Vocab 1
a person who is not the chief offender but is involved in some way: accomplice or abettor.
Accessory
Deliberately and illegally setting fire to a property.
Arson
entering a property or room with the intent to steal items from the premises.
Burglary.
officer of the law responsible for investigating crimes (rather than patrolling and responding).
Detective.
Unlawful killing of a person with malice.
Murder
voluntary acknowledgement of certain facts
Admission
Attempting or threating to inflict bodily injury.
Assault.
causing bodily harm or offensive physical contact.
Battery
Unlawful killing of a person by another person; includes murder and manslaughter.
Homicide
Juvenile who habitually violates the law.
Juvenile delinquent
behavior accompanying a crime which increases its intensity or adds to its consequences beyond what is necessary for the commission to the crime itself.
Aggravation
admission of enough facts to establish guilt of a particular crime.
Confession
drug or substance regulated by federal or state law.
Controlled substance.
Person less than 18 years old; also known as a minor.
Juvenile
facts and circumstances providing reasonable justification for a seizure, search or warrant.
Probable Cause
Area an officer is assigned to patrol.
Beat
lawsuit brought to redress a private issue (as opposed to a crime).
Civil action
limited protected search of a person consisting of a pat down of outer clothing.
Frisk
Temporary detention facilty.
Lockup
Unlawful killing of another person without malice.
Manslaughter.
Officers who assist first responders.
Back up
agreement between two or more people to commit a crime.
Conspiracy
Process by which a state or nation transfers custody of an individual for prosecution or punishment.
Extradition.
Legally defined area over which an agency has control.
Jurisdiction
facts and circumstances providing justification for a brief stop or detention; less than probable cause, but more than a hunch of mere suspicion.
Reasonable Suspicion