Chapter 1-3

Question 1

Conduct of violation of the criminal laws of a state, the fed gov, or a local jurisdiction, for which there is no legal justification or excuse

Answer 1

crime

Question 2

“mens rea”

Answer 2

guilty mind

Question 3

rights guaranteed to all members of American Society

Answer 3

bill of rights

Question 4

law enacted in response to terrorist attacks 9/11

Answer 4

USA patriot act of 2001

Question 5

individuals who seek to protect personal freedoms within the process of cj

Answer 5

individuals rights advocates

Question 6

under certain circumstances involving a criminal threat to public safety

Answer 6

public order advocates

Question 7

principle or fairness, ideal of moral equity

Answer 7

justice

Question 8

civil law, procedure and array of procedures that deal with private rights

Answer 8

civil justice

Question 9

embraces all aspects of civilized life and linked fundamental noticing of fairness and cultural beliefs

Answer 9

social justice

Question 10

aspect of the system working together to achieve justice

Answer 10

consensus model

Question 11

systems subcomponents function primarily to serve own interests

Answer 11

conflict model

Question 12

doc issued by judicial officer permitting a LEO to perform a specific act and afford protection from damages.

Answer 12

warrant

Question 13

$ or property pledged to the court or deposited w the court to release the suspect from custody

Answer 13

bail

Question 14

facts and circumstance that would cause a reasonable person to believe that a crime was committed and a particular person comm the same crime

Answer 14

probable cause

Question 15

3 main pleas

Answer 15

guilty, not guilty, no contest

Question 16

serving 1 sentence after another

Answer 16

consecutive sentence

Question 17

sentence served all at the same time

Answer 17

concurrent sentence

Question 18

go to jail supervised

Answer 18

parole

Question 19

outside world instead of jail

Answer 19

probation

Question 20

criminal law, criminal procedure and that array of procedures and activities having to do w enforcement of law

Answer 20

criminal justice

Question 21

legal proceedings protected by private rights after conviction

Answer 21

due process

Question 22

statistics from law enforcement reports or individual crime records

Answer 22

ucr

Question 23

source of info on criminal victimization data

Answer 23

ncvs

Question 24

unlawful killing of 1 human by another

Answer 24

murder

Question 25

planned or premeditated murder

Answer 25

1st degree

Question 26

intentional and unlawful killing (heat of the moment)

Answer 26

2nd degree

Question 27

unintentional murder or accident

Answer 27

3rd degree

Question 28

least reported crime

Answer 28

rape

Question 29

unlawful taking or attempting of property by force or threat

Answer 29

robbery

Question 30

rule of conduct found enacted in the form of a statie which proscribes or mandates forms of behavior

Answer 30

law

Question 31

law originating from usage and custom rather than from written statues (type of law)

Answer 31

common law

Question 32

law written of codified law; "law on the books" as enacted by a gov body or agency having the power to make laws (type of law)

Answer 32

statutory law

Question 33

body of judicial precedent, historically built upon legal reasoning and past interpretations of statutory laws which serves as a guide to decision making in the courts (type of law)

Answer 33

case law

Question 34

belief that an orderly society mu be governed by established principles and known codes

Answer 34

rule of law

Question 35

law branch of modern law which concerns itself with offenses committed against society and property (type of law)

Answer 35

criminal law

Question 36

part of the law that defines crimes and specifies punishments (type of law)

Answer 36

substantive law

Question 37

acceptable methods for dealing w violations of substantive laws, withing the context of a judicial setting(type of law)

Answer 37

procedural law

Question 38

regulating noncriminal relationships between and among persons, businesses, and agencies of the gov (type of law)

Answer 38

civil law

Question 39

wrongful action damage, or injury not involving a breach of contract

Answer 39

tort

Question 40

body of regulations which have been created by gov to control the activities of industry, business, and individuals; health codes, building codes, pollution, etc (type of law)

Answer 40

administrative law

Question 41

refers to accumulated wisdom of trial and appellate courts in criminal civil and administrative law (type of law)

Answer 41

case law

Question 42

principle of recognizing previous decisions as ___________ to guide future deliberations is called stare decisis

Answer 42

precedents

Question 43

criminal offense punishable by death or incarceration for atleast a year (rape, murder robbery)

Answer 43

felonies

Question 44

offense punishable by incarceration under a year or less

Answer 44

misdemeanor

Question 45

minor violation of state or local ordinance usually punishable by fine or limited imprisonment (littering, underage, public drunk)

Answer 45

infraction

Question 46

philosophy of law' science and study of the law

Answer 46

jurisprudence

Question 47

1.criminal act 2.culpable mental state 3.conccurence of the two

Answer 47

crime elements

Question 48

guilty act

Answer 48

actus reus

Question 49

guilty mind

Answer 49

mens rea

Question 50

4 types of mens rea

Answer 50

intentional, knowing, reckless, negligent

Question 51

behavior in which a person reasonably perceives substantial and unjustified risks of dangerous consequences

Answer 51

criminal negligence

Question 52

"body of crime"

Answer 52

corpus delecti

Question 53

4 broad categories that a person should not be held liable for a charge

Answer 53

alibi, justifications, excuses, procedural defenses

Question 54

statement of contention by an individual charged w a crime that he or she was distant from the crime

Answer 54

alibi

Question 55

category of legal defenses in which the defendant admits committing the act in question but claims it was necessary

Answer 55

justifications

Question 56

protection of oneself or ones property from unlawful injury or the immediate risk of injury

Answer 56

self-defense

Question 57

doctrine that states that your home is your final area of retreat and you can defend it w out having to retreat

Answer 57

castle doctrine

Question 58

person tricked into consuming an illegal drug or alc bev that causes them to have an altered mind

Answer 58

involuntary intoxicatoin

Question 59

legal defense based upon claims of mental illess or mental capacity

Answer 59

insanity

Question 60

rule where defendant didnt know what they were doing was wrong or they had an uncontrollable impulse

Answer 60

McNaughten rule

Question 61

improper or illegal inducement to crime by agents of enforcement (undercover leo tricks someone)

Answer 61

entrapment

Question 62

____ ______ is when no person may be tried twice for the same offense

Answer 62

double jeopardy

Question 63

defense where someone claims wealth buys privilege

Answer 63

affluenza defense

Question 64

defense if in an abusive relationship one kills the other in order to save themselves

Answer 64

abuse defense