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Chapters 5-6 & 8
Exam Two
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Criminal Justice
Undergraduate 1
10/07/2014

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Frankpledge System
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pledge and family based system

hue and cry to warn of trouble

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constable- watch system
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rural areas moved to urban areas

more formal than pledge system

turned into theif-takers

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bobbies
Definition
people in 1st professional force were called this because of Sir Robert Peel
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miranda warnings
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timing requirements
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warrant requirements
Definition
resonableness, expectation of privacy, probable cause, specifity, sworn affidavit
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search
Definition
government intrusion of privacy
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stop
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temporary deprivation of liberty
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seizure
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deprivation of liberty or property
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5th amendment
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self-incrimination
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6th amendment
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right to counsel
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4th amendment
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search and seizure
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custody
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occurs whenever a suspect is placed in "unfamiliar and hostile surroundings"
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interrogation
Definition
any questions designed to "elicit an incriminating response"
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stop and frisk
Definition
plain feel (can not enter pockets)
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plain view
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you can see something illegal clearly
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exingent circumstances
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something so dangerous that a warrant is not needed
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search incident to arrest
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only search your person and the immediate area around you
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legitimate force
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self- defence or to gain compliance
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deadly force
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force that results in death
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tennessee v. garner 1985
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ok to use force if poses a significant threat
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graham v. connor 1989
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resonableness of the moment
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meat eaters v. grass eaters
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aggressively corrupt v. opportunists
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rotten apples v. rotten pockets
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find the few bad and pick them out v. a lot of corruption but much harder to pick out a few
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pervasive organized v. disorganized
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very planned, concentrated, and covered up v. lots of types of corruption, but officers arent aware of it
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blue curtain
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only people in society who are allowed to use deadly force... imaginary line separating us from them
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external stress
Definition
real threats and danger (you dont know what you are pulling over)
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organizational stress
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bureaucratic stress (stress from higher powers)
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personal stress
Definition
stress from personal or individual characteristics (the stress you bring from home)
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operational stress
Definition
day to day operations (people will always be rude to you)
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reactive patrol
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911 & calls for service
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aggressive patrol
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broken windows theory (crime promoting signals)
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directed patrol
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hot spots
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problem-oriented policing
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underlying problems
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kansas city preventive patrol experiment
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proactive patrol (didnt increase arrests or fear of crime)
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divison of labor
Definition

chain of command: organized by rank

unity of command: chain of supervision

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legalistic style
Definition
threat of arrest to solve disputes (used in bigger cities)
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watchman style
Definition
informal conflict resolution (smaller cities)
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service style
Definition
community satisfaction (surburban communities)
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discrestion
Definition
exercised in deciding what is a law violation, which laws to enforce, and how/when to enforce them
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full enforcement
Definition
impossible (system would overflow)
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selective enforcement
Definition
occurs when police use their discresionary powers to either arrest or not arrest
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police working personality
Definition
the persona and demeanor that police obtain from working in the field. (i.e. confident, trustworthy)
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Exclusionary Rule
Definition

·      Issue of allowing guilty to go free

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Good Faith Exception
Definition

an exception to the exclusionary rule

ex: filling out a warrant and acting on it but you are at the wrong address

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Differential Response
Definition
prioritizing calls by order of importance
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incident-driven policing
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emphasizes a quick response to calls for service
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preventive patrol
Definition
making the police presense known, in order to deter crime and to make officers available to respond quickly to calls
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line functions
Definition
police components that directly perform field operations and carry out the basic functions of patrol, investigation, traffic, vice, juvenile, and so on
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socialization
Definition
the process by which the rules, symbols, and values of a group or subculture are learned by its members
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subculture
Definition
the symbols, beliefs, and values shares by members of a subgroup of the larger society
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order maintenance
Definition
the police function of preventing behavior that distubs or threatens to distub the public peace or that involves face-to-face conflict among two or more people
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service
Definition
the police function of providing assistance to the public, usually in matters unrealted to crime
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open fields
Definition
officers are permitted to search and to seize evidence, without a warrant, on private property beyond the area immediately surrounding the house
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totality of circumstances
Definition
identifying whether probable cause exists to justify the issuance of a warrant
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arrest
Definition
the physical taking of a person into custody on the grounds that probable cause exists to believe that he or she has committed a criminal offense
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staff funtions
Definition

support the line functions

based in the cheif's office and the support or service bureau

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Response Time
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the time it takes to reach the scene of the crime
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police bureaucracy
Definition
the division of labor (chain and unity of command)
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special needs search
Definition
a reason for a warrantless search
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crime fighting
Definition
police saw themselves doing this during the professional era of policing
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