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a standard proof that requires evidence sufficient to make a reasonable person believe that, more likely than not, the proposed action is justified. The elements of a case.
What is probable cause?
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Norm or Social Norm
What is any standard or rule regarding what human beings should or should not think, say, or do under given circumstances.
100
Persons characterized by no sense of guilt, no subjective conscience, and no sense of right and wrong. They have difficulty in forming relationships with other people; they cannot empathize with other people.
What is psychopaths, sociopaths, or antisocial?
100
Things that are considered 'Contraband'
What is an illegal substance or object? Marijuana, drugs.
100
Due Process Law
What is the rights of people suspected of or charged with crimes?
200
the seizing and detaining of a person by lawful authority.
What is an arrest?
200
Actus Reus
What is criminal conduct—specifically, intentional or criminally negligent (reckless) action or inaction that causes them harm?
200
The presentation of stimulus that increase or maintains response.
What is positive reinforcement?
200
A standard of proof that is more than a gut feeling. It includes the ability to articulate reasons for the suspicion. With reasonable suspicion, a law enforcement officer is legally permitted to stop and frisk a suspect
What is reasonable suspicion?
200
Conduct a 'Frisking search'
What is conducting a search for weapons by patting the outside of a suspect’s clothing, feeling for hard objects that might be weapons?
300
Define Misdemeanors.
What is less serious crimes generally punishable by a fine or by incarceration in jail for not more than 1 year?
300
Mental or psychological impairment or retardation as a defense against a criminal charge.
What is insanity?
300
Define Punishment
What is the presentation of an aversive stimulus to reduce a response?
300
Beyond a reasonable doubt
What is the standard of proof necessary to find a defendant guilty in a criminal trial?
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What is the trying of a defendant a second time for the same offense when jeopardy attaches in the first trial and a mistrial was not declared?
400
Define Bail.
What is usually a monetary guarantee deposited with the court to ensure that suspects or defendants will appear at a later stage in the criminal justice process?
400
Mala in Se
What is wrong in themselves; a description applied to crimes that are characterized by universality and timelessness.
400
Define Theory
What is an assumption (or set of assumptions) that attempts to explain why or how things are related to each other?
400
Confession from the criminal
What is an admission by a person accused of a crime that he or she committed the offense charged?
400
Conduct an "arrest"
What is the seizing and detaining of a person by lawful authority?
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What is a pretrial stage to hear the information or indictment and to allow a plea?
500
offenses that are illegal because laws define them as such; they lack universality and timelessness.
What is mala prohibita?
500
Define Class Struggle
What is for radical criminologists, the competition among wealthy people and among poor people and between rich people and poor people, which causes crime?
500
A written order from a court directing law enforcement officers to conduct a search or to arrest a person
What is a warrant?
500
Feminist Theory
What is a perspective on criminality that focuses on women’s experiences and seeks to abolish men’s control over women’s labor and sexuality?
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