Exam 8: Concepts of Criminal Procedure

Which type of charging document is signed and sworn by a police officer or victim of a crime?

If the grand jury concludes that there is insufficient evidence to make someone stand trial on felony charges, they can refuse to issue an indictment, a process sometimes referred to as issuing a "no bill."

In the participation model of pure procedural justice, fair procedures are always guaranteed to produce accurate and fair outcomes.

A person's perception of whether a decision-making process was fair depends on several attributes. One attributes is whether the authorities were seen as benevolent and caring. This is known as:

Talk About: -Pure procedural justice

Talk About: -Balancing Model

Talk About: -Preliminary hearing

Talk About: -Interrogation

A person's perception of whether a decision-making process was fair depends on several attributes. One attributes is whether people had an opportunity to state their case. This is known as:

Written notice is provided in a one of three types of a charging document. These include:

The perception that legal authorities have legitimacy enhances the sense that the authorities are entitled to be obeyed.

Miranda rights have to be read to someone upon arrest.

Everyone has a right to trial by jury. The Supreme Court has ruled that this right does not apply to:

At the time the Sixth Amendment was adopted, the right to counsel clause was included to insure that people who could afford to hire lawyers were free to do so. Over time, it has evolved to ensure:

Making sure offenders have the opportunity to know that their behavior was criminalized is not a prerequisite for fairness.

Requiring proof beyond a reasonable doubt for criminal convictions is grounded in:

Talk About: -Exigent circumstances

A person's perception of whether a decision-making process was fair depends solely on the outcome.

There are three important procedural justice rights contained in the Fifth Amendment. They include:

Maiese added a fourth criterion to the research of Tyler on fairness in the justice system. What was it?