Major Crimes
The three (3) classifications of crimes.
What are infractions, misdemeanors, and felonies?
The phrase referring to the amount of force a police officer can use to make an arrest.
What is use of force or the force continuum?
One of the below statements is true:
1. Plea bargaining is always fair for the defendant.
2. Plea bargaining is always better than a trial.
3. Nobody criticizes the system of plea bargaining.
4. Many criminal cases end in a plea bargain.
If a juvenile commits a crime, all of the following might be an outcome except:
1. The police take a "youth report" and release the juvenile to their parents.
2. The juvenile can be sent to a juvenile court, which might be known as a "family court."
3. The juvenile is prosecuted as an adult in regular criminal court.
4. The police wash the juvenile's mouth out with soap.
What is number 4?
What is a public defender?
The three types of mens reas (intent).
What are willful, negligent, and malicious?
The standard of proof needed to make an arrest.
What is probable cause?
The amount of money some defendants must produce to be released from custody until their trial.
What is bail money?
The warning the police must read before interrogating a suspect who is in custody?
What is the Miranda Warning?
The most powerful actor in the criminal justice system because they can decide who to charge, what to charge, can offer plea bargains, and can recommend sentencing.
What is a Prosecutor?
Examples include Self-Defense, Insanity, Mental Infirmity, Defense of others.
What is an Affirmative Defense?
The branch of government for which the police work.
What is the Executive branch?
The term for the questioning of a witness that is called by the other attorney. For example, the defense attorney is questioning a witness the prosecutor brought to the stand.
What is cross examination?
The court case that created the standard of Reasonable Suspicion.
What is Terry vs. Ohio?
Another term for Prosecutor.
What is District Attorney?
Theft of an item over $1000, theft of an item off a person's body, theft of a dog.
What is felony larceny?
The actions a police officer can take when he/she has only mere suspicion.
What is try to talk to the suspect but the suspect can refuse to talk and can walk away?
The term for the phenomenon that is best described as when an intervention is used on a larger or different population than was originally intended.
What is net widening?
The two court cases that illustrated the concepts of liberty vs. security?
What are Terry vs. Ohio and Miranda vs. Arizona?
This Court Actor determines whether a juvenile offender is "fit" for juvenile court or if the offender should be sent to adult criminal court.
What is the judge?
The crime that Donald was charged with when he snuck up behind Richard, knocked him out with a baseball bat, and then cut off Richard's fingers.
What is felony assault?
The freedom to decide what should be done in a particular situation.
What is discretion?
What is voir dire?
The two elements of a crime.
What are act and intent?
One pro and one con to a public defender.
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