What is the reasonable belief that a person has committed a crime?
100
Stop and Frisk
What is the name of the police action involving police patting down the outer garments of an individual to see if the person stopped has any weapons?
100
Consensual encounter
What is the name of the police action that officers can undertake at any time and does not require the person stopped to stay and talk if they don't want to?
100
Juvenile Delinquency
What is the category of crime created for young people who in most places are between 7 and 18 years old?
100
Bail
What is another name for the money or monetary guarantee deposited with the court so a suspect or defendant can leave custody and appear at a later stage in the criminal justice process?
200
Miranda
What are the warnings that inform people being questioned by the police of their right to remain silent and right to a lawyer?
200
Custodial interrogation
What is the name of the police action that entails police questioning someone who is not free to leave?
200
Right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable search and seizure....
What rights are protected by the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution?
200
Jail
What is the facility that holds convicted offenders and unconvicted persons for relatively short periods?
200
Booking
What is the term for the administrative recording of an arrest that involves the suspect's name, fingerprints, and photograph be taken and entered in the police blotter along with the charge?
300
Miranda v. Arizona
What was the name of the 1963 Supreme Court case that resulted in people questioned by the police having to be read their rights to silence and an attorney?
300
Reasonable suspicion
What is the name of the level of proof that allows a police officer to stop someone and ask for their ID and an explanation of their actions if the officer has reason to believe the person stopped was involved in a crime or plotting one?
300
Warrant
What is the written order from a court directing police to conduct a search or to arrest someone?
300
Collective conscience
What is the term to describe the general sense of morality of the times? (Hint: 2 words, both begin with "C")
300
Criminal and Civil Law
What are the names of the two general types of law practiced in the U.S.?
400
Cybercrime
What is name given to crime committed with the help of computer technology?
400
Defendant
Who is the person against whom a legal action is brought, a warrant is used, or an indictment is found?
400
Indictment
What is the document that outlines the charge or charges against a defendant?
400
Home confinement
What is the program that requires offenders to remain in their homes except for approved periods of absence and is usually used in combination with electronic monitoring?
400
"Meat eaters"
What is the term given to police officers who actively seek ways to make money illegally while on duty?
500
Parole
What is the method of prison release where inmates are released at the discretion of a board or other authority before having completed their entire sentences?
500
Recidivism
What is the term given to the return of probationers to crime during or after probation?
500
Tort
What is the 4 letter word used to describe a violation of civil law?
500
Subpoena
What is the written order issued by a court that requires a person to appear at a certain time and place to give testimony?
500
Huck
What is the name of Mr. K's dog AKA Who is the coolest dog ever?