Search and Seizure
What amendment of the United States Constitution relates to searches and seizures?
4th Amendment
Name the (4) levels of Wisconsin Courts.
Municipal
Circuit
Court of Appeals
State Supreme Court
What term refers to areas which are unoccupied or undeveloped areas outside of a property owner's curtilage. Hint: The 4th amendment does not apply to these areas!
Open Fields
What is one of the primary purposes of a jail?
Detain accused offenders
Hold convicted offenders
Confinement for misdemeanor offenders
Probation/parole violations
House felons when state prisons are overcrowded
What involves malicious attacks aimed at disrupting, defacing, and destroying technology?
Cyber Vandalism
This term refers to looking for something.
Search
Name the (3) levels of the Federal Courts.
US District Courts
US Appeals Courts
US Supreme Court
What term refers to a collective group of (10) families that pledged to help one another and provide mutual aid?
Tythings
What is one of the primary purposes of a jail?
Detain accused offenders
Hold convicted offenders
Confinement for misdemeanor offenders
Probation/parole violations
House felons when state prisons are overcrowded
Provide (2) examples of cyber vandalism.
Viruses and worms
Trojan horses
Denial-of-service attacks
Web defacement
Cyberstalking
True or False: A 4th Amendment search only occurs when a government actor infringes on a persons reasonable expectation of privacy.
True
What is the first step in the formal criminal justice process?
Initial Contact
Which view of crime is shaped by the will of the majority. In other words, the majority shapes the law and defines crimes.
Consensus View
Name (2) characteristics of a supermax prison.
House the most predatory criminals
Can be independent correctional centers or locked wings of existing prisons
Lock inmates in their cells 22 to 24 hours a day
What are (2) goals of substantive criminal law?
Distribute retribution
Express public opinion
Deter criminal behavior
Punish wrong doing
Maintain social order
Provide restoration
What clause of the 4th amendment states that searches and seizes must be reasonable?
The reasonableness clause
In the formal Criminal Justice Process, what step comes after the trial / adjudication?
Sentencing / Disposition
What view of crime believes the law is a tool of the ruling class?
Conflict View
Identify (2) of the problems with adult incarceration.
More than half are max security institutions
Many operate above capacity
Facilitate a "school for crime"
Where does the data for the Uniform Crime Report (UCR) come from?
Law Enforcement Agencies
True or False: An arrest is a seizure under the 4th amendment.
True
What is the purpose of a preliminary hearing?
The state must show the court that a felony was committed and you are the person that committed the felony.
What term refers to the use of the scientific method to determine whether criminal justice programs reduce crime rates and offender recidivisim?
Evidence-Based Justice
In the state of Wisconsin, can a juvenile offender ever be held in an adult jail?
Yes
What view of crime believes that social crusaders and moral entrepreneurs define crime?
Interactionist View