Courts Process
Legal Aspects
The Criminal Justice Process
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
100
A defined body of rules of conduct created by government and enforced by a government authority.
What is the law?
100
The principle of fairness; the ideal of moral equity.
What is Justice
100
The practice of negotiating with a defendant and his attorney concerning the terms of a guilty plea.
What is plea bargaining?
100
Statistical reporting program run by the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division.
What is Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program
100

The intentional murder of another human being.

What is homicide?

200
A jury that is unable to reach a decision.
What is a hung jury?
200
Conduct in violation of the criminal laws of a state, the federal government, or a local jurisdiction.
What is crime
200
A right guaranteed by the 4th, 5th, 6th and 14th amendments of the U.S. Constitution.
What is Due Process
200

The process of serving multiple sentences for different violations at the same time.

What is concurrent sentences?

200
A criminal offense committed against a person, property, or society that is motivated in whole or in part, by the offenders bias against race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity
What is hate crime
300
Having to prove the allegations as true.
What is burden of proof?
300
The rights guaranteed to all members of American society by the U.S. Constitution
What is Individual Rights
300
The hearing at which the defendant is notified of the charges against her; usually occurs shortly after arrest.
What is arraignment or preliminary arraignment?
300

The use of these types of sentences has dramatically increased the length of prison sentences for minor offenses like drug crimes

What is mandatory sentencing and three strikes laws?

300
The unlawful activities of the members highly organized, disciplined association engaged in supplying illegal goods or services, including gambling, prostitution, loan-sharking, narcotics, and labor racketeering.
What organized crim
400
Proof that it is more likely than not that an offense took place and that the defendant committed it.
What is probable cause?
400
The aggregate of all operating and administrative or technical support agencies support agencies that perform criminal justice functions.
What is the Criminal Justice System
400
You have the right to remain silent, anything you say can be used against you in court, you have the right to an attorney, if you cannot afford an attorney one will be provided for you at no cost.
What are the Miranda Warnings?
400
A UCR summary offense category that includes burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson
What is Property Crime
400
Any crime perpetrated through the use of computer technology.
What is computer crime
500

a body of persons sworn to hear the evidence against accused persons to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to bring those persons to trial

What is a grand jury?

500

The freedom from cruel and unusual punishment, freedom from excessive bail

What are the 8th amendment?

500
Crime-fighting strategies that have been scientifically tested and are based on social science research
What is evidence-based practice
500
the unlawful killing of a human being
What is murder
500
a violent act or an act dangerous to human life in violation of the criminal laws of the U.S. committed to intimidate or coerce a government
What is terrorism
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