Criminal Justice Review
Criminal Justice Vocabulary
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Definitions
Case Law
100

What are the 3 components of the criminal justice system

What are law enforcement, courts and corrections

100

Court order supervision instead of jail is:

What is probation

100

The right to confront witnesses in protected by

What is the 6th amendment

100

This standard is based on specific and articulable facts that a person is involved in criminal activity but is less than probable cause

What is reasonable suspicion

100

In this landmark 1968 case the Supreme Court ruled that officers can stop and frisk a person based on reasonable suspicion

What is Terry v Ohio

200

What is the burden of proof in a criminal trial?

What is beyond a reasonable doubt

200

Returning to criminal behavior after release

What is recidivism

200

The government must provide this before taking private property for public

What is eminent domain

200

This higher standard is based on evidence that would lead to a reasonable person to believe a crime has been,is, or will be committed

What is probable cause

200

The Supreme Court determined that the death penalty for the crime of murder does not, in all circumstances, constitute cruel and unusual punishment

What is Gregg v Georgia

300

What is the standard police must meet before making a arrest

What is probable cause

300

Convicted of 2 misdemeanors the 3rd would become a

What is a habitual violator

300

Evidence illegally obtained in violation of the 4th amendment is excluded under this rule

What is the exclusionary rule

300

Reasonable suspicion is often enough to justify this kind of police action

What is stop and frisk

300

This 1985 case set limitations on the use of deadly force by police, particularly in non-violent situations

What is Tennessee v Garner

400

The constitutional concept requires the government to follow fair procedures

What is due process

400

A sentence where the offender serves time on weekends is called

What is intermittent sentencing

400

This clause guarantees that no one is deprived of life, liberty or property without due process

What is the Due Process Clause

400

Probable cause is generally required for these two actions by police

What is obtaining a search warrant and making an arrest

400

This case ruled that the death penalty is prohibited for juveniles

What is Roper v Simmons

500

Fines, probation, intermediate punishments, imprisonment and death are:

5 types of punishments used by the United States

500

This philosophy of punishment focuses on preventing future crimes by making an example

What is deterrence

500

This clause ensure that states cannot deny any person equal protection under the law

What is the Equal Protection Clause

500

The primary difference between reasonable suspicion and probable cause is the amount and reliability of this

What is evidence

500

This couple were convicted of the miscegenation laws and there case went to the Supreme Court. What were the first and last names of the couple

Richard and Mildred Loving

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