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49 Cards in this Set
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Whatrights are guaranteed to all members of American society by the U.S.Constitution
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Individualrights
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Whattype of crime has there been a decrease in?
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Traditionalcrimes
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What is a public order advocate?
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Issomeone that believes the order can be kept with stricter punishments
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What is social justice |
Fairness based on a cultures view of right and wrong |
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What are the three major components of the Criminal Justice System |
Law enforcement, courts and corrections |
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Know the consensus model and the due process model |
The consensus model is the perspective that all the systems components work together to achieve justice. Due process model the rules and forms established for protection of rights. |
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Know the stages of the criminal justice process and what occurs at each stage |
Booking- paperwork, pictures, fingerprint |
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What does an indictment mean? |
A formal written accusation submitted to the court by a grand jury, alleging that a person has committed the offense. Probable cause |
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Whatamendment affords someone the right to a trial by jury |
The 6th |
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What are concurrent and consecutive sentences |
A concurrent sentence is where they have multiple offenses but they serve time for each offense separately. Consecutive sentence is where they have multiple sentences but serve time for all them together. |
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What is the crime-control model? |
A theory that focuses on reducing crimes based on increased police and prosecutorial powers. |
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What is a bench trial? |
Is a trial done by a judge instead of a jury. The defendant gets to pick which kind of trial they want. |
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Whatis evidence-based practice |
Doing what has been found to perform the best based on research |
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What does the Uniform Crime Reports contain? |
National statistics and data |
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Which agency is responsible for the National Crime Victimization Survey |
Bureau of justice statistics |
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Which factor contributed to a dramatic increase in crime in the U.S. in the 1960s and 1970s |
Baby boomers |
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What is the clearance rate? |
The number of crime reported compared to the number solved |
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Know examples of Part I offenses |
Murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, homicide, arson. |
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Know the difference between a spree murder and a mass murder |
The difference is in the performance. A mass murderer is generally one act of killing a lot of people. A spree murderer occurs in several locations and spread out over time but with no cooling off period. |
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Who commits most rapes |
Acquaintances |
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What is aggravated assault
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Using a weapon or having the intent to hurt
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What is burglary |
Stealing something but not using force |
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What are flash robs |
When you gang up and break into places in a group. |
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Know examples of larceny |
Theft of personal property
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What is identity theft |
When someone steals your identity and uses it as their own |
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What is the dark figure of crime? |
The amount of unreported crimes |
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What is cyberstalking |
The use of electronics to stalk someone |
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What type of crime is undertaken and supported by organized criminal groups operating across national boundaries? |
Transnational organized crime |
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What is common law |
Law that is derived from customs, unwritten. Principles to interpret legal issues
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What is he “Rule of Law” |
The restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power by subordinating it to well defined and established laws |
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Know examples of procedural law |
Procedural law is telling police and the courts how to do something |
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The definition of criminal law |
System of law that is concerned with the punishment of those who commit crimes. The state and the society is who the crime is committed against. |
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Typically, what do civil lawsuits seek |
Adisagreement between two civilians, typically awarded money. |
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What is a legal principle that ensures that previous judicial decisions are considered when settling similar future cases?
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Looking at what other courts have done. Precedent.
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Difference between a misdemeanor and a felony |
A misdemeanor is typically less than a year, minor crime. A felony is more than a year, serious crime. |
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What is an inchoate offense? |
Preparing to commit a crime, a crime that wasn't finished |
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What is actus reus and mens rea |
Actus rues is the guilty act and menus rea is the guilty mind
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On your way to work, you hit and kill a pedestrian because you were texting while driving. Which type of mens rea most likely exists in this situation |
Negligent |
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What is when the act and the guilty mind is together |
Concurrent |
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What is Corpus delicti |
The body of the crime |
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What is ex post facto |
After the fact |
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What are justification defenses and examples? |
Self-defense, defense of home and property, consent |
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Know examples of procedural defenses |
Defenses that would be error that occur after you’ve been arrested with the proceedings. No trial by jury, etc |
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Which defense has been used in cases involving wives who have killed their husbands after suffering years of abuse |
Duress |
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Know the M'Naughten rule |
Whether you knew right from wrong
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What is diminished capacity |
A defense |
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When does mental incompetence refers to the offender’s mental condition |
Right before the trial |
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What is double jeopardy |
Can’t be charged twice for same offense. |
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Which U.S. Constitutional Amendment guarantees the right to a speedy trial |
6th
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