The Supreme Court case which states that defendants must be advised of their constitutional rights
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
100
Two or more sentences imposed and served at the same time.
What is a concurrent sentence?
100
The local law enforcement official responsible for running the county jail.
Who is the Sheriff?
100
The most serious classification of crime
What is a felony?
100
The stage in the criminal justice process when a suspect's photographs and fingerprints are taken.
What is booking?
200
A partnership between the police and the community.
What is Community Oriented Policing?
200
When a judge determines if there are reasonable grounds to believe that a defendant committed a crime.
What is a preliminary hearing?
200
When an offender serves one sentence after another is completed
What are consecutive sentences?
200
The weapon used most often to commit murder
What are firearms?
200
Trial by jury is part of this Constitutional Amendment
What is the Sixth amendment?
300
The amendment that guarantees citizens the right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure and requires probable cause to obtain a search warrant.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
300
Who returns an indictment
What is the Grand Jury?
300
The reason that most federal offenders are incarcerated
What are drug offenses?
300
The unlawful taking or attempt to take property that is in the immediate possession of another, by force or threat of force.
What is robbery?
300
The scientific study of the causes and prevention of crime
What is criminology?
400
Known as the backbone of police work
What is patrol?
400
The legal term for procedural fairness
What is due process?
400
Supervised release of inmates from confinement.
What is parole?
400
Acts which use high tech to carry out terrorist acts.
What is cyberterrorism?
400
The Supreme Court case which gave juveniles many of the rights of adult defendants.
What is In re Gault?
500
This organization acts as a clearinghouse for information on suspects who operate across international boundaries.
What is Interpol?
500
A criminal offense punishable by death or incarceration for at least one year.
What is a felony
500
Sentencing philosophy that looks for vengeance.
What is retribution?
500
Interception of drug traffic at a nation's borders.
What is interdiction?
500
The amendment that prohibits an individual in a criminal case from being sentenced to a term longer than the statutory maximum.