Intro to Crime
Preventing crime by changing criminal behavior
What is rehabilitation?
Attempted shoplifting
What is concealment?
The lead defense attorney
Who was Johnnie Cochran?
The formal process of making a record on an arrest
What is booking?
Presenting evidence to show that the defendant was not present at the scene of the crime
What is an alibi?
The punishment must fit the crime
What is proportionality?
Attempting or threatening to carry out a physical attack upon another person
What is assault?
The charge
What is two counts of 1st degree murder?
16-23 people who, upon hearing the prosecutor's case, determine if there is sufficient evidence to charge someone with a serious crime
What is a grand jury?
Unauthorized entry into any structure with the intent to commit a crime
What is burglary?
Trying to get someone to commit a crime
What is solicitation?
Unlawful taking and carrying away of property of another with the intent to steal it
What is larceny?
The murder weapon
What is a knife?
A formal charge of criminal action
What is an indictment?
Plea entered by a defendant when he or she does not admit guilt but does not contest the charges
What is nolo contendre or no contest?
They believe that justice must be served in criminal law above all else
Who are the retributivists?
The deliberate intent to harm someone
What is malice?
The victims
Who were Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman?
Formal appearance before a judge in which the accused enters a plea
What is an arraignment?
Public knowledge of criminal punishment
What is denunciation?
Criminals repeating their crimes and returning to jail
What is recidivism?
Killing as a result of the failure to use reasonable care
What is negligent homicide?
The judge
Who was Lance Ito?
The act of moving a young person out of the criminal justice procedure and into the juvenile justice system
What is diversion?
In this Supreme Court case, the Court ruled that a state cannot punish someone for having an addiction to drugs or alcohol
What is Robinson v. California?