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CIVICS & ECONOMICS EXAM REVIEW 2016 – Part IV (THE LAW) & SOME OTHER STUFF

Directions: Complete the questions below.

  1. What is the difference between a felony and a misdemeanor? (Describe nature of the crime and the punishment.)

Felony / Misdemeanor
Definition
Examples of crimes
Punishment
  1. What is a plea bargain? List one advantage and one disadvantage.
  1. Describe the following types of law (one sentence each).

Constitutional law
Criminal law
Civil law
  1. CONGRATULATIONS! YOU’VE BEEN ARRESTED! PUT THE FOLLOWING TERMS IN ORDER THAT WOULD ENCOUNTER THEM IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. BE READY TO DEFINE EACH.

DUE PROCESS, PROBABLE CAUSE, WARRANT, SENTENCING, ARREST, AQUITTAL, ARRAIGNMENT, INDICTMENT, TESTIMONY, REHABILITATION

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  1. Identify law enforcement agencies at the national (name 1), state (name 2) and local (name 2) levels. State at least one responsibility of each.

National / Agency / Responsibility
State / Agency / Responsibility
Agency / Responsibility
Local / Agency / Responsibility
Agency / Responsibility
  1. THERE ARE NUMEROUS PROTECTIONS IN THE CONSTITUTION TO GUARD AGAINST UNFAIR LEGAL PROSECUTON. IDENTIFY OR EXPLAIN:
  2. It you are acquitted of a crime you cannot be tried for that crime again. Why?______
  3. The 14th Amendment guarantees equal______
  4. The 4th Amendment requires the police have ______to conduct a search.
  5. We are protected from torture by ______Amendment, which forbids ______and ______punishments.
  1. Juveniles (in NC, anyone under the age of ______) have the same due process rights as adults

EXCEPT they do not have the right to a ______; instead they have a hearing because the goal of the Juvenile Justice system is to ______behavior rather than punishment; if a judge remands a juvenile to adult court to be tried, then the juvenile would have the right to a trial by jury.

8. Corrections:

  1. ______areoperated by national or state government; where criminals committing serious crimes are detained (they are also called penitentiaries).
  2. ______are operated by local governments; where criminals serving short sentences are held; where accused people are held that have been denied bail.
  3. ______is a type of sentence where the criminal goes free but must follow certain rules under court supervision.
  4. ______is when an inmate is released from prison early, before serving entire sentence.
  5. A ______occurs when a defendant pleads guilty to a crime less serious than the one with which he is charged. In return he gets a lesser sentence. The vast majority of crimes are dealt with in this manner.

9. Civil Law: deals with disagreements between people

a. EX: divorce, child custody, suing a person, business or the government; contract disputes

b. In a civil case, the ______opposes (is against) the defendant

c. People are “sue happy” in the U.S., which has led to the following problem:

(1). It may take years for a civil cases to come to court because the courts are so overloaded with suits. To help solve the problem, judges are suggesting ______where a third party tries to help the disputing parties compromise and work out a solution before taking the disagreement to court.

(2). Large ______awards have led to lost service (EX: no more diving boards at hotel pools), higher prices (sued company may raise prices to compensate) and higher insurance rates.

CIVICS BASICS

  1. WHAT ARE THE FOUR FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT?
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  6. WHAT ARE THE 3 BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT? WHAT DO THEY DO (GENERALLY)?
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  10. HOW DO THESE BRANCHES CHECK AND BALANCE EACH OTHER?

PRESIDENT CHECKS:CONGRESSSUPREME COURT

CONGRESS CHECKS:PRESIDENTSUPREME COURT

SUPREME COURT CHECKS:PRESIDENTCONGRESS

  1. WHAT IS JUDICIAL REVIEW? WHAT COURT CASE GIVES THIS POWER TO THE JUDICIAL BRANCH?