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42 Cards in this Set
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3 definitions of crime (P.O.P) |
1. Punishable under criminal law 2. Offense against society 3. Punishable by sanctions |
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4 points about protection (P.A.R.S) |
1. Potential future crime and risky offenders 2. Appropriate punishment 3. Rehab for safe return 4. Support for victims |
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Crime control (invidivuals) |
1. Deter crime by all means 2. Less protection of individual rights 3. Individuals rights set aside for public safety. |
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Due Process Model (society) |
1. Cannot be deprived of life, liberty, property 2. When charged CJS must protect rights 3. Innocent untik proven guilty |
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Corpus Delecti (A.I.C.A.H) |
1. Guilty act 2. Guilty intent 3. Concurrence 4. Attendant circumstances 5. Harm |
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Duress to qualify |
1. Threat must be of serious bodiky harm/death. 2. Harm threatened greater than harm caused. 3. Threat must be immediate and inescapable. 4. Defendant involved through no fault of his own. |
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4 elements of arrest |
1. Intent 2. Authority 3. Detention 4. Understanding |
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3 rights justcie ensures |
1. Individuals are equal 2. Free from random search and seizure 3. All laws are applied equally |
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4 characteristics of civil law |
1. Individual/corporation initiated 2. Involve contracts, property, wrongdoing. 3. Plaintiff tries to prove wrong doing of defenedant. 4. Concerned with responsibility |
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Mens Rea (P.K.N.R) |
Purpose Knowledgeable Negligence Recklessness |
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Parts of the CJS |
-Law Enforcement (local, state, federal) -Courts: 52 court systems -Corrections - |
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Federalism |
Form of government in which a written constitution provides for a division of powers. |
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Violent crime |
Crimes against people categorized by intent, weapon, and level of pain/suffering |
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Property crime |
Crimes in which goal is economic gain of damage to property |
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Public Order Crime |
Behavior labeled criminal because goes against values and norms |
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White-collar |
Nonviolent committed by businesses or individuals to gain personal advantage |
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Organized |
Illegal acts carried out by illegal organizations |
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High tech |
Cyberspace |
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Consensus Model |
Assumption that members will naturally comevto basic agreement with regard to shared norms/values |
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Rational choice theory |
Wrongdoers act as if they weigh the benefits of criminal behavior against expected costs of being aprehended |
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Social disorganization |
Deviant behavior more likely where social institutions fail to exert control over the population |
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Strain theory |
Crime is result of frustration felt by individuals who cannot attain financial and personal goals |
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Social conflict |
Criminal behavior is result of class conflict |
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Learning theory |
Criminals must be taught |
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Control theory |
Criminal behavior is restrained by damage those actions woukd cause to relationships |
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Life course theory |
Behavior patterns developed in childhood can predict delinquent behavior |
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UCR |
Measures overall rate of crime in the U.S. |
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Entrapment |
Defendant was induced by law enforcement to commit a crime |
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Mala in se |
Wrong in itself Act is wrong even if there is no law prohibiting it. |
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Mala prohibita |
Wrong because its prohibited Act is only wrong because it is prohibited. |
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Actus reus |
A guilty act |
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Mens rea |
Guilty intent |
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Strict liability |
Defendant is guilty regardless of the state of mind |
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Justification Defenses |
Duress, necessity, entrapment, self-defense, insanity, intoxication |
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M'Naghten |
Requires that the defendant lack substantial capacity to appreciate the wrongness of his act. |
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Deadly Force |
Can be used in self defense if reasonable belief that death/bodily harm would result |
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Victims rights: |
Informed Present Heard Restitution |
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Dark figure of crime |
Actual amount of crime that takes place. "Dark" because many crimes are never reported. |
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Responsibilities of the police |
Enforce laws Provide services Prevent crime Preserve the peace |
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Probable cause |
Personal observation Information Evidence Association |
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4th amendment |
The right to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable search and seizure. |
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5th amendment |
Right to trial by jury |
