Intro. to Criminal Justice Exam 2 Study Guide questions with || || || || || || || || || ||
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The Bill of Rights - ✔✔The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are known as the Bill
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of Rights. These amendments, ratified in 1791, have special relevance to criminal justice and are
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Amendment I - ✔✔Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the
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right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of
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grievances.
Amendment II - ✔✔A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
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Amendment III - ✔✔No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
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Amendment IV - ✔✔The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall
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issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the
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place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
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Amendment V - ✔✔No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval
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forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any
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person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be
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compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or
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property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without
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just compensation.
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Amendment VI - ✔✔In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been
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committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of
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the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have
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compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel
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for his defence.
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Amendment VII - ✔✔In suits of common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be
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otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the
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common law. ||
Amendment VIII - ✔✔Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
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Amendment IX - ✔✔The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
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Amendment X - ✔✔The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
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Chapter 5 - Policing: Purpose and Organization - ✔✔Key Terms & Chapter Summaries
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crime prevention - ✔✔The anticipation, recognition, and appraisal of a crime risk and the
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initiation of action to eliminate or reduce it. || || || || || || ||
CompStat - ✔✔A crime-analysis and police management process, built on crime mapping, that
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was developed by the New York City Police Department in the mid-1990s.
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quality-of-life offense - ✔✔A minor violation of the law (sometimes called a petty crime) that || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
demoralizes community residents and businesspeople. Quality-of-life offenses involve acts that || || || || || || || || || ||