Basic Law, Ethics, and Criminal Justice System Flashcards
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A person is considered a ____________ and may be charged with and convicted of a crime if the person:
1) Directly commits the crime;
2) Intentionally causes some other person to commit the crime, under such circumstances that the other person is not guilty of any crime either in fact or because of legal incapacity;
3) Intentionally aids or abets another person;
4) Intentionally advices, encourages, hires, counsels, or procures another person to commit a crime.
Party to a Crime
A violation of a statute in which there is a joint operation of an act or omission to act and intention or criminal negligence.
Crime
What title of the O.C.G.A. is known as the “Criminal Code of Georgia”?
Title 16
What are the five legal/regulatory sanctions an Officer may face if found guilty of unprofessional or unethical conduct.
1) Reprimand
2) Probation
3) Suspension of Certification
4) Revocation of Certification
5) Restriction or Limitation of Certification
Name the six pillars of character:
1) Trustworthiness
2) Respect
3) Responsibility
4) Fairness
5) Caring
6) Citizenship
A person commits this offense when he/she intentionally penetrates with a foreign object the sexual organ or anus of another person without the consent of that person.
Aggravated Sexual Battery (Felony)
A person commits this offense when he/she intentionally makes physical contact with the intimate parts of the body of another person without the consent of that person.
- Intimate parts: primary genital area, anus, groin, inner thighs, or buttocks of a male or female and the breasts of a female.
Sexual Battery (Misdemeanor High & Aggravated)
- If victim is under the age of 16, it is a felony.
A person commits this offense when such person abducts or steals away another person without lawful authority or warrant and holds such person against their will.
- For this offense to occur, slight movement shall be sufficient.
Kidnapping (Felony)
A place described as “OPEN” is a :
Public place
Two people engaging in Mortal Combat outside a bar. What would you charge them?
Affray
What is the biggest violation of ethics by Law Enforcement Officers?
Receiving Gratuities
You drive through Burger King and order. When you get to the window the employee states, “Your total is $6.48.” Your reply, “Yes, but I’m a Police Officer, how much is my price?” This is a violation of:
Ethics
A parent, guardian, or other person supervising the welfare of or having immediate charge or custody of a child under the age of 18 years of age commits the offense of _________________ when such person willfully deprives the child of necessary sustenance to the extent that the child’s health or well-being is jeopardized. What is the charge?
Cruelty To Children
A person maliciously causes a child under the age of 18 cruel or excessive physical or mental pain. What is the charge?
Cruelty to Children 1st Degree (Felony)
If your neighbor borrows your lawn mower and takes it to a pawn shop instead of returning it. What is the charge?
Theft by taking
Occurs when there is penetration of the female sex organ by the male sex organ.
- An element of rape
Carnal Knowledge
A person commits this offense when, with intent to commit theft, he takes property of another from the person or the immediate presence of another:
1) By use of force;
2) By intimidation, threat or coercion, or by fear of immediate serious bodily injury to himself or to another;
3) By sudden snatching
Robbery (felony)
A person commits this offense when he/she performs or submits to any sexual act involving the sex organs of one person and the mouth or anus of another.
Sodomy
GCIC is managed by:
GBI
If someone comes into a convenience store with a gun and takes the money and shoots the clerk. What can you charge them with?
Armed Robbery & Aggravated Assault
A person commits this offense when he/she maliciously causes bodily harm to another by depriving him or her of a member of his or her body, by rendering a member of the body useless, or by seriously disfiguring the body or a member thereof.
Aggravated Battery (felony)
Which Amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishments, excessive fines, and excessive bail?
8th Amendment
The fighting by two or more persons in some public place to the disturbance of the public tranquility.
Affray (misdemeanor)
A person commits this offense when he/she either:
1) Attempts to commit a violent injury to another person.
2) Commits an act which places another in reasonable apprehension of immediately receiving a violent injury.
Simple Assault (misdemeanor)
