rest are ignored
mala prohibita
UCR Participation
English Law
Amendment 8
29. 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
Amendment 8
First Police Dept
UCR limitations
Tennessee vs. Garner
30. 16%
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
% of women in law enforcement
31. 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
Benefits
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
ROBBERY
Mapp vs. Ohio
32. No unreasonable search and seizure - no warrant without probable cause
Prisons growing
Amendment 4
% of women in law enforcement
equation to figure crime rate
33. No excessive bail - no cruel and unusual punishment
US v Leon
Amendment 8
UCR
First Police Dept
34. 20%
status offenses
% minorities in law enforcement
Parens patriae
% of women in law enforcement
35. Fastest growing group of criminals in the United States
Amendment 6
First Juvenile Court in the United States
Juveniles
Gideon vs. Wainwright
36. Willful homicide - forcible rape - robbery - burglary - aggravated assault - larceny over $50 - motor vehicle theft - arson
mala in se
List Index crimes
actus reu
Crime Index total
37. 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
US v Leon
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
LEAA
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
38. 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
First US Police dept
Difference between Parole and Probation
Crime Index total
LEAA
39. Murder and nonnegligent homicide; nonlethal violent crimes comprising robbery - forcible rape and aggravated assault; property crimes comprising burglary - larceny/theft - motor vehicle theft -arson
11th century England
List Part 1 crimes
BURGLARY
UCR
40. New York
police extortion
New York
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
Powell vs. Alabama
41. Person receives money through coercion - Demanding money for not writing ticket
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
NCVS
police extortion
11th century England
42. 4TH amendment - search and seizure - Good faith exception to exclusionary rule - Good faith (bona fides) = officer believes the search warrant is valid
Miranda vs. Arizona
Shock probation
US v Leon
Crime Index total
43. 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)
List Index crimes
Payton vs. New York
police extortion
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
Kent vs. US
US v Leon
LARCENY
Prisons growing
45. 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
allocution
% minorities in law enforcement
Crime Index total
ROBBERY
46. Boston (1838)
appellate court
First US Police dept
exclusionary rule versions
Kent vs. US
47. 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
NCVS
List Part 1 crimes
Drug use
Miranda rights
48. When must a suspect be informed of their Miranda rights?
status offenses
% of women in law enforcement
Amendment 14
Before interrogation
49. 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
Terry v. Ohio
equation to figure crime rate
BURGLARY
actus reu
50. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Ruled that the death penalty was NOT cruel and unusual punishment
Tennessee vs. Garner
police extortion
US v Leon
Gregg vs. Georgia