Unit 3 Exam Review: Criminal Trial Process
Matching: Retention Elections, Probable Cause, Grand Jury, Peremptory Challenges, Prosecutors, Bail/Bond, Indictment, Circumstantial Evidence, Defense Attorney, Prosecutorial Discretion, Arraignment, Hearsay, Public Defender, Plea Bargain, Gag Order, Opinion, Arrest, Alford Plea, Voire Dire, Cross Examination
Short Answer: Rules of Evidence (Hearsay, Opinion Statements, etc), Opening & Closing Statements
Full Paragraph Response: Personal Verdict on the Carter Case.
Portfolio will also be due tomorrow!
Unit 2 Exam Review: Police Force, 4th & 5th Amendments
Matching: Deadly Force, Plain View, Good Faith Exception, Miranda Warnings, Warrant, Fourth, Privacy, Drug Roadblocks, Custody, Probable Cause, Terry Stops, School, Traffic Stop, Hot Pursuit, Abandoned, Consents, Spontaneous, Public Safety, Vehicles, Open Fields, Exclusionary Rule, Probable Cause, Car Passengers, Interrogation, Seizure
Case you should know: Tennessee v. Garner, Indianapolis v. Edmond, Ross v. U.S., Berkemer v. McCarty, Wyoming v. Houghton
4th & 5th Amendment Scenarios: There will be two scenarios that you will need to apply the checklist & flow chart
Portfolio: Turn in 1-28 for a quarter portfolio check
02/23/16: Read pages 186-190 (click page numbers) in the textbook
Answer the following questions:
1. What is the single largest predictor of police use of force, according to Garner, et al?
2. What did the National Institute of Justice conclude in their studies about police use of force?
3. Approximately how many police shootings occur each year? How many fatalities?
4. How did Tennessee v. Garner change the police’s use of force when making an arrest? What is the problem with this ruling?
5. What has resulted from the number of lawsuits Police Departments have been a part of when dealing with police force?
6. Put yourself in the shoes of a Police Chief. Write a policy you feel your officers should abide by when it comes to using force.
02/10/16: Famous Criminals Quiz Lists (Quiz Friday February 12)
Period 2: Jack the Ripper, Gary Ridgeway, Machine Gun Kelly, Kitty Genovese, Lee Harvey Oswald, John Wayne Gacy, Edward Teach, Aileen Wuornos, David Berkowitz, Ed Kemper, John Dillinger, Charles Manson, Bonnie & Clyde, John Gotti, The Lindbergh Baby, John Wilkes Booth, James Jones, Ed Gein, The Zodiac Killer
Period 6: Charles Starkweather, Jack the Ripper, James Holmes, Tom Horn, Charles Manson, Jim Jones, Al Capone, Timothy McVeigh, Bernie Madoff, Richard Ramirez, Ed Gein, Andrea Yates, Ted Bundy, The Beltway Snipers, Jeffery Dahmer, David Berkowitz, Whitey Bulger, John Dillinger, The Lindbergh Baby, Nikko Jenkins, Jesse & Frank James, John Wayne Gacy
01/26/16: Unit 1 Test Review
Matching Terms: Involuntary Manslaughter, Robbery, Organized Crime, Criminal Justice System, Crime, General Intent, Extortion, Ingredients of a Crime, Specific Intent, Visible Crime, Victimless Crime, Burglary, 2nd Degree Homicide, Criminal Defenses, Race, Aggravated Assault, Biological Theory, Life Course Theory, Felony, Misdemeanor, Occupational Crime, Criminal Negligence, Men/Minorities, Identity Theft, Larceny.
Short Answers:
Choose a theory of crime to defend as the best theory for the cause of crime in the United States.
Choose two criminal defenses and discuss their application in court.
01/14/16: Respond to the following questions after reading the current event article posted below:
1.) Summarize what is known as the “Second Chance Society” being pushed through legislation by Mr. Malloy?
2.) What part of the “Second Chance Society” do you envision to be MOST successful? Explain
3.) What part of the “Second Chance Society” do you believe to be a mistake? Explain
4.) If this proves to be successful would you like to see Nebraska adopt similar reforms? Why or why not?
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/04/opinion/connecticuts-second-chance-society.html?emc=eta1&_r=0
01/07/16: Complete the Letter to Mr. Craft assignment. Length requirement is 1 page hand-written or 1 page typed; double spaced.