Final Exam – Fall 2012
“Key Words,
Phrases, Concepts, People”
Judicial
Decision Making: (for background see CSM, Chapters 12-13)
· Precedent
· The Orthodox/Strict View vs.
the Loose View (Llewellyn, “The Bramble Bush”)
· The
· Non-legal factors in
judicial decisions
·
Martin Luther King, Wyatt Walker, Ralph Abernathy,
Fred Shuttlesworth
“Bull” Connor, William Jenkins
Court
Impact: (CSM, Chapters 14-15)
· Judicial Activism &
Restraint
· Judicial Review
· Compliance
· Implementation
· Conditions for Court Impact
· White v. Texas
· Gideon v. Wainwright
· Brown v. Board of Education
Key
words and phrases:
· Fight vs. Truth Theory
· Uniform Crime Report
1. Felony/Misdemeanor
2. Part 1/Part 2 Crimes
3. Personal (Violent)/Property
Crimes
· National Crime Victimization
Survey
· Clearance
· Arrest
· Search vs. Seizure
· Stop vs. Frisk
· Probable Cause
· Preponderance of the
Evidence
· Reasonable Doubt
· Exclusionary Rule
· Miranda Rule
· 4th Amendment
· 5th Amendment
· 6th Amendment
Police
Policies
· Use of Deadly Force
Court
Cases:
Role of the courts in governing the rest of the
criminal justice system
· Brown v.
Don’t
forget to re-examine criminal procedure (Carp, Stidham
& Manning, Chapters 9-10). This was assigned reading both before and
after the Midterm.
This
is not an exhaustive list nor does it reflect facts/concepts addressed in the
Crime File videos and many class lectures.