Chapter 9 Study Guide

The 5th amendment declares No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person

“Criminal procedure is the branch of American constitutional law concerned with the state’s power to maintain an orderly society and the rights of citizens and residents to live in freedom from undue government interference with their liberty” (Zalman, 2008, p. 4). The Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth amendments are significant in studying criminal procedure. In criminal justice, the criminal procedure is important because it deals with the conflict between order and liberty directly. To understand the friction between order and liberty, Herbert Packer studied the competing values that underlie the constitutional order through the Due

Unfortunately, the financial trend that has been seen in policing will likely continue for the foreseeable future, which will not only limit the ability to confront these new critical issues, but will likely exacerbate them as well (Police Executive, 2013). It is also foreseeable that new state efforts to combat their overall economic struggles will serve as a critical issue with adverse policing affects as well. More and more states continue to modify their early release policies, putting criminals back onto the streets sooner and in greater numbers than ever before, which has caused police officials to almost unanimously report that they expect to see increases in their crime rates as a result (Police Executive, 2013).

In the first scenario, the first action that was illegally taken by the officer was approaching the suspect on the front porch. The officer could not legally approach the suspect as the front porch is considered an area of curtilage because this is an area that one feels that they have the right of privacy. The case that supports my decision is United States v. Dunn where police received a tip that Dunn’s barn contained alleged equipment to manufacture drugs. The barn was away from Dunns home which allowed for them to search the barn after not receiving a warrant. This case established four factors that determine curtilage. Those factors are the proximity of the area to the home, whether the area is in an enclosure surrounding the home, the

The city of Chicago, Illinois is facing a crisis in regards to gun violence. This pervasive issue affects the city as whole, but ripples violently through Chicago’s neighborhoods with lower socioeconomic status. While this form of violence in Chicago has been a problem for decades, 2016 was a “devastatingly violent year” as 762 people were murdered in the city (Sweeney, Schmadeke, & Meisner, 2017, p. 1). The city of Chicago has a population of 2.7 million people, which is about three times lower than that of New York City. Despite the smaller population size, the FBI and Chicago police data show that Chicago registered more shootings and homicides in 2016 than any other U.S. city. This paper will aim to provide context

Hello Sir/Madam in this report one will examine the importance of suggesting new recommendations for increasing the maximum prison sentence for offenders convicted of aggravated robbery, known as armed robbery. One will address issues of why our state legislature should consider changing the existing prison terms of those found guilty of armed robbery. As well address, the reason one believes this responsibility lays in the hands of legislators instead of judges, or parole boards. By examining the severity of armed robbery, rate of recidivism, budget needs, on crime, one will suggest that the minimum amount of time an offender of armed robbery is incarcerated should be increased.

On Friday, April, 4, 2014, I observed the Vanderburgh County Superior Court to observe different family law cases. The cases I heard involved contempt of court for failing to pay child support, failure to appear for a court appointed drug test, birth certificate affidavit, request for contest hearing time, and an issue of paternity case. Magistrate Judge Sheila M. Corcoran was presiding over the family court hearings. When entering the courthouse, I was greeted by security and advised to remove any cell phones, and/or, any other items that would trigger a metal detector. After this, I proceeded straight to look for the family courtroom. After roaming around mindlessly for a couple minutes, I decided to ask the courthouse officer monitoring

A special report made by Chicago Magazine, “The Truth About Chicago’s Crime Rates”, informs about the way authorities in the city had in recent year reclassify crime rates through the manipulation of statistics. The article investigates specific cases of murders that occurred in Chicago’s South and West side neighborhoods. In July 2013, Tiara Groove, a 20-year old black African American from South Austin, was found dead inside a warehouse, “Her face and body were bloated and badly decomposed”, and a thin and brown wire “was wrapped around each armrest of a wooden chair next to her flesh”. Despite the pathologist not been able to find the exact cause of the death, it was indicated that it had been a homicide; but, the CPD did not counted as a murder and classified the case as “noncriminal death investigation”. This would be the onset of other similar cases that were investigated by the Chicago Magazine’s

The basic division in the structure of criminal courts is between the lower criminal courts – the local courts, Children’s court and Coroner’s court – and the higher criminal courts – the District Court and the Supreme Court. In observing proceedings at the Local, District and Supreme Courts over a period of three days a number of aspects of the criminal justice system were made apparent. The administration, processes and practices of the criminal trial are extremely varied dependent upon the level of criminal court being observed. The distinctions between the workings of the two courts revealed a number of the differences between summary proceedings and trial upon indictment. The cases observed served to

“ Our main goal in this program is to improve quality of life for all residents, either homeless or not. We want to protect the average citizen from being accosted at the store as well, as none of us would want our wives or sisters harassed or approached aggressively either. We must try to ensure the safety of everybody and we feel that this program has that potential once fully realized,” explained Deputy

More than half of those robberies consist of home invasion with a firearm, putting whoever’s in the way in immediate harm. Crime like this should not be taken lightly. Consequences should be more intense than they really are, instead of 3 years to 5 years in prison, They should take in how the victims of the crime feel,and all of the things they lost. No crime is small if it put another human being in harm's way. An Average of thirty percent of robbers either committed murder or won't hesitate to commit murder by any

The Concord Mills Mall is one place in the community that I think can greatly benefit by using the target hardening theory. I have numerous reasons to support my thoughts. First, the mall is a very busy place that people enjoy so much they lose focus on their own personal safety. Second, the parking lot is packed with so many cars that can effortlessly be broken into, especially if there are no alarms on them. Third, the employees in the various stores of the mall generally work the same schedule throughout the week; routine activity is what a criminal is looking for in order to make their criminal activity flow smoother. Last, the lighting in the mall parking light is almost none existing. I propose that people need to be more cognizant

The first court that I attend was district court, the judge was Fernando r. macias

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program defines robbery as “the taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear (FBI, 2010).” Monk, Heinonen and Eck (2010) further displayed the five necessary characteristics of the street crime:

Applications of these methods in stores in San Diego and Cincinnati have resulted in a 30 percent drop in robberies and a 50 percent decline in violence there. According to the developers of the security system, Hanover brothers, Inc.