GPSTC 290 Exam Questions and
Answers
Ethics - Answers -branch of philosophy that deals with rights and wrongs
Ethics 3 parts - Answers -Moral principles, Rules of conduct, Values of human conduct
Preventing unethical conduct - Answers -selection and recruitment standards, adequate
FTO periods, adopting a code of ethics, political accountability, training, possession of
violation of law
Professionalism - Answers -Conforming to the technical or ethical standards of a
profession, specialized profession, , specialized knowledge, often requiring long and
intensive preparation whose aims characterize a profession
Characteristics of professionalism - Answers -Common body of knowledge, (PORT),
minimum standards or qualifications, minimum standards of conduct, organization
4 sources of criminal law - Answers -Common law, constitution, Statutes (18USC),
Administrative or regulatory agency decisions.
Bill of Rights - Answers -1st 10 amendments of the constitution, went into effect Dec
15th, 1791
1st Amendment - Answers -Freedom of religion (establishment & free exercise clauses),
speech, press, assembly, and petition.
2nd Amendment - Answers -Right to bear arms
3rd Amendment - Answers -Prohibits the forced quartering of soldiers during peacetime.
4th Amendment - Answers -No "unreasonable" searches and seizures without a warrant
or probable cause that a search will produce evidence of a crime; Exclusionary Rule.
5th Amendment - Answers -Right of Accused Persons/ Indictment of Grand Jury (1) No
Self-Incrimination (Miranda) (2) No Double Jeopardy (defendant cannot be tried again
on the same, or similar charges) (3) No deprivation of life liberty or property without "due
process of law" (fair treatment) (4) Eminent domain
, 6th Amendment - Answers -The right to counsel in criminal trials (1) Speedy and public
trial (2) Accused must be told charges (3) right to counsel (free lawyer if poor) (4) right
to jury in criminal cases
7th Amendment - Answers -Amendment that creates qualifications on the use of a jury.
8th Amendment - Answers -Government cannot inflict cruel and unusual punishment.
Meaning of "cruel" based on "evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a
maturing society." Categorical bans on death penalty: juveniles, retarded, non-murder
crimes...
9th Amendment - Answers -Citizens entitled to rights not listed in the Constitution
10th Amendment - Answers -Powers not expressly given to federal government by the
Constitution are reserved to states or the people. Also known as "reserved powers
amendment" or "states' rights amendment"
14th Amendment - Answers -Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens &
are guaranteed equal protection of the laws; citizenship by birth & naturalization;
prohibited state gov. from infringing on equal rights; gave black Americans citizenship &
legal equality; still allowed the North to prohibit black suffrage
Criminal Justice System (3 components) - Answers -Police, Courts, Corrections
Local - Answers -City Police (535 cities in GA), County (Gwinnett, Athens-Clarke),
Sheriffs Office (159 counties)
Courts - Answers -Magistrate, Municipal, Probate Court, Juvenile, State, Superior, GA
court of appeals, GA supreme court,
Criminal Court - Answers -Court in which criminal trials are heard. In contrast, lawsuits
are heard in civil court.
Criminal court deals with.. - Answers -arrest warrants, application hearings, first
appearance, search warrants, good behavior warrants, prelim hearings, county
ordinance violations, deposit account fraud
Role of correctional system - Answers -punishment, protection, rehabilitation
GA corrections consists of - Answers -State Prison system, state probation div, board of
parole and parole.
Broken Window Theory - Answers -Theory proposing that disorder leads to crime
because criminals assume a neighborhood that tolerates disorder will also ignore
criminal acts.