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100
This crime category is punishable by confinement for up to a year
What is a misdemeanor?
100
This makes people more fearful of crime
What is television or mass media?
100
Jails are owned and/or operated by these entities
What are county and municipal governments
100
In legal terms, this is a "guilty mind"
What is mens rea?
100
These people provide police services without pay
What are reserve and auxiliary police?
200
This instrument is used to keep track of crime in America
What is the Uniform Crime Report and/or the National Crime Victim Survey?
200
This theory holds that criminals are influenced by their peers
What is social learning theory?
200
This is the ability to make judgments and decisions on your own
What is discretion
200
This body of law defines crimes and punishment
What is substantive law?
200
This English civil servant influenced police services world wide
Who is Sir Robert Peel?
300
This model emphasizes speed and efficiency over protection of rights
What is the crime control model?
300
This theory holds that women commit crime to seek equality
What is feminist theory?
300
A suspect is advised of charges and a bond is set at this proceeding
What is an initial appearance or arraignment?
300
These are the elements of any crime
What are Mens rea, actus reus, and related or attendant circumstances?
300
This agency deals with terrorism, political corruption, & organized crime
What is the Federal Bureau of Investigation?
400
This type of crime is wrong because the government says it is.
What is a mala prohibita crime?
400
This theory contends that criminal law is used by the establishment to maintain control over the masses
What is Marxist or social conflict theory?
400
This is a Grand Jury document charging someone with a crime
What is an indictment or a True Bill?
400
This occurs when the police entice a person to commit a crime
What is entrapment?
400
This type of policing is characterized by foot patrolmen getting to know their assigned area well
What is community policing?
500
This type of crime is often associated with ethnic groups
What is organized crime?
500
This theory holds that criminals are born and can be readily identified by traits
What is Lombroso's Criminogenic Trait theory
500
This is how most criminal cases are disposed of
What is plea bargaining?
500
This Constitutional Amendment covers government search and seizures
What is the Fourth Amendment?
500
This is the only US state that does not have a state-level police service
What is Hawaii?