Unit 1
What is substantive criminal law?
Elements that describe and define a crime.
There are three types of offenses a person could commit. What type is an act usually punishable by imprisonment for a term of one or more years, or by death.
Felony
What is the best example of class characteristics?
tread patterns of a tire by a major company
Homicides are divided into two broad categories, what are they?
Felonious and non-felonious
What is called when there is more than suspicion but less than actual knowledge
Probable Cause
Procedural Law deals with what three things?
Process of Arrest, Admissibility of Evidence, and Search and Seizure
A misdemeanor is a lesser offense that may be punishable by what?
A fine, ordinarily not to exceed $500 and/or jail for no more than one year.
When a glass window is broken, what are the two types of fractures that can develop?
Radial and Concentric
After death, the body cools from its normal internal temperature of_________ the surrounding environmental temperature.
96.8 degrees
What is defines in common law as the killing of any human being by another with malice aforethought.
Murder
In the context of the Bill of Rights, what is reserved to the states within the 10th Amendment?
Respective Powers
What is the location called where the initial offense was committed?
Primary Scene
Class characteristic are chrematistics that common to what?
group of objects or persons
What is committed for the purpose of inflicting severe bodily harm or death.
Felonious Assault
What is the Written statement of the information known to the officer that serves as the basis for the issuance of the warrant called?
Affidavit
What concept within the Fifth Amendment has long been the subject has no universally accepted definition?
Due Process
What is the term when a commission of any act that is prohibited by the penal code of an organized political structure called?
Crime
What are the low areas between the ridges, sort of miniature valleys called?
Furrows
What is the necessary killing of another person in performance of a legal duty or the exercise of a legal right when the slayer was not at fault called?
Justifiable homicide
What are the three basic methods of documenting a crime scene?
Digital still photography. • Digital videography. • Crime scene sketching and forensic mapping
What term describes a temporary and limited interference with the freedom of a person for investigative purposes?
Detention
The actions taken by the first officer to arrive at the scene of a crime after its detection is termed what?
Preliminary Investigation
When does a fracture match occur?
When it has been established when two or more pieces were formerly co-joined.
What is criminal homicide that is committed under circumstances not severe enough to constitute murder but that cannot be classified as either justifiable or excusable homicide called?
Manslaughter
What are the three ingredients of an arrest?
Intention, Authority, and Custody.