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An act that violates criminal law and is punishable |
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Consesus Model is a criminal justice model in which: ???? |
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A majority of citizens in society agree on what activities should be outlawed |
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Which of the following is true regarding deviance? |
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Deviance: is behavior that is considered to go against the norms established by society |
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All of the following are major categories of violence crimes except: |
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Most common form of criminal activity? |
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Public Order Crimes are sometimes referred to as ____? |
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Robbery is considered a ______ crime. |
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Illegal acts by illegal organizations are referred to as _________. |
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Which of the following is an example of a white-collar crime?
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Federalism refers to ____________. |
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a shared of government powers by Federal and State Authorities |
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The constitution gives the Federal government certain express powers, including all except: |
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What level of law enforcement divides duties between counties and municipalities? |
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Wildlife wardens, alcohol and beverage control agents, fire marshals are examples of law enforcement officers at the ______ level. |
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__________ investigate most crimes and attempt to deter crime through patrol activites. |
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The Bureau of Alcohol (ATF), DEA, US Secret Service are ___________. |
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The United States has a _________ court system. |
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Once the court system convicts and sentences an offender, she or he is delegated to the ______ system. |
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Most common correctional treatment, which allows the offender to return to the community and remain under the supervision of the agent of the court, is: |
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______ house those convicted of more serious crimes with longer sentences. |
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The UCR is prepared annually by the _______. |
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FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) |
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The UCR is comprised of agency data which represents ______ of the American population. |
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In the 1980's the department of Justice began seeking was to improve its data system. The result was the ____________
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NIBRS
(National Incident Based Report System) |
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The dark figure of crime refers to those offenses that are committed, but are unknown to police.
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There are currently no theories that associate physical chracteristics with criminality. |
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All individuals are at equal risk of being victimized by crime. |
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The ________ is the supreme law land, and as such is the basis of all law is the United States. |
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The primary legal function of the law is:
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to maintain social order by protecting citizens from criminal harm. |
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In a civil case, the injured party is called the _______. |
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In a criminal case, the burden of proof is: |
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Beyond a reasonable doubt |
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Crimes punishable by death or imprisonment in a federal prison for 1 year or more, are _______. |
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A homocide that results from the offender's carelessness, when the offender didn't have malice aforethought. |
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A wrongful mental state or intent, is known as: ______. |
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The guilty act in a criminal offense is refferred to as: ________. |
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As dissussed in the textbook, Corpus Deliti refers to: _________. |
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the basic elements of crime |
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A crime in which the defendant is guilty regardless of his or her state of mind at the time of the act is known as: _______. |
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Involuntary intoxication is a valid criminal offense. |
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Entrapment is a justification defense in which the offender claims he or she was induced to commit the crime by public officials. |
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Due process is addressed in the fifth and fourth amendment. |
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Early policing efforts were the most part performed by _______. |
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In which city was the first organized police department formed? |
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Many of our American policing institutions have their _______.
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The community era of policing began in the year: ______. |
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The 3rd era in American policing ______, way have started with several government initiatives including the Street Crime Act. |
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The use of force by police officers occurs in about ___ percent of all police-public encounters. |
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When police officers accept free gifts from citzens (a passive form of corruption) this is called ________.
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Diversity in police departments leads to improved community relations. |
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The purpose of a "frisk" is to discover _______. |
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A(n) ________ is taking into custody of a citizen for the purpose of detaining him or her on a criminal charge. |
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A(n) _______ is the process by which police examine a person or property for evidence to use in a trial. |
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A(n) _________ is a written order, based on probable cause and issued by a judge or magistrate, commanding that police officers or criminal investigators search a specific person, place, or property to obtain evidence. |
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