Chapter 1 & 2

Question 0

Due process model

Answer 0

Criminal defendants should be presumed innocent, courts must protect suspects right and there must be some limits placed on police powers

Question 1

Crime control model

Answer 1

A model that emphasizes law and order n argues that every effort must be made to suppress crime n to try, convict and incarcerate offenders

Question 2

Crime control Due process

Views CJS as an:
Goal of CJ:
Values emphasized:
Process of adjudication:
Focus on:

Answer 2

Crime control Due Process
Views: assembly line. Obstacle course
Goal: controllin crime . Protectin rights
VE: efficiency/speed/finality. Reliability
PA: informal formal
Focus: factual guilt. Legal guilt

Question 3

Prosecution

Answer 3

The brining of charges against an individual, based on probable cause, so as to cause the matter to go to court.

Question 4

What are the sequence of events ?

Answer 4

Booking
              1st appearance
Grand jury.             Preliminary hearing
 Indictment
              Arraignment
                   Trail
                 Convicted
                Sentencing
                 Appellate

Question 5

Adjudication

Answer 5

The legal resolution of a dispute by a judge or jury

Ex: when one declared guilty or a juvenile is declared to be dependent and neglected

Question 6

Sanction

Answer 6

A penalty or punishment

Question 7

Parole

Answer 7

Early release from prison, with conditions attached and under supervision of a parole agency

Question 8

Determinate sentence

Answer 8

A specific fixed period sentence ordered by a court

Question 9

Discretion

Answer 9

Authority to make decisions in enforcing the law based on ones observations and judgment rather than the letter of law

Question 10

Ethics

Answer 10

A set of rules or values that spell out appropriate human conduct

Question 11

Civil law

Answer 11

No criminal law, usually relating to settling disputes between private citizens

Question 12

Plaintiff

Answer 12

The party who is bringing a lawsuit or initiating a legal action against someone else

Question 13

Defendant

Answer 13

A person against whom a criminal charge is pending, one charged with a crime

Question 14

Burden of proof

Answer 14

The requirement that the state must meet to introduce evidence or establish facts

Question 15

Reasonable doubt

Answer 15

The standard used by jurors to arrive at a verdict whether or not the government (prosecutor) has established guilt beyond a reasonable doubt

Question 16

Substantive law

Answer 16

The body of law that spells out the elements of criminal acts

Question 17

Procedural law

Answer 17

Rules that set forth how substantive laws are to be enforced, such as those covering arrest, search, & seizure

Question 18

Intent, specific

Answer 18

A purposeful act or state of mind to commit a crime

Question 19

Motive

Answer 19

The reason for committing a crime

Question 20

Felony

Answer 20

A serious offense with a possible sentence of more than a year in prison

Question 21

Crime against persons

Answer 21

A violent crime, to include murder, rape, robbery, and assault

Question 22

Felony-murder rule

Answer 22

The legal doctrine that says if a death occurs during the commission of a felony, perpetrator of the crime may be charged with murder in the first degree

Question 23

An offender who recidivates has done what?

Answer 23

Committed a new crime

Question 24

What does it mean to have character

Answer 24

One would never betray his or her fellow human beings

Question 25

True or false.

One of the judges primary responsibilities is determining whether or not to file charges in a criminal case

Answer 25

False

Question 26

True or false. Law enforcement executives such as police chiefs & sheriffs are immune from political pressures because of their high levels of integrity

Answer 26

False