Chapter 2 Legal Foundations of Correctional Probation
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Q1: Law
A: Is a form of social control and a method of encouraging people to behave in a certain
way
Q2: Grubbs vs. State
A: This statue decision gives probation officers the right to supervise and search an
offender with or w/out a warrant
Q3: Statutory
A: This form of law includes Criminal law, civil law, and administrative law
Q4: Criminal Law
A: Must clearly describe the unacceptable behavior and set a punishment.
Q5: Civil law
A: Pertains to the legal action a person takes to resolve a private dispute with another
person
Q6: Admin Law
A: Sometimes called regulatory law, is the body of law that allows for the creation of public
regulatory agencies
Q7: Case Law
A: The decision of the court system, the judicial branch form this type of law
Q8: Constitutional law
A: Defines our form of representative government and identifies the powers and limitations
of it's 3 branches [Executive, legislative, Judicial]
Q9: Supremacy Clause
A: States that when laws conflict, federal law generally overrules state and local law.
Q10: Which amendments are related to the job duties of a
probation officer?
A: 1st
2nd
, 4th
fifth
sixth
eighth
Q11: What are the 2 components of due process?
A: Substantial: Fair + consistent enforcement of the law.
Procedural: Steps that protect an individual's rights during a criminal justice process
Q12: Occurs when the court finds a person guilty of committing a
crime, sentencing him/her to incarceration or other penalties.
A: Criminal Liabilty
Q13: Is a responsible for a wrongful act or an omission that injures a
person or property + most often involves negligence.
A: civil liability
Q14: Tort
A: a civil wrong in which the action or inaction of a person or entity violates the rights of
another person or entitiy and can serve as grounds for a lawsuit
Q15: The failure to use reasonable care in a situation that results in
harm to another
A: Negligence
Q16: What are the four elements of negligence
A:
Q17: What are the two types of damages
A: Compensatory damages and Punitive damamges
Q18: When you act to purport to act in the performance of official
duties under any law, ordinance, or regulation.
A: Color of authority/color of law
Q19: Arises in causes in which the officer committed an intentional
or negligent tort in violation of the department policy.
A: Direct Liability
Q20: Occurs when the court holds one person or entity liable for
the negligent actions of another person even though the first
Officers | UPDATED Questions with 100% Verified
Answers
Q1: Law
A: Is a form of social control and a method of encouraging people to behave in a certain
way
Q2: Grubbs vs. State
A: This statue decision gives probation officers the right to supervise and search an
offender with or w/out a warrant
Q3: Statutory
A: This form of law includes Criminal law, civil law, and administrative law
Q4: Criminal Law
A: Must clearly describe the unacceptable behavior and set a punishment.
Q5: Civil law
A: Pertains to the legal action a person takes to resolve a private dispute with another
person
Q6: Admin Law
A: Sometimes called regulatory law, is the body of law that allows for the creation of public
regulatory agencies
Q7: Case Law
A: The decision of the court system, the judicial branch form this type of law
Q8: Constitutional law
A: Defines our form of representative government and identifies the powers and limitations
of it's 3 branches [Executive, legislative, Judicial]
Q9: Supremacy Clause
A: States that when laws conflict, federal law generally overrules state and local law.
Q10: Which amendments are related to the job duties of a
probation officer?
A: 1st
2nd
, 4th
fifth
sixth
eighth
Q11: What are the 2 components of due process?
A: Substantial: Fair + consistent enforcement of the law.
Procedural: Steps that protect an individual's rights during a criminal justice process
Q12: Occurs when the court finds a person guilty of committing a
crime, sentencing him/her to incarceration or other penalties.
A: Criminal Liabilty
Q13: Is a responsible for a wrongful act or an omission that injures a
person or property + most often involves negligence.
A: civil liability
Q14: Tort
A: a civil wrong in which the action or inaction of a person or entity violates the rights of
another person or entitiy and can serve as grounds for a lawsuit
Q15: The failure to use reasonable care in a situation that results in
harm to another
A: Negligence
Q16: What are the four elements of negligence
A:
Q17: What are the two types of damages
A: Compensatory damages and Punitive damamges
Q18: When you act to purport to act in the performance of official
duties under any law, ordinance, or regulation.
A: Color of authority/color of law
Q19: Arises in causes in which the officer committed an intentional
or negligent tort in violation of the department policy.
A: Direct Liability
Q20: Occurs when the court holds one person or entity liable for
the negligent actions of another person even though the first
