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ADMJ 1

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misdemeanors   less serious crime fine or less than a year in prison  
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felonies   serious offenses, prison for more than a year  
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arrest   detaining of a person by lawful authority  
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booking   recording of the arrest  
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defendant   a person against whom a legal action is brought, a warrant is issue, or an indictment is found  
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initial appereance   a pretrial stage in from of a lower court to be giving notice of the charges and advise of the constitutional rights  
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summary trial   an immediate trial without a jury  
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probable cause   a standard of proof that requires evidence sufficient to make a reasonable person to believe that the action is justified  
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bail   monetary guarantee deposited with the court to ensure that suspects or defendants will appear at a later stage in the criminal justice process  
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preliminary hearing   in a felony case, a pretrial stage at which a judge determines whether there is a probable cause  
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grand jury   a group of citizen who meet to investigate charges coming from preliminary hearings  
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information   a document that outlines formal charges against the suspect, the law that have been violated, and the evidence that support the charges  
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arraignment   pretrial stage to hear the information or indictment and to allow a plea  
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plea bargaining   when specific sentence is imposed if the accused pleas guilty to an agreed-on charges instead of going to trial  
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bench trial   a trial before a judge without a jury  
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probation   a sentence in which the offender is retained in the community under supervision of a probation agency  
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parole   the conditional release of prisoners before they have served their full sentence  
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system   a smoothly operating set of arrangements and institutions directed toward the achievement of a common goals  
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crime control model (conservative)   efficiency in the process  
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due process model   protect the innocent and convict the guilty defends personal freedom and prevention of tyranny  
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doctrine of legal guilt   for people to be found guilty of crimes, they must be found both factually and legally guilty  
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myths   beliefs based on emotion rather than analysis  
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institution of social control   an organization that persuades people to abide by dominant values of society  
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jurisdiction   a political defined geographical area  
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Agencies of the criminal justice system   police, courts, corrections  
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