Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Definitions
Surprise!
100
This type of crime makes up the bottom tier of the wedding cake model.
What is misdemeanors
100
__________ law governs disputes between private parties.
What is civil?
100
Violent offense for which you may be executed.
What is murder?
100
Type of crime punishable by one year or more in prison
What is felony
100
The ____________ has made it more difficult to prosecute crime because jurors believe every crime scene should have forensic DNA.
What is CSI effect
200
Police officers have ___________, allowing them to decide if they want to arrest someone or not.
What is discretion
200
Burden of proof needed to secure a conviction in criminal court.
What is beyond a reasonable doubt?
200
Most common form of crime?
What is property?
200
Illegal dissemination of classified information.
What is espionage?
200
Type of crime that costs the U.S. the most money per year.
What is white-collar?
300
Name the three stages of the criminal justice system.
What is police, courts, corrections
300
Level of proof needed to make an arrest.
What is probable cause?
300
If you break into my home and steal my TV, you have committed this crime.
What is burglary?
300
Refers to legal standard whereby future decisions are required to take into consideration previous rulings
What is precedent?
300
Latin term for evil thought.
What is mens rea?
400
Model of justice that recommends strict punishments.
What is crime control?
400
Criminal defense most commonly used by those already convicted.
What is innocence?
400
The dataset you would use to determine how many high schoolers use drugs.
What is self-report studies?
400
Written decision of the court. (It focuses on issues of law that can be used as precedent in future cases).
What is opinion?
400
Crimes that are considered inherently immoral and thus illegal.
What is mala in se crimes?
500
The model of justice most concerned about protecting individual liberties.
What is due process
500
Criminal defense you can use if you shoot someone who broke into your home.
What is self-defense?
500
The dataset you would use to determine how murder rates have changed in the last decade.
What is UCR
500
Compares the number of occurrences of a crime with the size of the total population.
What is crime rate?
500
What drug is most commonly used by teenagers.
What is alcohol?
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