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| if we think of the criminal justice system as a wedding cake model, we will most likely find due process where? |
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| The due process model of criminal justice does what? |
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1. Possibility of error
2. Prevention of the mistakes is more important than efficiency
3. protection of the process is as important as protection of innocents.
4. The coercive power of the state is always subject to abuse.
5. Every due process protection is there for a reason and should be strictly adhered to. |
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| The crime control model of criminal justice does what? |
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1. Reducing crime is the most important function of law enforcement.
2. The failure of law enforcement means the breakdown of order.
3. the criminal process guarantees social freedom.
4. Efficient is top priority.
5. The emphasis is on speed and finality
6. There is a presumption of guilt once the suspect is in the system. |
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| Definition of Due Process? |
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| Protection against error in the governments, deprecation of life, liberty, and property. |
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| Definition of Crime Control? |
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| Prosecutors have the flexibility to do what they want. |
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| The function of the police that demands the most time and resources is what? |
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| Which of the following Supreme Court cases rules out the death penalty for anyone under the age of 18? |
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| Roper vs. Simmons (stole girls stuff, tied her up & threw her over a bridge) |
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| An individual’s state of mind at the time of a crime committed is referred to as..? |
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| In the case of Cooper vs. Pate (1964) what happened? |
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| Prisoners were granted the same basic right that is in the 1st amendment. |
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| Most frequent used method of execution found in the US is what? |
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| While the judge may be the most potentially powerful figure in the courtroom, it is the prosecutor who does what? |
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| DA is most powerful because: decides what cases will be heard, decides charges (what counts), bargain that will be struck, how vigorously/how much resources, has power over police |
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| From Chris's lecture on juvenile justice we learn that the juvenile justice system is centered around what? |
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| A disadvantage of using fines, from a judge's point of view is that what? |
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| Makes the judge responsible for you paying your fine, if fine aren't paid. |
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| The underlying rationale of incapacitation is to what? |
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| Take criminal off the street so they cannot commit crimes |
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| Rehabilitation is most concerned with what? |
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| eliminating crime related behavior, moral justification for incarceration, help offenders so they don't return to a life of crime |
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| According to material presented in class the most likely reason for the increasing incarceration rate in the US is what? |
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| Increase in the number of people who are in their crime prone years. |
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| According to John Erwin the type of inmate found in prison who is most likely to make the best of any treatment that may be offered is the what? |
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| Being right as an inmate involves what? |
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1. Don't interfere with other inmates interest
2. Don't be argumentative
3. Don't exploit the other inmates
4. Be a man, Be tough.
5. Don't trust the gaurds no matter what. |
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| In a total institution the organizations chief goal is what? |
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| to reform and shape the inmate. |
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| Female inmates are most like male inmates in terms of what? |
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| The case of no name Maddox.. |
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| Born in prison, mother in jail for robbery, spent 1st year in prison and then sent to a foster home where he was raped, and then ended up back in jail for criminal charges. |
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| Convicted criminals are more likely to receive capital punishment when? |
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| In the custodial model of correction institution..what? |
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| Fortress style buildings, total institution, prisoners are weak and submissive, guards are condescending and mean, oppressive institution (strips identity) |
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| The percent of former offenders that return to criminal behavior is known as the |
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| College graduates applying for jobs in correctional facilities, might discover that? |
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| They are favored to hiring & on a fast track for promotion, there are few college graduates working as CO |
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| Compared to other inmates, violent prisoners tend to be |
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| less educated, younger trying to prove themselves, gang affiliated, or believe an argument is best settled with a fist. |
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| In the Kentucky parole video, the parole prisoner, Adam Inmend, best exemplifies what types of prisoner? |
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| Which is true regarding prison violence? |
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| Reasons for: confinement & cramped quarters for an indefinite amount of time, increased probability of running into a violent person, rigid rules, single-sex facilities |
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| In the Kentucky parole video, both prisoners who were denied parole exemplify which type of prisoner? |
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