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18 Cards in this Set
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Active Shooter |
An individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area. |
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Child Abuse |
The physical, emotional, psychological, or sexual mistreatment of a child. |
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Child Neglect |
Failure to provide reasonably necessary care to a child. |
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Clearance Rate |
The proportion of crimes known to the police that are solved (an arrest is made) versus all crimes known to the police. |
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Confidential Informant |
A person who secretly provides information to law enforcement, often in return for money or an agreement not to prosecute the informant. |
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Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) |
A component of the overall criminal investigation process wherein evidence is collected, documented, and preserved at the location where a crime took place. |
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Domestic Violence |
Violent, aggressive, or harmful behavior within the home, most often defined in terms of spouses. |
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Drug Awareness Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) |
A cooperative program between police and schools designed to keep youth from becoming involved with drugs. |
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Drug Enforcement Unit |
Specialized units within one or more (such as multiagency taskforces) local law enforcement agencies that focus on drug related crimes. |
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Informant |
A person who provides helpful information to the police. |
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Internal Affairs |
A specialized unit within a police department that investigates allegations of misconduct by the department's officers. |
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Juvenile Curfew |
A law (most often a municipal ordinance) that prohibits persons under a certain age from being out in public after a certain time at night. |
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Mafia |
A criminal organization brought to the United States by Italian immigrants in the early nineteenth century. |
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Scene Integrity |
The idea of keeping a crime scene free from contamination and tampering. |
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School Resource Officer (SRO) |
Sworn peace officers assigned to public schools for the purposes of crime prevention and education. |
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Specialized Units |
Any subdivision of a law enforcement agency that has a mission different from patrol. |
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Traffic Unit |
A specialized unit within police departments tasked with enforcing trafic regulations and providing related services such as writing accident reports. |
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Vice |
An informal term used to denote 'victimless crimes' such as gambling, prostitution, and drug possession. |
