Chapter 4 Inside Criminal Law
the rules of law announced in court decisions.
what is case law?
whose responsibilities are to enforce laws, to provide services, to prevent crime, to preserve the peace.
What is the police?
This bureau investigates the illegal diversion of alcohol, tobacco and firearms.
What is the bureau of Alcohol, Tabacco, firearms and explosives (ATF)
A possible observation that can be tested by further investigation.
What is Hypothesis?
The dollar amount or conditions set by the court to ensure that an individual accused of a crime will appear for further criminal proceedings.
What is Bail?
guilty intent
what is mens rea
The segment of a police recruit's training in which he or she is removed from the classroom and placed on the beat, under the supervision of a senior officer.
What is Field Training?
The_____has jurisdiction over nearly two hundred federal crimes, including white-collar crimes.
What is the FBI
Medical drugs that require a physician's permission for purchase
What is Prescription Drugs?
An initial hearing in which a magistrate decides if there is probable cause to believe that the defendant committed the crime with which he or she is charged.
What is Preliminary Hearing
A wrongful mental state
what is Mens Rae
The use of military training, tactics, and weaponry in policing.
What is Militarism?
The ___ is the federal agency responsible for enforcing the nations laws and regulations regarding narcotics and other controlled substances.
What is the (DEA)
The use of drugs that results in physical or psychological problems for the user, as well as disruption of personal relationships and employment.
What is Drug abuse?
Formal investigation by each side prior to trial
What is Discovery?
A guilty act
what is Actus Reus
The process by which law enforcement agencies develop a pool of qualified applicants from which to select new employees.
What is Recruitment?
____ is the federal agency that enforces the nation's immigration and customs laws.
What is U.S immigration and customs enforcement (ICE)
the theory that criminals must be taught both the practical and the emotional skills necessary to participate in illegal activity.
What is Learning theory?
An alternative to prosecution in which the prosecutor agrees to delay criminal proceedings against a defendant as long as the defendant meets certain requirements for a predetermined amount of time.
What is Deferred prosecution
a legal doctrine under which judges are obligated to follow the precedents established in prior decisions
What is Stare Decisis
The primary law enforcement officer in a county, usually elected to the post by a popular vote.
what is Sheriff?
_______ is the federal agency responsible for protecting U.S bordars and facilitating legal trade and travel across borders.
What is U.S customs and border protection (CBP)
The study of the development and functioning of groups of people who live together within a society.
What is Sociology?
A form that must be completed by a defendant who pleads guilty. The defendant states that she or he has done so voluntary and with full comprehension of the consequences.
What is Boykin Form