-Law Enforcement
-Courts
-Corrections - Answers Three Components to the CJ System
-Entry
-Prosecution and Pre-Trial services
-Adjudication
-Sentencing
-Corrections - Answers Five Stages within the CJ Process
-common law
-constitution
-statutes
-administration/regulatory agencies - Answers Where can criminal law in the US be found in?
sets the boundaries within which government is permitted to operate and applies to government
officials - Answers What is the purpose of the Constitution?
limit the power of the Federal Government and specifically enumerating those rights that belong
specifically to the people - Answers What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition the government for a redress of grievances -
Answers First Amendment
Right to bear arms - Answers Second Amendment
No soldier can be in your home without consent - Answers Third Amendment
Right against unreasonable search and seizure - Answers Fourth Amendment
Freedom against self-incrimination and double jeopardy - Answers Fifth Amendment
-Right to speedy trial by an impartial jury
-To be confronted with the witnesses against him
-Entitled to an attorney - Answers Sixth Amendment
right to trial by jury in civil cases - Answers Seventh Amendment
,Prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, excessive fines, and excessive bail - Answers Eighth
Amendment
Listing of certain rights in the Constitution shall not be construed to deny or disparage other rights
retained by the people - Answers Ninth Amendment
retains the rights to the States or to the people; allows states to add laws - Answers Tenth Amendment
No state shall make or enforce any law which shall deprive anyone of life, liberty, or property without
due process of law - Answers Fourteenth amendment
-punishment
-rehabilitation - Answers What are the two duties of the corrections system?
-constitutional
-statutory
-administrative - Answers What are the three types of law?
supreme law of the land; neither congress or state can enact a law that contradicts the Constitution -
Answers What is constitutional law?
body of law created by acts of the legislature; subordinate to Constitutional law - Answers What is
statutory law?
created by administrative agencies in the form of rules, regulations, orders, and decisions to carry out
regulatory powers and duties of such agencies
Examples of admin law includes rules and regulations of the Georgia POST council or GCIC - Answers
What is administrative law?
1776 - Answers Year the Declaration of Independence was written
1787 - Answers Year the Constitution was written
1789 - Answers When did the Constitution go into effect?
1791 - Answers Year the Bill of Rights were written?
-Civil claims totaling $15,000 or less
-Criminal cases; preliminary hearings, search/arrest warrants, bail - Answers What cases can Magistrate
courses handle?
1. Federal - overrides all laws
, 2. State
3. City Ordinances
**State and City can only add laws, not take away - Answers Levels of Law
Florida, Alabama, Georgia - Answers What states are included in the 11th Circuit for Supreme Court?
Honor, Integrity, and Respect are never betrayed. I will always hold myself and others accountable for
having the courage to do the right thing. - Answers What is the Oath of Honor?
-Moral principles
-Rules of conduct
-Values of human conduct - Answers What are ethics?
must observe all of them - Answers Ethical requirement of officers in regards to laws, statutes,
regulations, orders, and codes
prohibited; do not accept - Answers How are gifts, gratuities, etc. handled by officers?
-anyone under investigation, indictment, arrest, incarcerated
-"open and notorious criminal reputation" - Answers What relationships are prohibited for officers?
where the law is frequently violated - Answers What establishments should be avoided by officers?
confidential information - Answers What information released could lead to criminal charges and/or civil
litigation?
POST - Answers Who do you notify if you violate any rules regarding certification?
fifteen days - Answers How long do you have to report violations to POST?
1. False statements/reports
2. Larceny
3 Sexual offenses other than rape
4. Battery
5. DUI
6. Excessive use of force
7. Fraud/forgery
8. Drug offenses