FORENSICS
Refers to the cooling of a body after death
What is algor mortis?
The term for "crime" that is not reported to law enforcement, for whatever reason.
What is the dark figure of crime?
When the defense is that someone acted under threat
What is duress?
The process when lawyers questioning potential jurors about their backgrounds and other stuff.
what is the voir dire?
Theory of punishment focuses on making the offender pay for their crime?
What is retribution?
Scientific study uses insects to help determine time of death
What is forensic entomology?
Type of crime involves possession of illegal drugs.
What is a narcotics offense?
Legal Principle that punishment fits the crime.
What is "just deserts"?
This document does not require a grand jury's vote. Instead, it is presented to a judicial officer, usually a magistrate judge, who examines the information and decides whether there is probable cause that a crime occurred.
What is information?
Theory that seeks to prevent future crimes by imposing punishment?
What is deterrence?
Blood analysis, substances that trigger an immune response called...
What are antigens?
Legal term for the formal accusation of a serious crime handed down by the Grand Jury
What is an indictment
When a person cannot be held responsible because of mental incapacity?
What is insanity defense?
legal process by which a higher court reviews a case
What is an appeal?
The goal of rehabilitation in the criminal justice system
What is to reintegrate offenders into society?
The area where blood spatter first originates
What is the point of origin?
The term for a legal finding of not guilty.
What is an acquittal?
The legal process that allows a person to challenge their unlawful detention or imprisonment.
What is habeas corpus?
Term for a trial process in which a jury decides the case or a judge if decide to use no jury.
What is a trial?
Term for the unequal application of sentences for similar crimes?
What is sentencing disparity?
The process of determining the connection between blood drops at a crime scene
What are the lines of convergence?
The legal authority of a court to hear a case?
What is Jurisdiction?
Crimes that do not require the prosecution to prove intent of the defendant and intent cannot be used as a defense
What is strict liability crime?
The Challenge called when a juror is dismissed because of bias and the legal right in jury selection that allows attorneys to remove potential jurors or judges without providing a reason
What is challenge for cause and peremptory challenge?
Justice approach focuses on repairing harm caused by criminal behavior?
What is restorative Justice?