Intro to the Legal System
A person forges another person's signature on a check for over $1,000. Is this a civil or criminal matter?
criminal
How many degrees of murder are there?
three
Which step is the process of collecting/obtaining and comprehending the evidence of any particular case?
investigation
What is the term for formally/officially giving someone a punishment for committing a crime?
sentencing
True or False: Juveniles have the right to a jury trial
False: always a bench trial in juvenile cases
A person is accused of breaking the conditions of a contract for replacing a roof on a local factory. Is this a civil or a criminal matter?
civil
This crime involves following or monitoring the behaviors toward another person that makes said person feel unsafe.
stalking
Which step is the most important job of the prosecutor, and is a structured process where the facts of a case are presented to a jury
trial
Which view of sentencing is based around the idea of punishing someone so that others don't commit similar crimes in the future?
deterrance
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Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
John Roberts
This crime is any attempt OR threat to physically attack someone......
assault
Which amendment gives you the right to a speedy and public trial.
6th Amendment
What is the name for the process where newly incarcerated individuals come to accept their place in the prison system?
institutionalization
This is the minimum delinquency age in the state of Wisconsin (lowest age you can be sentenced in juvenile court).
10
What is the blanket term for the most serious category of crimes?
felonies
Murder is the most serious form of what crime against a person?
homicide
What amendment gives you the right to privacy?
4th (unreasonable search and seizure)
Which prisoner category can be described as prisoners who do anything to escape the realities of prison life?
The Retreatist
In juvenile court, this term is used instead of crimes to represent the juveniles wrongdoing
offenses
Names for federal jury service come from:
voter lists from Presidential elections
Vehicular Homicide (killing someone in a car accident) is the most common form of what crime against a person?
negligent homicide
This is the level of certainty needed to convict an individual in a court of law.
Beyond a reasonable doubt
What is the main problem in today's prison system in the United States according to your notes?
overcrowding
Who is the young man who's case revolutionized Juvenile Law in the United States, after he was held at age 15 without his parents knowledge and was sentenced to 6 years in an institution without any witness testimony.
Gerald Gault