Criminal Justice 101 Final

Front 1

Maintenance order

Back 1

Keep order

Front 2

Community oriented policing

Back 2

A policing strategy that depends on getting community members to address problems that plague their neighborhoods

Front 3

When do the majority of patrol officers contacts with the public occur?

Back 3

Traffic stops

Front 4

What is the application of scientific knowledge and investigation on criminal investigations?

Back 4

CSI and forensics

Front 5

Chain of command

Back 5

The line of authority that extends throughout a police organization

Front 6

Do people like police?

Back 6

Yes

Front 7

Who can make a constitutional violation?

Back 7

The government

Front 8

Cruel and unusual punishment is prohibited by which amendment?

Back 8

8th

Front 9

What amendment forces a speedy trial?

Back 9

6th

Front 10

What amendment prohibits unreasonable search and seizure?

Back 10

4th

Front 11

What is the bill of rights?

Back 11

The first ten amendments

Front 12

Approximately how many cases does the U.S. supreme court hear each year?

Back 12

80 each year, fewer than 1% are accepted

Front 13

What amendment prohibits double jeopardy?

Back 13

5th

Front 14

What is the highest court you can appeal to in U.S.?

Back 14

Supreme Court

Front 15

What are different names for trial courts?

Back 15

Superior courts, district courts, circuit courts and supreme courts

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Do police always have to read you your miranda rights?

Back 16

No

Front 17

Local legal culture

Back 17

A shared understanding of how cases should be processed

Front 18

Crime control model of incarceration

Back 18

A corrections model that has as its primary goal suppression and containment of the behavior of criminals

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Rehabilitation model of incarceration

Back 19

A viewpoint that assumes the offender is inherently a good person and that focuses on changing the offender's behavior

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Peremptory challenge

Back 20

An attorney removes a prospective junior she feels will not be sympathetic to her side of the case

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Is policing a multicultural society easy or hard?

Back 21

Hard

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Voir dire

Back 22

The process of questioning prospective jurors about their background, opinions and knowledge relevant to a particular case (helps tell if they will be biased)

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Most victimisations fall under what two categories?

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Crimes against property and crimes against persons

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What are parole officers tasked with?

Back 24

Helping offenders readjust to the community and preventing new crimes

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How many people are on parole?

Back 25

Approximately 819,308

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Adjudication

Back 26

A formal judgement

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What percent of prisoners are women?

Back 27

12.1%

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How many different types of prisons are there?

Front 29

What percent of felony arrests go to a full jury trial?

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What is the approximate cost of maintaining a California prisoner?

Back 30

$47,102

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What is another name for conditional release?

Back 31

Parole

Front 32

Good time credits

Back 32

Time taken off a prison sentence for an inmate's satisfactory behavior or for participating in a prison program

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When is capital punishment allowed by U.S. supreme court?

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When is prisoner rights era?

Back 34

1960's

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What system used full isolation in prison?

Back 35

Pennsylvania system

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Motion

Back 36

A motion is an oral or written request made to the court for a ruling, or an order, on a particular point

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Jurisdiction

Back 37

A court's legal power to hear a particular case

Front 38

Problem oriented policing (POP)

Back 38

Policing strategy based on conducting specific and detailed research on a community's problems to discover the underlying dynamics of crime