Important Terms
What is the 10 amendments given to the constitution made to protect individuals rights
What is the bill of rights
This case required police to inform suspects of their rights to remain silent and to have an attorney during interrogations.
What is Miranda v Arizona?
What are the 4 responsibilities of the police
What is enforce laws, Provide services, Prevent crime and Preserve the peace
what is the study of firearms and its application to fighting crimes.
What is Ballistics?
Define murder
What is the unlawful killing of a human being?
What is the guarantee that the government must follow fair legal procedures before taking away a person’s life, liberty, or property?
What is Due process?
This case applied the exclusionary rule to the states, meaning illegally obtained evidence cannot be used in court.
What is Mapp v Ohio?
What are the 4 sources of Probable cause
What is Personal Observation, Information, Evidence, Association?
What facts could be determined by forensic experts?
What is the cause of death or injury, time of death or injury, type of weapon or weapons used, Identity of the Crime Victim and the identity of the offender?
What is the difference between felony and a Misdemeanor
What is a felony being sent to jail for a year or longer or death while a misdemeanor being under a year and could be also punishable by just a fine?
An act that violates criminal law and is punishable by criminal sanctions and Society decides which acts are criminal based on the consensus model and the conflict model?
What is Crime?
This case established that the Fourth Amendment protects people, not just places, and that police need a warrant to eavesdrop on private conversations.
What is Katz V United States?
What is the difference between Proactive policing and Reactive policing
What is Proactive policing being going to a crime before something has happened trying to stop it and Reactive going to a crime after it has taken place for example a detective?
What is the application of science to establish facts and evidence during the investigation of crimes?
What is forensics?
A suspect intentionally kills another person, but there is no evidence of planning or premeditation beforehand.
What is second-degree murder?
What is the difference between Actus Reus and Mens Rea
What is Actus Reus being the act of commission and must be voluntary while Mens Rea is the Mental state, or intent.
This case established the automobile exception, allowing police to search a vehicle without a warrant if they have probable cause to believe it contains evidence of a crime.
What is Carroll v. United States?
What are the 3 primary reasons for a police patrol
What is Deterrence of crime by maintaining visible police presence.The Maintenance of public order. The provision of services that are not crime related twenty-four hours a day
What is Criminology?
What is scientific study of crime and the causes of criminal behavior
What is the difference between Larceny and burglary?
What is Larceny an act of taking property without the use of force and Burglary is breaking into a structure or entering without permission with the intent to commit a crime
What is the model in which the content of criminal law is determined by groups that hold social economic political and social power in a community
What is the Conflict model?
An officer observes a person repeatedly casing a store, stops them based on reasonable suspicion, and conducts a limited pat-down strictly for weapons. No arrest is made, and no warrant is obtained. Which Supreme Court case governs both the legality of the stop AND the scope of the frisk?
What is Terry V Ohio
What are the Requirements to become a Police Officer?
Be a United States Citizen, Never Convicted of a Felony, Have or be eligible to have a driver's license, be at least twenty-one years of age and finally meet weight and eyesight requirements.
Investigators determine that a suspect killed the victim during a sudden fight after being provoked. Evidence shows the act was intentional, but there was no premeditation, and it occurred in the heat of passion.
What is voluntary murder?
Late at night, a person lights a warehouse on fire to collect insurance money. The fire spreads to neighboring buildings, causing major property damage, but no one is injured. What type of crime has been committed? and would this be a felony or misdemeanor?
What is Arson, Felony?