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| Conduct in violation of the criminal laws of a state, the fed gov, or a local juris, for which there is no legally acceptable justification or excuse. |
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Providing
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| The right guaranteed to all members of American society by the Constitution esp in Bill of Rights. |
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| The protection of individ rights within framework of CJ system |
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| A person that under certain circumstances involving a criminal threat to public safety, the interest of society should take precedence over individ rights. |
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| American CJ system is composed of:` |
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1. Law Enforcement
2. Judicial
3. Corrections |
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| CJ System Consists of 2 models: |
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1. Consensus Model
2. Conflict Model |
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| Assumes that all components of the CJ system work harmoniously to produce an end product called Justice. |
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| Assumes that each component of CJ system works indep of each oth which results in conflict. This resulting conflict will thus produce justice. |
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1. Investigation
2. Probable Cause
3. Warrant
4. Arrest
5. MIRANDA
6. Booking
7. Preliminary Hearing
8. Bail
9. Grand Jury
10.Arraignment
11.Trial |
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| One of 2 or more sentences, imposed at the same time, after conviction for greater than one offense, and served in sequence w/ the oth sequence. |
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| One of two or more sentences imposed at the same time, after conviction for greater than one offense, and served at the same time. |
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| Prisoners who've served a portion of their sentences may be granted parole. Once granted, these peeps are supervised by a parole officer who helps them adjust to life on the outside. |
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| Due Process guaranteed by 5th Amend |
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| have to have indictment of a Grand Jury and double jeopardy |
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| Due Process guaranteed by 6th Amend |
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| Due Process guaranteed by 14th Amend |
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| Equal Protection Clause/life, liberty, or property |
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| The due course of legal proceedings according to the rules and forms established for the protection of individ rights; protection of individ rights always comes first in courtrooms |
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| The law of criminal procedure and the array of procedures and activities having to do with the enforcement of this body of law. |
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| The scientific study of the causes and prevention of crime and the rehab and punishment of offenders. |
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1. UCR (Uniform Crime Reports)
2. NCVS (National Crime Victimization Survey) |
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| 2 primary crime data sources |
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Compiled annually by FBI
16,000 departments participate
Part 1 and 2 categories |
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Bureau of Justice conducts
Consults random citizens
Considered most reliable victim data
Relates info relative to perpetrator, crime, and incident
Info gathered on 6 types of crime: rape, larceny, motor vehicle theft, robbery, assault, and burglary |
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1. Violent Crime
2. Property Crime |
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| 2 categories of UCR Part 1 Offenses |
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Homicide
Rape
Robbery
Agg Assault |
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Burglary
Larceny/Theft
Motor Vehicle Theft
Arson |
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Runaways
DUI
Liquor law violations
Simple Assault
Public Drunkenness
Prostitution
Vagrancy
Sex Crimes
Weapons
Gambling
Embezzlement
Fraud |
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| NIBRS(National Incident-Based Reporting System) |
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The new UCR
22 general offenses |
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Maintain order
Protect peeps from harm
Helps to define society |
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| Orderly society must be governed by established principles and known codes that are applied uniformly and fairly to all its members |
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| The traditional body of unwritten legal precedents created by judges in their everyday practice. |
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| Concerned w/ offenses against society, its members, their properties, and the social order |
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| The written, organized, and compiled form of the criminal laws of a jurisdiction |
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| The part of the law that defines crimes and specific punishments |
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| Provides legal guidance regulating the relationships between individs |
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A wrongful act, damage, or injury not involving a breach of contract; private or civil wrong
Assembly line law |
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| Damages recovered in payment for an injury or eco loss |
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| Damages requested and/or awarded in a civil lawsuit when the defendant's willful acts were malicious, violent, oppressive, fradulent, wanton, or grossly reckless. |
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| The body of regulations that have been created by govs to control the activities of industry, business, and individs. |
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| Decisions of counts that provide guiding principles to future decisions. |
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| A legal principle that ensures that previous judicial decisions are authoritatively considered and incorporated into future cases. |
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Misdemeanor
Felony
Treason
Inchoate Offenses
Offenses |
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Causation
Legality
Punishment |
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| In a specific crime, one of the essential features of that crime, as specified by law or statute; conspiracy |
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| "The Body of the Crime" The facts that demonstrate that a crime has occurred. |
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| A statement by an individ charged w/ a crime was committed or so engaged in oth provable activities, that his/her participation in commission of that crime was impossible. |
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| A legal defense in which the defendant admits to committing the act in question but claims it was necessary in order to avoid some greater evil. |
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| The protection of oneself or of one's property from unlawful injury or from immediate risk of unlawful injury. |
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