TMAS 1 (2025) – Study Guide and Training Assessment Revision Material
1st Amendment - ANS ✔✔Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
4th Amendment - ANS ✔✔Protection against Unreasonable Search and Seizure
5th Amendment - ANS ✔✔Freedom from self-incrimination and freedom from being tried twice
for the same crime
6th Amendment - ANS ✔✔The right to a Speedy Trial by jury, right to be told of charges when
arrested, Right to impartial jury, confront witness, to counsel
8th Amendment - ANS ✔✔Freedom from: Excessive bail, and cruel and unusual punishments
14th Amendment - ANS ✔✔Basic right of a defendant in a judicial proceeding
The requisites for trial (Due process)
Right to equal protection of the laws
Criminal Justice System components - ANS ✔✔Law enforcement, judicial, corrections
Constitutionally protected rights - ANS ✔✔The basic rights and freedoms protected by the U.S.
Constitution and its amendments apply to all individuals in the United States regardless of
citizenship status
Judicial System - ANS ✔✔Provide due process of the law, rendering fair judgements, dispensing
just punishment, and assuring victim's rights
Judicial Process begins? - ANS ✔✔once an offender has been arrested or indicted for a crime
,Corrections Objectives: - ANS ✔✔- Confining prisoners
- Rehabilitating prisoners
- Supervising parolees and probationers in the community
- Assuring victim's rights
Parole and Probation - ANS ✔✔The primary role of both parole and probation is to protect the
community from future criminal acts of individuals who have been convicted of a crime,
imprisoned and subsequently released back into the community
Parole vs. Probation - ANS ✔✔Parole is a conditional release from a state prison which allows
an individual to serve the remainder of a sentence.
Probation is the suspension of the imposition or execution of a sentence and the order (by the
court) of conditional and revocable release in(to) the community. Penal Code Section 1203), a
sentencing option for an individual convicted of a criminal offense.
Community Policing - ANS ✔✔Address the causes of crime
Address the fear or perception of crime
Improve the overall quality of life in the community
CAPRA? - ANS ✔✔Clients
Acquire and Analyze Information
Partnerships
Response
Assessment
, Implicit Bias - ANS ✔✔Unconscious thoughts and feelings that may influence an individual's
perceptions, decisions, and actions
Three origins of law - ANS ✔✔Constitutional Law
Statutory Law
Case Law
Constitutional Law - ANS ✔✔law that involves the interpretation and application of the U.S.
Constitution and state constitutions
Statutory Law - ANS ✔✔The body of law enacted by legislative bodies. All crimes are statutory
in California. TO be enforceable a law must be written as well as a punishment.
Case Law - ANS ✔✔Based upon previous appellate court decisions that are binding on lower
court decisions (Based on old cases). Purpose is to: interpret constitution and clarify statutes.
Letter of the Law - ANS ✔✔Law is strictly applied in accordance with the literal meaning of the
statute, leaving no room for interpretation
Spirit of the Law - ANS ✔✔Law is applied in accordance with the intent of the legislature, the
promotion of fairness and justice and not solely in literal compliance with the words of the
statute. EX: Giving a warning
Criminal Law - ANS ✔✔Violations of the criminal statutes. Such violations are called crimes and
are considered public wrongs against all the people of California.
Purpose of Criminal Law - ANS ✔✔Punishment which may include death, incarceration, fines
payable to the city, country, state, or nation
1st Amendment - ANS ✔✔Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
4th Amendment - ANS ✔✔Protection against Unreasonable Search and Seizure
5th Amendment - ANS ✔✔Freedom from self-incrimination and freedom from being tried twice
for the same crime
6th Amendment - ANS ✔✔The right to a Speedy Trial by jury, right to be told of charges when
arrested, Right to impartial jury, confront witness, to counsel
8th Amendment - ANS ✔✔Freedom from: Excessive bail, and cruel and unusual punishments
14th Amendment - ANS ✔✔Basic right of a defendant in a judicial proceeding
The requisites for trial (Due process)
Right to equal protection of the laws
Criminal Justice System components - ANS ✔✔Law enforcement, judicial, corrections
Constitutionally protected rights - ANS ✔✔The basic rights and freedoms protected by the U.S.
Constitution and its amendments apply to all individuals in the United States regardless of
citizenship status
Judicial System - ANS ✔✔Provide due process of the law, rendering fair judgements, dispensing
just punishment, and assuring victim's rights
Judicial Process begins? - ANS ✔✔once an offender has been arrested or indicted for a crime
,Corrections Objectives: - ANS ✔✔- Confining prisoners
- Rehabilitating prisoners
- Supervising parolees and probationers in the community
- Assuring victim's rights
Parole and Probation - ANS ✔✔The primary role of both parole and probation is to protect the
community from future criminal acts of individuals who have been convicted of a crime,
imprisoned and subsequently released back into the community
Parole vs. Probation - ANS ✔✔Parole is a conditional release from a state prison which allows
an individual to serve the remainder of a sentence.
Probation is the suspension of the imposition or execution of a sentence and the order (by the
court) of conditional and revocable release in(to) the community. Penal Code Section 1203), a
sentencing option for an individual convicted of a criminal offense.
Community Policing - ANS ✔✔Address the causes of crime
Address the fear or perception of crime
Improve the overall quality of life in the community
CAPRA? - ANS ✔✔Clients
Acquire and Analyze Information
Partnerships
Response
Assessment
, Implicit Bias - ANS ✔✔Unconscious thoughts and feelings that may influence an individual's
perceptions, decisions, and actions
Three origins of law - ANS ✔✔Constitutional Law
Statutory Law
Case Law
Constitutional Law - ANS ✔✔law that involves the interpretation and application of the U.S.
Constitution and state constitutions
Statutory Law - ANS ✔✔The body of law enacted by legislative bodies. All crimes are statutory
in California. TO be enforceable a law must be written as well as a punishment.
Case Law - ANS ✔✔Based upon previous appellate court decisions that are binding on lower
court decisions (Based on old cases). Purpose is to: interpret constitution and clarify statutes.
Letter of the Law - ANS ✔✔Law is strictly applied in accordance with the literal meaning of the
statute, leaving no room for interpretation
Spirit of the Law - ANS ✔✔Law is applied in accordance with the intent of the legislature, the
promotion of fairness and justice and not solely in literal compliance with the words of the
statute. EX: Giving a warning
Criminal Law - ANS ✔✔Violations of the criminal statutes. Such violations are called crimes and
are considered public wrongs against all the people of California.
Purpose of Criminal Law - ANS ✔✔Punishment which may include death, incarceration, fines
payable to the city, country, state, or nation
