Criminal Courts 1

Van Cleve's (2016) book Crook County is about the criminal courts located in what city?

According to Van Cleve (2016), police officers are not part of the courtroom workgroup, but are instead viewed by prosecutors as accessories to their work because _______________.

True or false: According to Van Cleve (2016), prosecutors are often aware of police abuses of power, egregious acts of police misconduct, and routine lying by some police officers while testifying in court. She argues that prosecutors become complicit in these practices when they are enmeshed in a code of silence.

Van Cleve (2016) argues that defense attorneys who practice in the Cook County (IL) criminal courts engage in zealous advocacy for their clients by _______________.

Van Cleve's (2016) methodology is _______________ research, supplemented by observation by trained court watchers and additional interviews.

What case gave courts in the United States power to examine a law and determine whether it is constitutional?

What type of courts are experimenting with alternatives to the traditional sanctions of probation, jail, and prison?

Which of Packer's models of the criminal justice system favor the plea bargaining process?

Packer's crime control model focuses on which of the following?

Judicial review means that a court has the power to determine the constitutionality of a law.

What holds the government to the rule of law?

Which metaphor best describes the due process model of the criminal justice system?

Which is the only court that sets precedent for all federal courts in the United States?

Which of the following is not a right mentioned by name in the United States Constitution?

The Fourth Amendment bans all searches and seizures that are _______________.

At what point does the law require a defendant be allowed assistance of counsel?

The requirement of the Miranda warning is based on which amendment to the United States Constitution?

What amendment to the United States Constitution provides the right to an attorney?

What is the level of proof required to search a place or seize an item or person?

The Due Process Clause is incorporated to the States by the _______________ Amendment.

Which of the following rights are not found in the Sixth Amendment?

A person who consciously, with the intent to commit a certain act or produce a certain result, acts with what level of criminal intent?

Laws that impose criminal punishment without a trial are called _______________.

What differentiates between felony and misdemeanor larceny?

Solicitation involves the intent ton induce another to commit a crime.

Most States consider burglary at nighttime to be _______________.

The inchoate crime of conspiracy is a crime of agreement.

Criminal acts not considered mala in se may be considered mala prohibita based on which of the following?

Proof beyond a reasonable doubt is the prosecution's burden of proof in a criminal case.

After losing a case in a state court of last resort, what is the next level of appeal?

The criminal process begins either with the filing of a complaint or _______________.

Assuming good behavior, Justices of the United States Supreme Court serve terms _______________.

Who has the authority to remove federal judges found to be guilty of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors?

What are the two ways that formal charges can be filed against a defendant in a felony case?

All cases are first heard in courts of _______________.

Which of the following is a type of defense attorney that is selected and paid for by the criminal defendant?

In which state courts are warrants typically issued?

If an offender successfully completes a drug court program, the criminal charges against him or her are _______________.

The Red Hook Community Justice Center opened in 2000 and is part of a broader _______________ movement.

The best known community court is the _______________ which was opened in 1993 and is located in the Times Square area of Manhattan.

The purpose of the Red Hook Community Justice Center in Brooklyn, New York, is to transform the neighborhood by cleaning up violent felony crime and offering defendants treatment for the drug addictions and other social dislocations believed to fuel their criminal behavior.

The first drug court program in the United States started in 1989 in _______________.

Evidence that tends to favor (or favors) the defendant is called _______________.

In the federal court system, the government is represented in criminal matters by the _______________.

Prosecutorial misconduct will always result in sanctions.

Which of the following is the most common result if a prosecutor deliberately fails to hand over Brady evidence and/or other required evidence to the defense?

What must be at the core of the prosecutor's role in the criminal justice system?

Prosecutors work under a great deal of judicial oversight.

Which of the following is not one of the elected prosecutor's daily duties?

Impeachment evidence is any evidence that _______________.