Why has crime decreased since 1993? Baby-boomers have "aged out" of crime,
What 2 competing interests do court decisions weigh? individual rights and
... [Show More] public rights "Justice is not always fair but it is just"
Where is the Bill of Rights? Which one protects against unreasonable search and seizure? 1st 10 Amendments to the constitution, 4th
What are the "levels of certainty for 1) detention 2) arrest 3) conviction? 1) reasonable suspicion, 2) probable cause, 3) beyond a reasonable doubt,
Probable Cause Be able to articulate why they think the person probably committed a specific crime
When is Miranda necessary? 1) in custodial interrogation
2) if talking about the crime
Who signs a warrant? What is the level of certainty? A judge, probable cause
Good faith exception In United States constitutional law, the good-faith exemption (also good-faith doctrine) is a legal doctrine providing an exemption to the exclusionary rule. When the officer is acting in "good faith" that the person is not committing a crime within a premise
Exclusionary Rule The exclusionary rule is a legal principle in the United States, under constitutional law, which holds that evidence collected or analyzed in violation of the defendant's constitutional rights is sometimes inadmissible for a criminal prosecution in a court of law.
Preliminary Hearing Within some criminal justice systems, a preliminary hearing (evidentiary hearing) is a proceeding, after a criminal complaint has been filed by the prosecutor, to determine whether there is enough evidence to require a trial. (probable cause)
Uniform Crime Report The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) contain official data on crime that is reported to law enforcement agencies across the United States who then provide the data to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
National Crime Victim Survey Survey which goes to specific household to question them about how crime has effected/touched their lives
Schedule 1 Drugs No acceptable medical use, not available with prescription
Most Common Drug in STL? Cocaine
Is Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity a Good Defense strategy? Probably not
M'Naughten Test The M'Naghten Rules (pronounced, and sometimes spelled, McNaughton) were the first serious attempt to rationalize the attitude of the criminal law towards mentally incompetent defendants. States that if a person cannot, at the time a crime is committed determine right from wrong they are "insane" (Missouri)
Durham Test Mental disease of defect (Illinois)
Are Hyper Males (XYY) more prevalent in prison populations? no
Id pleasure principle
Ego the go between
Super-ego Conscience the "angel"
Poverty line $21,834 for a family of 4 [Show Less]