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Chapter 2 Legal Foundations of Correctional Probation OfficersChapter 2 Legal Foundations of Cor
Law Is a form of social control and a method of encouraging people to behave in a certain way
Grubbs vs. State This statue decision gives probation officers the right to supervise and search an offender
with or w/out a warrant
Statutory This form of law includes Criminal law, civil law, and administrative law
Criminal Law Must clearly describe the unacceptable behavior and set a punishment.
Civil law Pertains to the legal action a person takes to resolve a private dispute with another person
Admin Law Sometimes called regulatory law, is the body of law that allows for the creation of public
regulatory agencies
Case Law The decision of the court system, the judicial branch form this type of law
Constitutional law Defines our form of representative government and identifies the powers and limitations
of it's 3 branches [Executive, legislative, Judicial]
Supremacy Clause States that when laws conflict, federal law generally overrules state and local law.
Which amendments are related to the job duties of a probation 1st
officer? 2nd
4th
fifth
sixth
eighth
What are the 2 components of due process? Substantial: Fair + consistent enforcement of the law.
Procedural: Steps that protect an individual's rights during a criminal justice process
Occurs when the court finds a person guilty of committing a Criminal Liabilty
crime, sentencing him/her to incarceration or other penalties.
Is a responsible for a wrongful act or an omission that injures a civil liability
person or property + most often involves negligence.
Tort 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
The failure to use reasonable care in a situation that results in Negligence
harm to another
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Chapter 2 Legal Foundations of Correctional Probation OfficersChapter 2 Legal Foundations of Cor
What are the four elements of negligence
What are the two types of damages Compensatory damages and Punitive damamges
When you act to purport to act in the performance of official Color of authority/color of law
duties under any law, ordinance, or regulation.
Arises in causes in which the officer committed an intentional Direct Liability
or negligent tort in violation of the department policy.
Occurs when the court holds one person or entity liable for the Vicarious Liability
negligent actions of another person even though the first
person's entity was not directly responsible for the injury.
is a legal doctrine that protects state and local government Sovereign Immunity
agencies + officials, including criminal justice against civil suit
or criminal prosecution
Protects "Government officials" from liability for civil Qualified immunity
damages in so far their conduct does not violate clearly
established statutory or constitutional rights
when sudden peril requires instinctive action you are required Emergency doctrine
to use the same degree of care as when there is time to use the
same degree of care as when there is time to reflect
The most common type of search and is limited to what an Plain view observation
officer can plainly see. in an unobstructed fashion
Ensures an offender is complying with conditions of Walk through visual inspection
supervision the officer makes a visual inspection of the
offender's living quarters
Is an act that occurs when the government affects a person's Seizure
right to have or control his/her property, usually by physically
taking that property
What are the two components of due process Substantive and Procedural
Substantive due process the fair and consistent enforcement of the law
Procedural due process refers to the steps that protect an individual's rights during a criminal justice process
Tort a civil wrong in which the action or inaction of a person or entity violates the rights of
another
is a legal doctrine that protects state and local government Sovereign Immunity
agencies and officials, including criminal justice, against civil
suit or criminal prosecution
ns
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Chapter 2 Legal Foundations of Correctional Probation OfficersChapter 2 Legal Foundations of Cor
Law Is a form of social control and a method of encouraging people to behave in a certain way
Grubbs vs. State This statue decision gives probation officers the right to supervise and search an offender
with or w/out a warrant
Statutory This form of law includes Criminal law, civil law, and administrative law
Criminal Law Must clearly describe the unacceptable behavior and set a punishment.
Civil law Pertains to the legal action a person takes to resolve a private dispute with another person
Admin Law Sometimes called regulatory law, is the body of law that allows for the creation of public
regulatory agencies
Case Law The decision of the court system, the judicial branch form this type of law
Constitutional law Defines our form of representative government and identifies the powers and limitations
of it's 3 branches [Executive, legislative, Judicial]
Supremacy Clause States that when laws conflict, federal law generally overrules state and local law.
Which amendments are related to the job duties of a probation 1st
officer? 2nd
4th
fifth
sixth
eighth
What are the 2 components of due process? Substantial: Fair + consistent enforcement of the law.
Procedural: Steps that protect an individual's rights during a criminal justice process
Occurs when the court finds a person guilty of committing a Criminal Liabilty
crime, sentencing him/her to incarceration or other penalties.
Is a responsible for a wrongful act or an omission that injures a civil liability
person or property + most often involves negligence.
Tort 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
The failure to use reasonable care in a situation that results in Negligence
harm to another
ns
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Chapter 2 Legal
Probation
Foundations
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Chapter 2 Legal Foundations of Correctional Probation OfficersChapter 2 Legal Foundations of Cor
What are the four elements of negligence
What are the two types of damages Compensatory damages and Punitive damamges
When you act to purport to act in the performance of official Color of authority/color of law
duties under any law, ordinance, or regulation.
Arises in causes in which the officer committed an intentional Direct Liability
or negligent tort in violation of the department policy.
Occurs when the court holds one person or entity liable for the Vicarious Liability
negligent actions of another person even though the first
person's entity was not directly responsible for the injury.
is a legal doctrine that protects state and local government Sovereign Immunity
agencies + officials, including criminal justice against civil suit
or criminal prosecution
Protects "Government officials" from liability for civil Qualified immunity
damages in so far their conduct does not violate clearly
established statutory or constitutional rights
when sudden peril requires instinctive action you are required Emergency doctrine
to use the same degree of care as when there is time to use the
same degree of care as when there is time to reflect
The most common type of search and is limited to what an Plain view observation
officer can plainly see. in an unobstructed fashion
Ensures an offender is complying with conditions of Walk through visual inspection
supervision the officer makes a visual inspection of the
offender's living quarters
Is an act that occurs when the government affects a person's Seizure
right to have or control his/her property, usually by physically
taking that property
What are the two components of due process Substantive and Procedural
Substantive due process the fair and consistent enforcement of the law
Procedural due process refers to the steps that protect an individual's rights during a criminal justice process
Tort a civil wrong in which the action or inaction of a person or entity violates the rights of
another
is a legal doctrine that protects state and local government Sovereign Immunity
agencies and officials, including criminal justice, against civil
suit or criminal prosecution
ns
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