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CRM 210 Exam 1 - Missouri StateCriminal Justice System - ANS The law enforcement, court, and correctional agencies that work
together to affect the apprehension, prosecution, and control of criminal offenders. The justice
system is responsible for maintaining order, enforcing the law, identifying transgressors, bringing
the guilty to justice, and treating the criminal behavior.
Wickersham Commission - ANS -Era of treatment and rehabilitation
-National Law Enforcement Commission, so named after its chair, George Wickersham, it was a
national commission on law observance and enforcement created by Hoover in 1929. Its 1930
report recommended the repeal of Prohibition.
Exercise of Power - ANS Power holders must act:
• Honestly
• Fairly
• For the purposes of the power conferred
President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice - ANS - 1967
- The Crime Commission
- Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson
- Responsible for creating a comprehensive view of the criminal justice process and
recommending reforms
Arraignment - ANS - formal charges are read
- initial plea is given (guilty or not guilty)
- trial date is set
- bail issues are considered
Preliminary Hearing - ANS - An initial hearing in which a grand jury decides if there is probable
cause to believe that the defendant committed the crime with which he or she is charged
- A "True Bill of Indictment" specifies the exact charges on which the accused must stand trial
Magistrate Court - ANS - Police courts generally located in larger towns, may handle traffic
violations, civil cases involving small amounts of money, etc.
- a court with the powers to issue warrants and try minor criminal cases, civil cases for sum of
$15,000 or less, and civil disputes.
- Lowest level of courts
, Special Court - ANS - (see district courts) - a court designed to hear special cases, such as
bankruptcy or tax cases; these courts use judges and juries to decide disputes
- federal courts which were created by Congress to hear specific types of cases. Sometimes
called "legislative courts," they include: the Court of Military Appeals, the Claims Court, the Tax
Court, territorial courts, and the courts of the District of Columbia.
- a court with limited jurisdiction, that deals with a particular field of law rather than a particular
territorial jurisdiction.
Appellate Court - ANS A court having jurisdiction to review cases and issues that were originally
tried in lower courts.
Cultural Transmission - ANS The passing of cultural values from one generation to the next.
Crime Index - ANS An officially compiled statistical measure of the incidence of crime in the
United States.
Uniform Crime Report (UCR) - ANS - The FBI's yearly publication of where, when, and how
much serious crime occurred in the past year.
- Less than half of all criminal incidents are reported to police
- most widely used source of criminal statistics
- imperfect, but is considered highly reliable
Index Crimes - ANS the eight types of crime reported annually by the FBI in the Uniform Crime
Reports:
1. murder
2. forcible rape
3. robbery
4. aggravated assault
5. burglary
6. larceny
7. motor vehicle theft
8. arson
National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) - ANS - A national survey of approximately 90,000
households, used to estimate the frequency of crime victimization, as well as characteristics of
victims.
- it can estimate the total amount of annual crimes
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