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Intro, Injury & Death Investigation, Suicide, Use of Force, Offenders & Victimization, Gender & Homicide, Accidental Deaths
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Criminal Justice
Undergraduate 4
10/09/2011

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Murder
Definition
crime of unlawfully killing a person especially with malice aforethought; class 1 felony
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Homicide
Definition
killing of 1 human by another
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Capital Murder
Definition
willful, deliberate & premeditated killing of any person in commission of abduction
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1st & 2nd Degree Murder
Definition
murder other than capital, by poisoning, lying in wait, imprisonment, starving, or by any deliberate attempt to commit arson, rape, forcible sodomy or sexual penetration; class 2 felony
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Manslaughter
Definition
unlawful killing of human without expressed or implied malice; felony
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Involuntary Manslaughter
Definition
manslaughter resulting from failure to perform a legal duty expressly required to safeguard human life, from commission of unlawful act or lawful act in negligent or improper manner; misdemeanor
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Malice
Definition
desire to cause pain, injury or distress to another - intent to commit unlawful act
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Criminal Enterprise (motivational model for classification of homicides)
Definition
murder committed for material gain
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Personal Cause (motivational model for classification of homicides)
Definition
motivated by personal cause & ensues from interpersonal aggression
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Sexual (motivational model for classification of homicides)
Definition
sexual element/activity is basis for sequence of acts leading to death
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Group Cause (motivational model for classification of homicides)
Definition
2 or more people with common ideology sanction as act, committed by 1 or more members of group, resulting in death
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Manner of Death
Definition
classification of death based on circumstances surrounding particular cause of death & how came into play
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Cause of Death
Definition
actual mechanism of death - disease or injury
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Manner of Death Classifications
Definition
natural, accidental, suicide, homicide, undetermined
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Staging
Definition
deliberate efforts made by others to disguise true manner of death; common for murder to be made to look like accident or suicide
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Suicide
Definition
intentional killing of self
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Methods of Suicide
Definition
shooting, hanging, ingesting drugs, drowning, cutting, ingesting poison, inhaling gas, jumping, intentionally crashing vehicle
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Depression
Definition
mood disturbance characterized by feelings of sadness, despair & discouragement resulting from personal loss or tragedy
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Suicide-By-Cop
Definition
incident in which individual engages in behavior which poses apparent risk of serious injury or death with intent to precipitate use of deadly force by police personnel toward individual
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Instrumental Suicide-By-Cop
Definition
avoid consequences, using cop as tool to kill self because killing self is spiritually wrong
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Expressive Suicide-By-Cop
Definition
emotional point to commit suicide-by-cop
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Force
Definition
amount of effort required by police to compel compliance from unwilling subject
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Excessive Force
Definition
application of amount or frequency of force greater than that required to compel compliance from a willing or unwillful suspect
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Victimology
Definition
explores dynamics of victim-offender relationship - how & why some people are victimized by crime
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Routine Activities Theory
Definition
Cohen & Felson. 4 factors to be present for criminal acts: motivated offender, suitable target, absence of capable guardian, no handler
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Occupational-Related Victimization
Definition
person's work may increase likelihood of victimization
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Active Participant
Definition
victim is directly responsible for their injury/victimization
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Passive Participant
Definition
as a result of naivete or ignorance, passive participant becomes victim
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