Law Enforcement
Minimum age to be a police officer
18 years old
The only court the Constitution creates is the ________________.
What is the Supreme Court.
The main goal of corrections is to
Rehabilitate
A criminal justice perspective that assumes that the system's components work together harmoniously to achieve the social product we call justice.
What is the Consensus Model
activities against the law, but that do not result in injury to any individual other than the person who engages in them
What is victimless crime.
In 2021, how many police officers were there in the United States?
What is 660,228. (Have to have a number in the 600,000 to be correct)
The two court systems in the United States are
What is the state and federal court systems.
At the ____________, the court reads the formal charges and the defendant must enter a plea, generally guilty or not guilty.
What is arraignment.
A criminal justice model in which the content of criminal law is determined by the groups that hold economic, political, and social power in a community.
What is the Conflict Model
a crime that involves threat or uses force, including assault, murder, rape or robbery.
What is violent crime.
Main role of a police officer is
law enforcement and public safety (must have one to be correct)
The two kinds of legal cases are
What is civil and criminal cases.
This state created the first prison in 1790 when the Walnut Street Jail was transformed into the Walnut Street Prison
What is Pennsylvania
A criminal justice perspective that emphasizes the efficient arrest and conviction of criminal offenders.
What is the Crime Control Model
____ degree murder is more serious than 3rd degree murder.
What is 1st or 2nd degree
The Scott County Jail is the main detention facility for Scott County, Iowa, United States. By Iowa law, inmates can only be housed for no more than ______________.
What is no more than one year
A trial with no jury is called a ___________.
What is a bench trial
The suspension of an offender’s sentence in return for the promise of good behavior in the community under supervision is called
What is probation
A criminal justice perspective that emphasizes individual rights at all stages of justice system processing.
What is the Due Process Model
Public-order crime is defined as "crime which involves acts that interfere with the operations of society and the ability of people to function efficiently."
Which of the following is a public order crime: assault, disorderly conduct, or robbery.
What is disorderly conduct.
Which type of crimes in Iowa can juveniles not be fingerprinted for?
What is simple misdemeanors? (you can have misdemeanors)
The first court to hear a case is called
What is a trial court.
Davenport Work Release OWI Center - (WRC) is for State Probation and Parole offenders sentenced up to ________ months.
Robert Merton's theory that deviance occurs when a society does not give all its members equal ability to achieve socially acceptable goals.
What is the strain theory
A person shows _______ when they intentionally commit a crime without a reasonable excuse.
What is malice.