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38 Cards in this Set
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Maintenance order |
Keep order |
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Community oriented policing |
A policing strategy that depends on getting community members to address problems that plague their neighborhoods |
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When do the majority of patrol officers contacts with the public occur? |
Traffic stops |
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What is the application of scientific knowledge and investigation on criminal investigations? |
CSI and forensics |
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Chain of command |
The line of authority that extends throughout a police organization |
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Do people like police? |
Yes |
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Who can make a constitutional violation? |
The government |
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Cruel and unusual punishment is prohibited by which amendment? |
8th |
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What amendment forces a speedy trial? |
6th |
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What amendment prohibits unreasonable search and seizure? |
4th |
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What is the bill of rights? |
The first ten amendments |
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Approximately how many cases does the U.S. supreme court hear each year? |
80 each year, fewer than 1% are accepted |
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What amendment prohibits double jeopardy? |
5th |
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What is the highest court you can appeal to in U.S.? |
Supreme Court |
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What are different names for trial courts? |
Superior courts, district courts, circuit courts and supreme courts |
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Do police always have to read you your miranda rights? |
No |
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Local legal culture |
A shared understanding of how cases should be processed |
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Crime control model of incarceration |
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 |
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 |
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? |
Hard |
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Voir dire |
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? |
Crimes against property and crimes against persons |
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What are parole officers tasked with? |
Helping offenders readjust to the community and preventing new crimes |
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How many people are on parole? |
Approximately 819,308 |
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Adjudication |
A formal judgement |
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What percent of prisoners are women? |
12.1% |
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How many different types of prisons are there? |
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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? |
$47,102 |
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What is another name for conditional release? |
Parole |
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Good time credits |
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? |
1960's |
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What system used full isolation in prison? |
Pennsylvania system |
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Motion |
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 |
A court's legal power to hear a particular case |
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Problem oriented policing (POP) |
Policing strategy based on conducting specific and detailed research on a community's problems to discover the underlying dynamics of crime |