Policing
Search and Seizure
Trials
The Prisons Category
Criminal Investigations
100
This policing method involves little contact with the community and relies on police radios to direct cars to emergency situations.
What is motorized rapid response?
100
Kaitlyn is arrested for being a minor in posession of alcohol. She has a purse with her and the cops dump out all it's contents. Name the 4th Amendment exception that applies. Then decide whether this search was legal.
What is incident to arrest? What is yes it was legal?
100
This special cross-examination rule states that cross-examining attorneys may only ask questions on topics that were brought up during the direct-examination.
What is scope?
100
This style of punishment seeks to isolate the criminal from society to protect ordinary citizens. A criticism of this style is that eventually, the criminal will get out again.
What is incapacitation?
100
During this eyewitness identification, detectives show pictures for witnesses to choose from.
What is a throw down?
200
According to this theory of community policing, cops find out what is bothering residents and then they solve those problems through arrests. This shows that a neighborhood has not been neglected.
What is the broken windows theory?
200
Officer Johnson is patrolling his neighborhood when he hears screaming and a gun shot. He quickly runs to the house and breaks down the door. He does not have a warrant. Name the 4th Amendment exception.
What is exigent circumstances?
200
The purpose of this step of a trial is to persuasively summarize the strong points of your case while noting the flaws in the opposing side.
What is the closing argument?
200
This is the punishment style around which our Just Deserts Era is based.
What is retribution?
200
This is the one general criticism for all eyewitness identifications.
What is eyewitnesses are unreliable because the memory tries to fill in gaps that cannot be remembered?
300
Name one criticism of community policing.
What is it costs too much, it does not have the effect on crime that has been reported (crime dropped everywhere), and some cops don't like it because it takes away from their job and they don't want to share their power?
300
John has been arrested. The police read his Miranda Rights to him. Soon after, he waives his rights. Describe what he must have done to waive them.
What is he must have talked?
300
This type of evidence indirectly supports an element of a crime.
What is circumstantial evidence?
300
Describe why the Quakers created the first penitentiary and what its purpose was. Then describe whether it was successful in its goals.
What is because they felt other methods of punishment were too cruel? What is to correct behavior, not just to punish it? What is no, it was not successful because most either ended up sick, dead, or insane?
300
Describe two criticisms of using informants as an eyewitness identification.
What is most are criminals, they will say what you want them to say and juries don’t believe them at trials?
400
This unit of the local police investigates any reports of wrongdoing within the department.
What is the internal affairs unit?
400
The Supreme Court decision in New Jersey v. T.L.O. gave us 4 major findings. Describe two of these.
What is schools are government agencies? What is schools do not have to get search warrants? What is schools require reasonable suspicion not probable cause? What is one search can lead to another search?
400
Name two pros and two cons for plea bargaining.
Cons: What is the plea barganing process takes away from the carefully designed trial? What is innocent defendants will plead guilty because they fear losing? What is plea bargains turn justice into a game of "Let's Make a Deal"? What is plea bargains punish defedants who refuse to plea out? What is guilty people get less jail time than they deserve? Pros: What is plea bargains are 100% essential? What is it gives prosecutors time to pursue important cases? What is it saves victims of crimes from the emotional trauma? What is admitting guilt is the first step of rehabilitation? What is, more criminals go to jail because of plea bargaining? What is plea bargaining gets rid of harsh sentences for first-time defendants?
400
This get tough policy forces convicts to serve at least 85% of their sentence (no early parole).
What is truth-in-sentencing?
400
This crime lab unit examines and collects hairs, fibers, ropes, plants, and soil. Investigators in this unit can figure out what criminals were wearing the day the crime occurred.
What is the Trace Evidence Unit?
500
Name two things that can effect a person's perception of the police.
What is race, prior contacts with the police, whether they've been a victim, whether they've been a violent crime victim, and how safe they feel in their neighborhood?
500
Describe the exclusionary rule.
What is no illegally obtained evidence may be presented in court to convict a defendant whose 4th, 5th, or 6th Amendment rights have been violated?
500
Describe two of the three differences between preliminary probable cause hearings and grand jury probable cause hearings.
What is judge vs. 23 citizens? What is defense can cross-examine witnesses vs. defense is inactive? What is information document vs. indictment?
500
This is a vocabulary word to describe stuffing prisoners into jail. Sometimes 11 people can be forced into a cell designed for 4.
What is warehousing?
500
This is the general rule about the level of force police may use.
What is whatever force is reasonable and necessary?
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