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45 Cards in this Set
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Civil suits seek punishment, not compensation T/F?
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False.
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Corpus delicti literally means "the body of the crime." T/F?
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True.
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The M'Naghten Rule is a rule for determining necessity can be claimed as a defense. T/F?
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False.
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A crime that has not been fully carried out or an attempt of a crime is considered an inchoate offense T/F?
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True.
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The Crips and Bloods draw their recruits from very young kids (from Youth Gangs).T/F?
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True.
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The new police of the London Metropolitan Police Force were also known as "Bobbies." T/F?
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True.
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Most Suey Sing Boys became conventional members of society (from Youth Gangs). T/F?
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True.
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Discretion is used mostly in routine situations that involve offenses that are not very serious. T/F?
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True.
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Hagedorn observed that reduced loyalties among gang members in Milwaukee was due to busing (from Youth Gangs). T/F?
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True.
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Community policing provides a natural conduit for information gathering and the development of counterterrorism intelligence. T/F?
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True.
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Reasonable suspicion is a reasonable belief that a
particular person has committed a specific crime. T/F? |
False.
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A landmark case is a precedent setting court decision that produces substantial changes in both the understanding of the requirements of due process and the practical day-to-day operations of the justice system. T/F?
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True.
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The Burger Court chipped away at the strict application of the exclusionary rule originally set forth in Weeks v. U.S. T/F?
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True.
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Warrantless searches of a vehicle can extend to any area of the vehicle if officers have probable cause to conduct a purposeful search. T/F?
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True.
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Miller and Portillos discovered that females who joined gangs lived longer, experienced happier marriages and were likely to have children who graduated from college (from Youth Gangs). T/F?
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False.
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________ is a term that describes the philosophy of law.
A) Precedent B) Jurisprudence C) Stare Decisis D) Inchoate |
B) Jurisprudence
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Which of the following refers to a traditional body of early unwritten legal precedents created from everyday social customs, rules, and practices?
A) statutory law B) law of the land C) common law D) codes |
C) common law
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________ regulates the gathering of evidence and the processing of offenders by the criminal justice system.
A) Administrative law B) Criminal law C) Procedural law D) Civil law |
C) Procedural law
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On occasion, a person may be tricked into consuming an intoxicating substance. This may support a defense is known as:
A) necessity. B) involuntary intoxication. C) duress. D) entrapment. |
B) involuntary intoxication.
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Which type of a defense is an attorney using when the attorney claims that the defendant's actions were necessary to ensure the defendant's physical safety?
A) self-defense B) consent C) defense of home and property D) defense of others |
A) self-defense
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In class inchoate crimes were discussed. Attempt is one of these. What is the first element of attempt:
A) mens rea B) actus rea C) solicitation D) abandonment |
a) mens rea
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A common law and constitutional prohibition against a second trial for the same offense.
A) stare decisis B) ex post facto C) double jeopardy D) entrapment |
c) double jeopardy
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The coexistence of (1) an act in violation of the law and (2) a culpable mental state.
A) motive B) strict liability C) corpus delicti D) concurrence |
d) concurrence
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Bob and Ray have a fight. Bob knocks out Ray's teeth. Ray sues Bob and asks the court to order Bob to pay Ray's dental bills. Ray is seeking:
A) a class action. B) punitive damages. C) an injunction. D) compensatory damages. |
d) compensatory damages
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Which commission, started in 1931, recognized prohibition as unenforceable as well as a catalyst to police corruption?
A) McWhorter B) Bean C) Wickersham D) Price |
c) Wickersham
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The Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment established that:
A) police response time greatly affects the apprehension rate of suspects. B) "preventable crimes" are indeed prevented by patrol. C) preventive patrol does reduce citizen fear of crime. D) preventive patrol doesn't reduce citizen fear of crime. |
D) preventive patrol doesn't reduce citizen fear of crime.
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What strategy is designed to increase the productivity of patrol officers through the application of scientific analysis and evaluation of patrol techniques?
