Crimes
This refers to the mental state of the perpetrator at the time of the crime. It encompasses various levels of culpability, including: Specific, General, Negligence, and Strict Liability.
Intent
This refers to the right or authority to police a certain area.
Jurisdiction
This is a group of citizens who review evidence to decide if charges should be filed.
(Grand) Jury
This was a court case where a famous football star was asked to try on gloves to prove his innocence.
People v. OJ Simpson
This is taking of property by force or by threat of force.
Robbery
This is someone who helps another person commit a crime.
Accomplice
This is the process of questioning a suspect with hopes of getting a confession.
Interrogations
These courts handle cases regarding the US Constitution or disputes between states.
Federal Courts
This is the top term used to describe how a jury should act.
Unbiased
This is unlawful entry into a building with the intent to commit a crime.
Burglary
This is a legal defense that allows a defendant to argue that they should not be held criminally responsible for their actions due to a mental illness or defect.
Insanity
This is the splitting of larger counties into smaller and easier to police areas.
Precincts
This is where a defendant is informed of charges and enters a plea
Arraignment
The sixth amendment guarantees people three things when on trial. (Points if you name one, double if you can name all three)
If someone who is in jail for over a year, they typically committed this type of a crime.
Felony
This is an agreement between two or more to commit a crime.
This refers to a defense that occurs when law enforcement induces a person to commit a crime.
Entrapment
This person works to prove the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Prosecutor or District Attorney
This amendment deals specifically with a citizens rights to unlawful searches.
4th Amendment
This is an affirmative defense that states you committed a crime become you were forced or threatened to.
Duress
This is the use of reasonable force to protect oneself from immediate harm.
Self Defense
This term is used to define the process of detaining potentially illegal property during searches.
Seizure
This is an agreement where the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser charge or receives a lighter sentence in exchange for avoiding a full trial.
Plea Bargain
(Double points if you can identify the percentage of cases that end in this way)
The fifth amendment gives people the right to not have to do this in court.
Testify against yourself
When a person’s skin color is the main factor to make them a suspect of a crime, it is called this.
Racial Profiling
This is when a defendant admits to doing the crime, but claims that he had a very good reason for doing what he did.
Affirmative Defense
This is the use of science and DNA evidence to aid in a police investigation.
Forensics
These are problems that are associated with prisons today.
(Points to name one, double to name all three)
Overcrowding, Gangs, and Violence
This serial killer killed 17 boys and man and ate their body parts.
Jeffrey Dahmer
This is a form of punishment cares most about punishing the criminal.
Retribution
This type of intent displays a clear and deliberate intention to commit a particular crime.
Specific Intent
This is a system used by police to predict criminal behavior.
Profiling
The process of monitoring of criminals in the outside world instead of jail is called this.
Probation
This serial killer dressed as a clown and hid the bodies in his crawl space.
John Wayne Gacy
This is the form of punishment that seeks to reform the lawbreaker.
Rehabilitation
This type of murder shows no intention to kill victim; but Defendant recklessly caused victim’s death.
Second Degree Manslaughter
The misuse of police power for political or personal gain is called this.
Corruption
The process of returning prisoners to society under supervision is called this.
Parole
This case established that all detained suspects must be read their proper rights before being arrested.
Miranda v. Arizona
This is a form of punishment requires the criminal to repay the victim/community for harm.
Restitution
Test to determine that the defendant should not be held responsible for their actions if they could not tell that their actions were wrong at the time they committed them.
The Right/Wrong M'Naughten Test
This rule prohibits law enforcement from using any evidence that was illegally obtained during an arrest.
Exclusionary Rule
This refers to using punishment or the threat of punishment to discourage criminal behavior.
Deterrence
This case established the death penalty as unconstitutional for four years.
Furman v. Georgia
This is the form of punishment wants to keep criminals away from society.
Incapacitation
This theory of crime says that people know right from wrong, but criminals act immorally.
Classical
This theory of crime states that human characteristics, including propensity to commit crime, are pre-determined and inherited.
Biological
This theory of crime states that crime is caused by mental or emotional disorders. (ie. Insanity)
Psychological
This court case extended the right to an attorney to federal and state felony cases.
Gideon v. Wainwright
This Theory of Crime states that crime is a result of social conditions and environment.
Sociological