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Chap. 6
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Chap. 8
Chap. 9
Chap. 10
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This amendment contains two critical legal concepts: a prohibition against unreasonable searches & seizures and the requirement of probable cause to issue a warrant.
What is the 4th Amendment?
100
U.S. Citizen, not convicted of a felony, have or eligible to have a driver's license, at least 21 years old.
What are Basic requirements to be a police officer?
100
"To speak the law"
What is Jurisdiction?
100
Uncertainity, Risk, Overcrowded jails
What are extralegal factors that may effect setting of bail?
100
A strategy for preventing crime by detaining wrongdoers in prison.
What is Incapacitation?
200
Confidential Informants, Personal Observation, Information, Evidence, Association
What are Sources that provide probable cause?
200
Constant fear of becoming a victim of violent crime, Exposure to violent crime and its victims, the need to comply with the law in nearly every job action, lack of community support, negative media coverage.
What are Stressors for Law Enforcement Officers?
200
A statement by the court expressing the reasons for its decision in a case
What is an Opinion?
200
The retention of an accused person in custody due to fears that she/he will commit a crime if released before trial.
What is Preventive Detention?
200
The strategy fo preventing crime through the threat of punishment.
What is Deterrence?
300
Evidence that is acquired through the use of illegally obtained evidence and is inadmissable in court.
What is Fruit of the Poisoned Tree?
300
To prevent the escape of a fleeing felony suspect, to retake a suspect after an escape attempt, to overcome an offender's resistance to a lawful arrest, to protect the officer from bodily injury, to protect the suspect, other persons, or property from harm.
What are reasons for Reasonable Force?
300
State Supreme Court, Intermediate Appellate Courts, Superior Court, Probate Court/County Court/Municipal Court, Police Magistrate/Domestic Relations Court
What is the typical State Court System?
300
A charge or written accusation that probable cause exists to believe a person committed a crime.
What is an Indictment?
300
A reduction in time served by prisoners based on good behavior, confirmity to rules, and other positive actions.
What is Good Time?
400
A written statement of facts, confirmed by oath or affirmation of theparty marking it and made before a person having the authority to administer the oath or affirmation.
What is an Affidavit?
400
Discretion, Duty, Honesty, Loyalty
What are elements of Ethics?
400
A request from a higher court asking a lower court for the record of a case.
What is Writ of Certiorari (sur-shee-uh-rah-ree)
400
A court proceeding in which the suspect is formally charged with the criminal offense stated in the indictment.
What is an Arraignment?
400
Capital Punishment, Imprisonment, Probation, Fines, Restitution and Community Service, Restorative Justice
What are forms of punishment?
500
The case which set the precedent for "reasonable" suspicion.
What is Terry v. Ohio?
500
Internal Investigations, Civil Liability, Citizen Oversight
What are the three types of police accountability?
500
Partisan Elections, Nonpartisan Election, Missouri Plan, Appointment by the Governor
What are ways for selecting judges?
500
The examination of a witness by the attorney who calls the witness to the stand to testify.
What is Direct Examination?
500
Seriousness of the Crime, Mitigating & Aggravating Circumstances, Judicial Philosophy
What are Factors of Sentencing?