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DSST Criminal Justice And Law Enforcement
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1. Citizenship clause - due process - equal protection - impeachment - debt
Drug use
Amendment 14
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
Juveniles
2. 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
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
BURGLARY
UCR limitations
UCR
3. What would make an Officer want to stay in the police force longer?
Benefits
Auburn Prison system design
actus reu
Mapp vs. Ohio
4. 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
Before interrogation
Part II offenses
Miranda vs. Arizona
Tennessee vs. Garner
5. 1215 - Magna Carta
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
List Index crimes
allocution
UCR Participation
6. Judge ordered incarceration for a short time (30-120 days) - the release to probation (aka reconsider then recall)
Hudson vs. Palmer
Shock probation
Miranda vs. Arizona
Gideon vs. Wainwright
7. Guilty act - external or objective of the crime
List Part 1 crimes
UCR Participation
actus reu
mens rea
8. Payton - Terry - Leon - Mapp - Tenn - Hudson
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
Pendleton Act
Drug use
UCR
9. Empowered to hear appeal of lower trial court
appellate court
mala prohibita
Adkins vs. Virginia
status offenses
10. Person receives money through coercion - Demanding money for not writing ticket
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
Gregg vs. Georgia
police extortion
writ of habeas corpus
11. 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.'
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
Robert Peel (1788 to 1850)
mala prohibita
% minorities in law enforcement
12. Speaking out - defendant speaking out on their own behalf prior sentencing
allocution
Auburn Prison system design
Amendment 6
UCR
13. 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
LARCENY
exclusionary rule versions
NCVS
Mapp vs. Ohio
14. Sheriff
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
Pendleton Act
equation to figure crime rate
Miranda rights
15. Willful homicide - forcible rape - robbery - burglary - aggravated assault - larceny over $50 - motor vehicle theft - arson
% of women in law enforcement
police extortion
mala in se
List Index crimes
16. 16%
loco parentis
Crime Index total
% of women in law enforcement
First Juvenile Court in the United States
17. 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 -
Payton vs. New York
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
Auburn Prison system design
exclusionary rule versions
18. Due process - double jeopardy - self incrimination - eminent domain
Before interrogation
Amendment 5
List Part 1 crimes
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
19. 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
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
Hudson vs. Palmer
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
20. Where did common law come ?
11th century England
LARCENY
Parens patriae
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
21. What victimless crime would be most likely to be prosecuted?
Amendment 4
exclusionary rule versions
Which cases granted protection under the 4th amendment
Drug use
22. Wrong or evil - conduct wrong by nature - used as the basis for common law
Right to remain silent case
Adkins vs. Virginia
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
mala in se
23. 4th and 5th amendment - Interrogation responses allowed only when attorney rights have been understood and waived
Miranda vs. Arizona
Difference between Parole and Probation
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
First Juvenile Court in the United States
24. 'State as parent' - state serves as parent of juvenile (father)
Parens patriae
UCR Participation
actus reu
LARCENY
25. Does not include homicides - survey of households - expensive to conduct - covers the frequency of crime victimization
NCVS
List Index crimes
Amendment 5
Powell vs. Alabama
26. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Death penalty not allowed for mentally retarded persons
Adkins vs. Virginia
Juvenile Status offenses
mala in se
UCR Participation
27. New York had first due process clause in their bill of rights - NY insisted due process be added to US BOR - Madison added it
police extortion
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
Adkins vs. Virginia
Difference between Parole and Probation
28. Boston (1838)
mala in se
Amendment 6
First US Police dept
Kent vs. US
29. 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
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Mapp vs. Ohio
Amendment 4
List Index crimes
30. 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
US v Leon
Shock probation
UCR Participation
31. 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
Prisons growing
Juvenile Status offenses
ROBBERY
UCR Participation
32. Trial by jury - rights of the accused - Confrontation of witnesses - Speedy trial - Public trial - Right to counsel
Amendment 6
BURGLARY
Know what the Magna Carta is - and how it is intertwined with the constitution
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
33. 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.
UCR vs. NCVS
Where was the concept/right of due process first written down
Amendment 5
Parens patriae
34. No excessive bail - no cruel and unusual punishment
Amendment 4
UCR
Amendment 8
UCR Participation
35. First Juvenile hall
Part II offenses
New York
Benefits
Shock probation
36. When must a suspect be informed of their Miranda rights?
Before interrogation
ROBBERY
List Index crimes
Auburn Prison system design
37. Illinois - 1899
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
Auburn Prison system design
First Juvenile Court in the United States
Amendment 6
38. 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
allocution
Shock probation
mens rea
Hudson vs. Palmer
39. New York
First Police Dept
New York
Knapp Commission investigated police corruption in which US city
Adkins vs. Virginia
40. '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
Tennessee vs. Garner
allocution
writ of habeas corpus
exclusionary rule versions
41. 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
Pendleton Act
Auburn Prison system design
Amendment 4
BURGLARY
42. Exclusionary rule (comes from 4th - 5th and 6th) - Tax books were illegally seized - Evidence not admissible in court - 'fruit from poisoned tree' theory -
11th century England
What office would Americans - during the 17th and 18th century rely for protection
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S
UCR vs. NCVS
43. 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
Terry v. Ohio
mala in se
equation to figure crime rate
First Juvenile Court in the United States
44. 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
Vollmer (1876 to 1955)
Gregg vs. Georgia
List Part 1 crimes
45. 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
Powell vs. Alabama
appellate court
Crime Index total
UCR
46. 8th amendment - no cruel and unusual punishment - Ruled that the death penalty was NOT cruel and unusual punishment
% of women in law enforcement
Gregg vs. Georgia
Terry v. Ohio
Amendment 4
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
Amendment 14
Pendleton Act
List Part 1 crimes
List Index crimes
48. 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
Kent vs. US
Powell vs. Alabama
Amendment 14
49. 6th amendment counsel must be provided for indigent (poor) defendants
mens rea
Gideon vs. Wainwright
appellate court
O.W. Wilson (1900 to 1972)
50. 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
Prisons growing
NCVS
Part II offenses
LEAA