A) analytical patrol B) centralized patrol C) directed patrol D) supervised patrol |
C) directed patrol
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Alice Stebbins Wells is considered:
A) the first woman to be the director of the FBI. B) the first woman to be killed in the line of duty. C) the first woman to be arrested by Robert Peel. D) the first policewoman in the world. |
D) the first policewoman in the world.
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Which policing strategy reorganizes conventional patrol strategies into integrated and versatile police teams assigned to a fixed district?
A) team policing B) community policing C) problem-solving policing D) strategic policing |
A) team policing
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Preventive patrol, routine incident response, emergency response, criminal investigations, problem solving, and support services are ________ strategies.
A) subculture B) operational C) community D) management |
B) operational
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The political era of American policing, 1840's to 1930's, was characterized by:
A) police officers working in partnership with the community. B) police serving the interests of politicians. C) politicians funding police research. D) police and citizens developing a close working relationship. |
B) police serving the interests of politicians.
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The legalistic style of policing:
A) seeks to legalize controversial forms of deviant behavior. B) enforces the letter of the law. C) requires police action in disruptive situations even if no law is broken. D) is marked by the order-maintenance function of the police. |
B) enforces the letter of the law.
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Which policing style was in use when the Rodney King beating occurred in Los Angeles?
A) reform B) watchman C) service D) legalistic |
B) watchman
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Which factor does not influence a police officer's use of discretion?
A) background of the officer B) pressure from victims C) time of day D) departmental policy |
C) time of day
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Nationwide, racial, and ethnic minorities comprised ________ of full-time sworn police personnel in the year 2000.
A) 8.6% B) 22.7% C) 1.2% D) 56.3% |
B) 22.7%
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Police ________ place/s important limits on the discretionary activities of individual officers.
A) academies B) auxiliaries C) professionalism D) unions |
C) professionalism
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Which 1960s U.S. Supreme Court dramatically changed the day-to-day practice of American policing?
A) Rehnquist Court B) Eisenhower Court C) Warren Court D) Burger Court |
C) Warren Court
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This rule requires that incriminating evidence be seized by police according to the Constitutional specifications of due process or it will not be allowed as evidence in court.
A) exclusionary rule B) seizure rule C) due process rule D) procedural rule |
A) exclusionary rule
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What famous 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case required that criminal suspects be read their rights prior to being questioned by the police while in custody? A) Nix v. Williams B) Chimel v. California C) Tennessee v. Garner D) Miranda v. Arizona |
D) Miranda v. Arizona
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Probable cause is:
A) a set of facts and circumstances that would induce a reasonably intelligent and prudent person to believe that a particular person committed a specific crime. B) a legal explanation for the use of interrogation as a means to elicit a confession. C) a precedent-setting term concerned with the use of undercover operations. D) a police procedural issue concerned with the use of deadly force. |
A) a set of facts and circumstances that would induce a reasonably intelligent and prudent person to believe that a particular person committed a specific crime.
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An officer knocks on the door of a suspected drug dealer, who invites the officer into the house. While in the kitchen, the officer notices a marijuana plant on the windowsill. This evidence can be legally seized under the:
A) emergency search of property rule. B) good faith exception. C) plain view doctrine. D) emergency search of a person rule. |
C) plain view doctrine
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The majority of gang members in the United States are :
A) Hispanic/Latino B) African American C) white D) Asian |
A) Hispanic/Latino
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Cholas are _______ Hispanic/Latino gang members:
A) male B) affluent C) white D) female |
A) male
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A common thread running across white ethnic middle class gangs in the 1990’s in Los Angeles was:
A) poverty and drug abuse B) a general rebellion against adults and conventional society C) immigration D) educational failure and alcoholism |
B) a general rebellion against adults and conventional society
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An example of Asian gangs is:
A) MS-13 B) Filipino C) La Cosa Nostra D) skinheads |
B) Filipino
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