What is a constitution? ✔️Ans - - a written document that embodies the
basic laws of a nation or state
- Identifies the powers and duties of the government
- Identifies the rights afforded to ALL individuals in our country or state
3 branches of government ✔️Ans - Executive, Legislative, Judicial
Freedoms under the US Constitution ✔️Ans - -HIGHEST law of the land
-Basic rights and freedoms stated in the U.S. Constitution apply to ALL
individuals in the
United States regardless of citizenship
What is the Bill of Rights? ✔️Ans - The first 10 amendments of the
Constitution
-place limits on those powers, thus guaranteeing individual rights
What powers does the criminal justice system give to L.E.? ✔️Ans - -
The power to arrest
- The power to use deadly force
1st Amendment ✔️Ans - Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly,
and Petition
4th Amendment ✔️Ans - Freedom from unreasonable searches and
seizures.
5th Amendment ✔️Ans - -Freedom from being tried for the same
crime twice - "double jeopardy"
-Freedom from self-incrimination
6th Amendment ✔️Ans - -Right to be told of charges when arrested
Right to speedy trial
Right to a public trial by an impartial jury
Right to confront witnesses
Right to counsel
,8th Amendment ✔️Ans - - Freedom from excessive bail
- Freedom from cruel and unusual
punishments
14th Amendment ✔️Ans - - Basic right of a defendant in a judicial
proceeding
- Right to equal protection of the laws
- The requisites for trial (due process)
Components of the Criminal Justice System ✔️Ans - law enforcement,
judicial, corrections
Primary goals of criminal justice system ✔️Ans - -guarantee due
process of the law
-prevent crime
-protect life and property
-uphold and enforce the law
-dispense equal justice
-apprehend offenders
-assure victims' rights
primary federal agencies ✔️Ans - US Dept of Homeland Security, FBI,
DEA, U.S. Marshals, ICE, ATF, Secret Service, US Postal Inspectors (USPS),
Armed Forces Police
primary state agencies ✔️Ans - o Youth and Adult Correctional Agency
o CHP
o Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC)
o Department of Fish and Game (F&G)
o Department of Forestry and Protection (DOF)
o Department of Justice (DOJ)
o Department of Insurance (DOI)
primary local agencies ✔️Ans - o Airport Police
o County Marshals
o Housing Police
o Municipal Police
o School District Police
o Sherriff's Department
, o Transportation Police
o Port Authority Police
objectives of the Judicial component of the criminal justice system
✔️Ans - - Providing due process of the law
- Rendering fair judgement
- Dispensing just punishment
- Assuring victim's rights
Organization of the california court system ✔️Ans - -Lower (trial
courts)
-Higher (appellate courts)
positions in the judicial system ✔️Ans - -judges
-prosecuting attorneys
-defense attorneys
judicial process in criminal cases ✔️Ans - - The process begins once an
offender has been arrested or indicted for a crime
- Function of the judicial system is to determine a defendant's guilt or
innocence
- Before a criminal case reaches trial, several preliminary proceedings
MUST occur
Steps in a felony prosecution ✔️Ans - - Arrest
- Arraignment
- Right to Bail
- Bail
- Preliminary Hearing
- Indictment
- Trial
- Sentencing
- Grand Jury
Parole ✔️Ans - a conditional release from confinement which allows an
individual to serve the remainder of a sentence outside of prison
Probation ✔️Ans - a sentencing option for an individual convicted of a
criminal offense