Types of Crime
What kind of crime is insider trading?
White Collar Crime
Used for someone who does not understand the consequences of their actions.
Infancy Defense
Define the differences between actus reas and mens rea.
Actus Reas: the ac of the crime
Mens rea: used to prove criminal liability in court
What Supreme Court case gave us the standard for search warrants?
Mapp v Ohio
property crime
What is an alibi?
A claim that the defendant was not present at the scene and therefore could not be the person responsible for the crime.
The appropriate role of the criminal justice system is to repair the harm caused by the criminal justice system is which perspective?
Restorative Justice Perspective
What case gave the rights of arrested individuals
Miranda v Arizona
What is the Panopticon?
A style of prison designed during the Enlightenment.
What kind of crime is drug use/possession?
Victimless Crime
You suffer from sleep walking and commit a crime while doing so
Automatism
Rights that are universal and not contingent on laws or beliefs specific to a particular government.
Inalienable rights
What case gave the standard for stop and frisk
Terry v Ohio
What is required for stop and frisk?
Reasonable Suspicion
A crime with the intent of bringing about a societal, political, or economic change would be considered what?
Terrorism
What Legal Defense should you use?
Scenario: The mob has told you that if you do not do them this "favor" the you would be swimming with the fishes.
Durres Defense
What are Ex Post Facto Laws and why are they unconstitutional?
Laws that change the punishment after you have been sentenced are unconstitutional
What did Gideon v Wainwright establish?
The right to an attorney
What is required to obtain a search warrant?
Probable Cause
Stealing an automobile would be classified as what?
Street crime
What Legal Defense should you use?
Scenario: An Avalanche caused your vehicle to hit a pedestrian. You hit the brakes and tried to stop but to no avail.
Restraint
This perspective states that the goal of the system is to prevent crime by harshly punishing criminals.
Crime Control Perspective
What law established the US Supreme Court
Judiciary Act of 1789
Which philosopher had the idea of a social contract where an authoritarian government was best and the sacrifice of liberty for protection was necessary?
Hobbes