Intro to CJUS Ch. 1-4 Exam 1 with
answers
criminal justice - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔the sum total of society's
activities to defend itself against the actions it defines as criminal
probable cause - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1) a set of facts,
information, circumstances or conditions 2) that would lead a
reasonable person to believe that 3) a crime has been committed or
is about to be committed and 4) a certain individual(s) is
responsible.
exclusionary rule - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔rule prohibiting use of
illegally obtained evidence in a court of law
reasonable suspicion - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔suspicion that a
person has been or may be engaged in the commission of a crime
Miranda warning - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔warning that explains
the rights of an arrestee, and that police recite at the time of the
arrest or prior to interrogration
preliminary hearing - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔preview of a trial
held in court before a judge, in which the prosecution
grand jury - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔panel of 16 to 23 citizens who
screen the prosecution's evidence, in secret hearings, to decide
whether someone should be formally charged with a crime
prima facie case - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔case in which there is
evidence that would warrant the conviction of the defendant unless
, otherwise contradicted; a case that meets evidentiary requirements
for grand jury indictment
indictment - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔accusation against a criminal
defendant rendered by a grand jury on the basis of evidence
constituting prima facie case
information - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔accusation against a criminal
defendant prepared by a prosecuting attorney
sentencing guidelines - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔system for the
judicial determination of a relatively firm sentence based on specific
aggravating or mitigating circumstances
probation - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔alternative to imprisonment,
allowing a person found guilty of an offense to stay in the
community, under conditions and with supervision
alternative sanctions - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔punishments or
other dispositions imposed instead of the principal sanctions
currently in use, such as imprisonment or probation
parole - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔supervised conditional release of a
convicted prisoner before expiration of the sentence of
imprisonment
attrition rate - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔rate at which the numbers
decrease in the course of the criminal process because persons are
diverted out of the system
direct file - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔prosecutors' power to try
juveniles directly in adult criminal courts
answers
criminal justice - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔the sum total of society's
activities to defend itself against the actions it defines as criminal
probable cause - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1) a set of facts,
information, circumstances or conditions 2) that would lead a
reasonable person to believe that 3) a crime has been committed or
is about to be committed and 4) a certain individual(s) is
responsible.
exclusionary rule - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔rule prohibiting use of
illegally obtained evidence in a court of law
reasonable suspicion - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔suspicion that a
person has been or may be engaged in the commission of a crime
Miranda warning - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔warning that explains
the rights of an arrestee, and that police recite at the time of the
arrest or prior to interrogration
preliminary hearing - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔preview of a trial
held in court before a judge, in which the prosecution
grand jury - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔panel of 16 to 23 citizens who
screen the prosecution's evidence, in secret hearings, to decide
whether someone should be formally charged with a crime
prima facie case - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔case in which there is
evidence that would warrant the conviction of the defendant unless
, otherwise contradicted; a case that meets evidentiary requirements
for grand jury indictment
indictment - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔accusation against a criminal
defendant rendered by a grand jury on the basis of evidence
constituting prima facie case
information - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔accusation against a criminal
defendant prepared by a prosecuting attorney
sentencing guidelines - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔system for the
judicial determination of a relatively firm sentence based on specific
aggravating or mitigating circumstances
probation - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔alternative to imprisonment,
allowing a person found guilty of an offense to stay in the
community, under conditions and with supervision
alternative sanctions - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔punishments or
other dispositions imposed instead of the principal sanctions
currently in use, such as imprisonment or probation
parole - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔supervised conditional release of a
convicted prisoner before expiration of the sentence of
imprisonment
attrition rate - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔rate at which the numbers
decrease in the course of the criminal process because persons are
diverted out of the system
direct file - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔prosecutors' power to try
juveniles directly in adult criminal courts
