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| Unless crime is controlled, the rights of law-abiding citizens will not be protected, and the security of society will be diminished. |
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| Its advocates are concerned about lawbreaking..however they believe that granting too much leeway to law enforcement officials will only result in the loss of freedom and civil liberties for all Americans. |
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| The numerous public agencies involved in implementing public policy conerning crime |
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| As a body of rules encated by public officials in a legitimate manner and backed by the force of the state |
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| Legal system with its origins to England |
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| General law; law common to the entire land |
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| Judges performed the task of organizing social relationships through law |
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| The first document that establishes the underlying principles and general laws of a nation or state |
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| Laws enacted by federal and state legislatures |
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| Statuatory law enacted by a local unit of government |
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| Administrative regulations |
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| Legislative bodies delegate rule-making authority to agencies, boards, bureas, comissions, and departments |
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| legal obligations; tort, contract, and domestic relations, murder robbery and burglary |
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| Methods of enforcing legal obligations; trials, lawsuits |
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| Burden is on the prosecutor to prove the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt |
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| Preponderance of the evidence |
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| slight majority of the evidence for one side or the other |
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| Beyond a reasonable doubt |
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| Jury must be fully satisfied that the person is guilty; does not mean 100 percent convinced |
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| A person should always be given notice of any charges brought against him or her, that a person should be provived a reasl change to present his or her side in a legal dispute, and that no law or government procedure shoudl be arbitrary |
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| Bill of rights applicible to states as well as federal |
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| What individuals, groups or governemnts want from the other party |
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| A court's official decision about rights and claims |
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| Person who starts a lawsuit |
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| Person whom a lawsuit is brought |
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| sums of money a court orders paid |
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| a judicial determination of the legal rights of the parties |
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| a court order that requires a person to take an action or to refrain from taking an action |
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| actions that are considered so dangerous, or potentially so, that they threaten the welfare of society as a whole |
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| crime punishable by a fine and less than a year in jail |
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| over one year in state prison |
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| body of the crime; elements of a crime |
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| Fusion of guilty act and guilty intent |
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| criminal law requires that both must occur together |
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| Attendant (accompanying) circumstances |
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| the presence or absence; causation |
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| absence of responsbility for actions; justification for actions |
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| Power of a court to decide a dispute |
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| a court has the authority to try a case and decide it |
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| The power to review cases that have already been decided by another court |
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| one national court system plus separate court systems in each of the 50 states |
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| federal equivilent of trial court judges of limited jurisdiction |
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| a breif and sketchy outline of a federal judiciary |
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| The intermediate appellate courts of the federal system |
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| highest court in the nation comprised of nine justices |
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| an order to the lower court to send the case records so that the Supreme Court can determine whether the law has been correctly applied |
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| Judicial bodies established by Congress Under Article III |
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| legislative courts; appointed for a specific term of office |
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| responsible for docketing cases, collecting fees, overseeing jury selection, and maintaining court records |
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| Network of ongoing relationships among the courthouse actors |
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| to the study and analysis of what consitutesto good or bad conduct, professional conduct |
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| defendants being treated as objects rather than individuals |
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| authority to make decisions without references to specific rules or facts |
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| responsible for the preliminary stages of felony cases as they are processed in the lower courts |
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| he or she has a duty to see that justice is done |
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| public official who represents the state in a criminal action |
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| head of the Department of Justice |
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| third ranking official in the Justice department, represent the executive branch before the Supreme Court |
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| federal prosecutors who represent the federal government |
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| state's chief law enforcement official |
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| defendants who are too poor to pay a lawyer and therefore are entitled to a lawyer for free |
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| the appointment by the court of private attorneys from a list of available attorneys |
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| involves bidding by private attorneys to represent all criinal defenants found indigents during the term of the contract |
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| law protecting forced disclosure without client consent |
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