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22 Cards in this Set
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Crackdown
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intensified effort to reduce incidence of a particular crime
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Entrapment
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legal practice of persuading an initially inwilling party to commit an offense
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4 different types of courts
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Limited, special, general and Appellate
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limited jusrisdiction
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focus on minor crimes
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Special jurisdiction
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specialize in certain areas of law. I.e. family and juvenile courts
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general jurisdiction
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focus on major trials
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Apellate courts
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power to review judgement of a trial court
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August Vullmer
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reformer of Criminal justice, believed police needed training and more professionalism
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Municipal law enforcement
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Most common and has broadest authority. Mostly responding to citizen calls instad of actual crime
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Vice crimes
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gambling, prostetution, drugs
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count plea bargain
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counts removed
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sentence plea bargain
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persecutor recommends lighter sentence
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charge plea bargain
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reduction of charges
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Shake downs
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type of police corruption where a cop will not punish someone who is guilty of a crime for payment
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Kick backs
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Type of police corruption where a cop will reffer a company to people in need and the cop earns a reward from that company
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protection
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type of police corruption where a cop will protect certain illegal goods + services
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patronig
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Type of police corruption where cops pay for promotion
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name the four elements that influence police discression
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nature of the crime, relationship between prosecutor and victim. Relationship between cop prosecutor and victim and departmental guidelines
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Watchman
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style of policing that focuses on order maintanance, usually found in poor communities
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Service
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style of policing that focus on helping the community. Found in wealthier communities
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Legalistic
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Style of policing that has an emphasis on law violations
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Wickersham report
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Noted inadequencies in training, recruitment and fullfilment of crime prevention
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