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chapter 9,10,11,12
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Criminal Justice
Undergraduate 2
05/17/2014

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DUI
Definition
Unlawfully operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
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DWI
Definition
Unlawfully operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.
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Breanch of peace.
Definition
Any unlawful activitie that unreasonably disturbs the peace and tranquility of the community.
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Escape
Definition
The unlawful leaving of official custody or confinement without permission. Also, the failure to return to custody or confinement following an official temporary leave.
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Loitering
Definition
The act of delaying,  lingering, oe idling about without a lawful reason for being present.
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Fighting words
Definition
Words that , by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incitaye an inmediate breanch of peace. Fighting word are not protected by the free of speech.
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Treason
Definition
The crime of levying war against, or supporting the enemy of, one's nation. It is the only crime mentioned in the U.S Constitution.
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Incest
Definition
Unlawful sexual intercourse with a relative through blood or marriage.
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Bigamy
Definition
The crime of marrying one person while still legally married to another person.
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Rico statute
Definition
A section of the federal Organized Crime Control Act Known as Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organizations provision. Some states have passed their own RICO like Statutes.
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Public drunkenness
Definition
The offense of being in a state of intoxication in a place accesible to the public.
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Unlawful  assambly
Definition
A gathering of three or more people for the purpose of doing an unlawful act or for the purpose of doing a lawful act in a violent boisterous, or tumultuos manner.
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Lynching
Definition
The taking, by means of riot, of any person from the lawful custody of a peace officer
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Terrorism
Definition
The commission of a traditionsl crime, such a murder, with the intention of coercing a population or influencing a government through fear or intimidation.
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Victimless crime
Definition
An offense committed against the social values and interest represented in an protected by the criminal law and in which parties to the offense willingly participate.
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Polygamy
Definition
The state of having more than one wife or husband at the same time.
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Bribery
Definition
The offense of giving or receiving a gift or reward intended to influence a person in the exercise of a judicial or public duty.
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Human smuggling
Definition
Illegal inmigration an agent is paid to help a person cross a nationsl border clandestinely.
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Controlled substance
Definition
A specifically defined bioactive or psychoactive chemical substance that comes under the purview of the criminal law.
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Resisting arrest
Definition
The crime of obstructing or opposing a peace officer who is making an arrest.
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THE USA PATRIOT ACT
Definition
Federal statute enacted immediately following, and in response to, the terrorist attacks on the United States on september 11 2001. The statute increased federal law enforcement authority to prevent, detect, and prosecute terrorists.
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Perjury
Definition
The willful giving of false testimony under oath in a judicial proceeding.Also, false testimony given under any lawfully administered oath.
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Vagrancy
Definition
The act of going about from place to place by a person without visible means of support, lived without labor or on the charity of others.
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Habeas corpus
Definition
Literally, "you have thr body". A writ challenging the legality of incarceration, or a writ ordering a prisioner to be brought before a court to determine the legality of the prisioner's detention.
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