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DSST Criminal Justice And Law Enforcement
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1. Guilty act - external or objective of the crime
Parens patriae
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
Pendleton Act
actus reu
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.
Juveniles
actus reu
UCR vs. NCVS
Hudson vs. Palmer
3. Federal program - supports Law enforcement - gives grants for education and technology
LEAA
Shock probation
First US Police dept
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
4. Willful homicide - forcible rape - robbery - burglary - aggravated assault - larceny over $50 - motor vehicle theft - arson
Adkins vs. Virginia
List Index crimes
loco parentis
Miranda rights
5. 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
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
List Part 1 crimes
loco parentis
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
6. New York had first due process clause in their bill of rights - NY insisted due process be added to US BOR - Madison added it
% of women in law enforcement
First Police Dept
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
status offenses
7. 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
List Part 1 crimes
Gideon vs. Wainwright
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
8. 1215 - Magna Carta
11th century England
Amendment 5
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
9. Illinois - 1899
% of women in law enforcement
New York
Adkins vs. Virginia
First Juvenile Court in the United States
10. 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
Juveniles
ROBBERY
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Terry v. Ohio
11. Civil service reform - 1883 - gov jobs on basis of merit - exams - not politics
Prisons growing
Right to remain silent case
Parens patriae
Pendleton Act
12. Citizenship clause - due process - equal protection - impeachment - debt
UCR limitations
Miranda rights
Part II offenses
Amendment 14
13. 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
exclusionary rule versions
writ of habeas corpus
Juvenile Status offenses
police extortion
14. Guilty mind - act does not make guilty without the mind - add actus rea to mens rea = crime
exclusionary rule versions
mens rea
equation to figure crime rate
First US Police dept
15. What would make an Officer want to stay in the police force longer?
Miranda rights
Payton vs. New York
% minorities in law enforcement
Benefits
16. Fastest growing group of criminals in the United States
English Law
Juveniles
police extortion
Crime Index total
17. 4th and 5th amendment - Interrogation responses allowed only when attorney rights have been understood and waived
Payton vs. New York
Miranda vs. Arizona
New York
Gideon vs. Wainwright
18. 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
Kent vs. US
Amendment 8
exclusionary rule versions
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
19. The Metropolitan Police Department of London
mala in se
List Part 1 crimes
First Police Dept
writ of habeas corpus
20. Actions prohibited by a class - most often committed by minors - motive not considered
status offenses
UCR limitations
Amendment 4
Hudson vs. Palmer
21. No unreasonable search and seizure - no warrant without probable cause
Amendment 4
BURGLARY
Difference between Parole and Probation
Mapp vs. Ohio
22. First Juvenile hall
% minorities in law enforcement
Amendment 5
Right to remain silent case
New York
23. 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
Right to remain silent case
UCR vs. NCVS
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
New York
24. 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
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Mapp vs. Ohio
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
25. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Death penalty not allowed for mentally retarded persons
police extortion
Adkins vs. Virginia
UCR limitations
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
26. Speaking out - defendant speaking out on their own behalf prior sentencing
Amendment 4
% of women in law enforcement
Prisons growing
allocution
27. 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
exclusionary rule versions
US v Leon
Hudson vs. Palmer
allocution
28. Judge ordered incarceration for a short time (30-120 days) - the release to probation (aka reconsider then recall)
Shock probation
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
List Index crimes
First US Police dept
29. All police departments' stats - published in summary form - FBI - 29 types of offenses -
mala in se
Shock probation
UCR
Mapp vs. Ohio
30. Trial by jury - rights of the accused - Confrontation of witnesses - Speedy trial - Public trial - Right to counsel
ROBBERY
11th century England
Amendment 5
Amendment 6
31. 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
Miranda vs. Arizona
Part II offenses
New York
List Part 1 crimes
32. Where did common law come ?
New York
Right to remain silent case
List Part 1 crimes
11th century England
33. 6th amendment counsel must be provided for indigent (poor) defendants
UCR
Terry v. Ohio
Gideon vs. Wainwright
actus reu
34. 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
Juvenile Status offenses
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
Benefits
actus reu
35. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Ruled that the death penalty was NOT cruel and unusual punishment
% minorities in law enforcement
Gregg vs. Georgia
Benefits
11th century England
36. Due process - double jeopardy - self incrimination - eminent domain
Shock probation
Amendment 5
English Law
UCR limitations
37. 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
Miranda rights
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
Auburn Prison system design
ROBBERY
38. 20%
LEAA
mens rea
% minorities in law enforcement
Kent vs. US
39. 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 14
Amendment 5
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
40. 'State as parent' - state serves as parent of juvenile (father)
writ of habeas corpus
Parens patriae
Hudson vs. Palmer
US v Leon
41. Payton - Terry - Leon - Mapp - Tenn - Hudson
appellate court
First Juvenile Court in the United States
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
Pendleton Act
42. Boston (1838)
Gideon vs. Wainwright
actus reu
First US Police dept
Kent vs. US
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
New York
LARCENY
Amendment 8
Amendment 14
44. 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
Part II offenses
% of women in law enforcement
actus reu
Difference between Parole and Probation
45. Voluntary - 95% participate - only the highest scoring offense is scored and the rest are ignored
Amendment 5
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
UCR Participation
Juveniles
46. 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
Tennessee vs. Garner
appellate court
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
BURGLARY
47. 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 -
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
Payton vs. New York
Powell vs. Alabama
Terry v. Ohio
48. 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
Shock probation
UCR limitations
Prisons growing
Payton vs. New York
49. No excessive bail - no cruel and unusual punishment
Amendment 8
mala in se
Juveniles
UCR limitations
50. 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
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Terry v. Ohio
List Part 1 crimes