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17 Cards in this Set
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Fifth Amendment
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Right to an attorney
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the authority to make decisions by using one's own judgement and conscience which provides the basis for individualization and informality in the administration of justice.
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Discretion
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A primary goal of criminal justice that provides the basis for distinguishing the American system from those of authoritarian countries.
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doing justice
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An adjudication process presided over by a judge that handles most criminal cases in which there is no successful plea bargain.
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bench trial
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A document charging an individual with a specific crime prepared by a prosecuting attorney and presented to a court at a preliminary hearing.
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information
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A characteristic of the criminal justice system that leads criminal justice officials to be responsive to elected officials and legislative bodies.
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resource dependence
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Consists of separate judicial structures for states and for the national government.
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dual court system
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Intended to permit the release of defendants pending the processing of their cases if they do not pose a threat to the community.
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bail
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The physical taking of a person into custody on the ground that there is probable cause to believe that he or she has committed a crime.
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arrest
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A primary goal of criminal justice that involves apprehending, prosecuting, and punishing those who violate the law.
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controlling crime
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Stage in which formal charges are read and defendant enters a plea.
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arraignment
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Stage in which defendants are photographed and fingerprinted.
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booking
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Developed the crime control and due process models as the means to provide new insights into the nature of the criminal justice system.
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Herbert Packer
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Depicts cases within justice system as having specific characteristics that lead to various categories of cases to be processed in different ways.
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"wedding cake"
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Mutual transfer of resources or information that underlies the motivation and decisions of actors within the criminal justice system.
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exchange
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A document returned by a grand jury as a "true bill" charging an individual with a crime.
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indictment
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Depicts the criminal justice system as one that emphasizes efficient repression of crime through the exercise of discretion in administrative processing of cases.
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crime control model
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