Policing
Courts
Sentencing
Death Penalty
Corrections
100
The level of proof needed for a police to make an arrest.
What is probable cause
100
The last court to hear an appeal and which the question under consideration concerns a violation of the U.S. Constitution.
What is the United States Supreme Court
100
Jackie was convicted of 3 crimes. On crime A she was sentenced to 4 years in prison, crime B for 3 years and for Crime C for 15 years. Jackie is to serve a total of 15 years in prison.
What is concurrent sentencing
100
The state that has executed the most people since 1976
What is Texas
100
Facility that holds convicted prisoners who are sentenced to be incarcerated for one year or more
What is a prison
200
The backbone of municipal and county police agencies.
What is Patrol.
200
The person in the courtroom who is responsible for the security of the courtroom.
What is a bailiff
200
The sentencing philosophy when a person is ordered to undergo drug treatment and attend anger management classes.
What is rehabilitation
200
Number of states that currently have the death penalty
What is 33
200
The sentence that keeps offender in the community yet provides oversight, rehabilitation options and allows offender to work.
What is probation
300
Officer Jones put Sammy in handcuffs and while walking Sammy to the police vehicle, intentially tripped Sammy who fell to the ground. At that time the officer kicked Sammy several times in the ribs and head. Sammy was docile and not fighting during this whole time.
What is police brutality (excessive use of force)
300
A court that hears testimony from witnesses regarding a crime and in which a judge or a jury determines the guilt of the defendant.
What is a trial court or a court of original jurisdiction court.
300
The jury heard evidence during a sentencing hearing that Joey, convicted of armed robbery, had been physically abused and locked in a closet when he was 10 years old and those actions caused Joey to be very angry. Joey asked the jury to consider those factors when sentencing him.
What are mitigating circumstances
300
The 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the death penalty was found to violate the 14th and 8th Amendments
What is Furman v. Georgia
300
Community oversight of an offender upon conditional release from a prison
What is parole
400
The U.S. Supreme Court case that allows a police officer to stop, frisk and question Henry, if the officer believes that Henry has committed, is about to commit or is committing a crime.
What is Terry v. Ohio
400
A request to another court to review the actions of the trial court to determine if the rights of the offender were violated.
What is an appeal
400
Fines, Community Service, Probation/Community Supervision, jail terms and prison incarceration.
What are sentencing options.
400
The 1976 U.S. Supreme Court case that allowed the death penalty to be reinstated
What is Gregg v. Georgia
400
Early prison system in which prisoners were kept separate from others and in their own cell 24 hours a day during which they were to reflect and repent.
What is the Pennsylvania Model or separate confinement prison.
500
Characteristics such as race, age, and gender that a police officer uses as part of her decision to make an arrest - although the characteristics have nothing to do with the crime.
What are nonlegal (extra legal) factors.
500
During a jury trial, the evidence in which a victim describes what happened when he was robbed.
What is Testimony Evidence.
500
Alice was convicted of 4 offenses and her sentence is to run consecutively. Her sentences are: 5 years Crime A; 10 years Crime B; 6 years Crime C and 15 years Crime D.
What is 36 years in prison
500
A defendant who murdered a clerk during a robbery but who is determined to be mentally retarded
What is a person who cannot be executed
500
Process of adjusting and assiimilating to being incarcerated
What is prisonization
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