Crime
Policing
Courts
Punishment
Amendments
100
These are the three ways crime can be defined
What are sociological, legal, and moral definitions?
100
Named after an English politician this act created the first formalized police force in the UK
What is the Peele Act?
100
how the vast majority of trials are decided
What are plea bargains?
100
2.3 million people in the United States
What is the number of people incarcerated?
100
This amendment protects against cruel and unusual punishment
What is the 8th amendment?
200
This is known as the scientific study of crime
What is criminology?
200
These are the 5 stages of the use of force continuum
what are police presence, verbal commands, soft techniques, hard techniques, and deadly force
200
This is required to convict at a criminal trial
What is proof beyond a reasonable doubt?
note: highest level of proof
lowest = reasonable suspicion
200
This case determined that the death penalty was too arbitrary and caused an end to the death penalty in the United States for 4 years
What is Furman v Georgia?
200
This amendment is used in court by an individual on the stand
What is the 5th amendment?
300
The defining feature of this paradigm is that crime is seen as an adverb
What is critical criminology?
300
This is required for a search warrant
What is probable cause?
300
Who is chief justice John Roberts
300
This is the term for when a previously incarcerated individual returns to prison
What is recidivism?
300
This amendment requires police to obtain a search warrant if they think you are running a meth lab in your house
What is the 4th amendment?
400
These are the ways of defining crime by its severity
What are infractions, misdemeanors, and felonies?
400
This individual is credited with modernizing American Policing
Who is August Vollmer?
400
During these two stages of a criminal trial individuals are examined and cross examined
What are the case in chief
400
These are the four types of punishment
What are incapacitation, retribution, rehabilitation, and deterrence?
400
This amendment is the title of a documentary about the criminal justice system
What is the 13th amendment?
500
The ability of a judge to interpret laws is the defining feature of this system
What is the common law system?
500
Union busting, imperialism, slavery, and geography are all regarded as....
What are influences on early American policing?
500
Name 3 ways of classifying evidence and provide an example of each
Direct Evidence
Exculpatory Evidence
Circumstantial Evidence
Testimonial Evidence
Physical Evidence
Prejudicial Evidence
500
These individuals cannot be executed in the USA
Who are juveniles, those with intellectual disabilities, those who do not commit murder?
500
This amendment provides equal protection under the law
What is the 14th amendment?