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Week 11
Law Enforcement
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Criminal Justice
Undergraduate 4
03/16/2017

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Term
Are corporate crimes outside or inside the scope of usual police activity?
Definition
outside
Term
HSBC entered a ______ agreement with the Justice Department
Definition
deferred-prosecution
Term
Why did the Justice Department not take the HSBC case to trial?
Definition
anything more than a fine would collapse the world economy
Term
Can profiles be used to assist law enforcement in detecting & investigating criminal conduct?
Definition
yes!
Term
Can race, ethnicity, gender, or another characteristic be the sole basis of reasonable suspicion apart from another factor?
Definition
no!
Term
categorical suspicion
Definition
using race, ethnicity, gender, or another characteristic as the sole basis of reasonable suspicion apart from another factor
Term
What amendment does categorical suspicion violate?
Definition
14th amendment equal protection clause
Term
Can race/ethnicity/gender as part of a suspect description justify a stop?
Definition
yes!
Term
Operation Pipeline
Definition
using racial profiling to help catch drug couriers attempting to enter the country
Term
The US Department of Justice has banned the use of racial profiling for all federal law enforcement except _______
Definition
in cases that involve the possible identification of terrorism suspects
Term
Police & the military have the power with few minutes to snoop, sniff, & detain without warrant or ______
Definition
probable cause
Term
Police have been equipped with paramilitary equipment & ______ teams are increasingly deployed
Definition
SWAT
Term
Property may be _______ to the state or federal government without proof of guilt or innocence of the owner
Definition
forfeited
Term
Police have been granted more power to conduct unannounced ______ drug raids
Definition
"no-knock"
Term
reasonable suspicion
Definition
a general & reasonable belief that a crime is in progress
Term
probable cause
Definition
a set of facts & circumstances that would induce a reasonable person to deduce that a particular person has committed a crime
Term
pretext stops
Definition
stopping a driver for a traffic violation in order to then investigate an unrelated criminal offense
Term
SWAT (special weapons & tactics)
Definition
a special paramilitary unit that specializes in the use of force & special policing techniques
Term
no-knock warrant
Definition
used in cases where announcing entry would lead to the destruction of evidence or compromise the safety of the police or another individual
Term
civil forfeiture
Definition
allows police to seize - and then keep or sell - any property they allege is involved in a crime
Term
The number of women in prison, a third of whom are incarcerated for drug offenses, is increasing at nearly ______ the rate for men
Definition
doubly
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