Types of Crimes
A written Code or regulation that protects citizens.
What is a law?
The age you are considered an adult.
What is 18 years old?
What is District Attorney?
This amendment guarantees due process.
What is the 5th Amendment?
The type of profiling that examines a large number of similar criminal incidents to find the patterns in the types of persons who are victimized under certain circumstances.
What is victim profiling?
This type of crime is more serious than a misdemeanor.
What is a felony?
A young person under the age of 18 who is not considered an adult.
What is a juvenile?
To reject an attorney's objection to a question to a witness or admission of evidence in court.
What is overruled.
Information in the form of testimony, documents, or physical objects that is presented in a case.
What is evidence?
Robbery, murder/manslaughter and aggravated assault are examples of this time of crime.
What is violent crime?
Personal, Property, and Inchoate.
What are category of crimes?
Acts that are not illegal for adults but are for children.
What is a status offense?
A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime.
What is an indictment?
Forcing a defendant to testify or provide information against themself.
What is self incrimination?
Burglary, larceny, and motor vehicle theft are examples of this type of crime.
What is property crime?
A defense to prove a defendant was at another place at the time of the crime.
What is an alibi.
The purpose of juvenile justice.
What is Rehabilitation?
The interrogation of an opposing groups witness.
What is cross examination?
Trying the defendant twice for the same offense.
What is double jeopardy?
Examination of offender backgrounds to look for common patterns.
What is offender profiling?
Treason, Felony, Inchoate Crime, Misdemeanor.
What are types of crimes.
What is Parens Patriae?
A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of law.
What is an arraignment?
The second step of the criminal justice process.
What is securing a warrant?
The types of crimes does the FBI use to produce it annual crime index; includes murder and manslaughter, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny (theft), motor vehicle theft, and arson.
What are index crimes?