Key Vocabulary A
This division enforces traffic laws, investigate accidents, and keep traffic moving
Traffic division
This is the study of victims
Victimology
This is the right to use whatever force is necessary to defend yourself from an unlawful attack
Self-defense
These are crimes such as theft, burglary, and fraud
Property crimes
This division undergoes special training to deal with minors
Juvenile division
This shows that a defendant was elsewhere during the time when the crime took place
An alibi
Ordering the defendant to make direct payments to the victim
Restitution
This is when someone breaks the law because they didn't know about or understand that law
Ignorance of the law
Crime victims, their dependents, or immediate family members can apply for __________________________ if they have suffered financially from a violent crime
Victims compensation
In recent years, police departments are putting a lot of work into these units to ensure that police are improving their relationship with their local communities.
Community Relations Units
Violent crimes, such as murder, sexual assault, robbery, and assault are also known as
Crimes against the person
This is the largest unit in any police department
Operations unit
Affirmative defenses are usually grouped under these two categories
Justifications and excuses
This is when a criminal steals a person's credit card or SSN, and quickly spends as much money as possible.
Identity theft
True or False?
Like most other nations, the United States has one national police force that enforces all laws throughout the nation.
False.
There are more than 40,000 independent law enforcement agencies.
Defendants will be acquitted if they can prove that when they committed the crime, they were legally ___________
Insane
Entrapped
Legal action must be brought within a period of time that begins from the date of the criminal act or the defendant can raise this defense
Statute of limitations defense
What is the difference between restitution and victim compensation?
Restitution: the defendant paying the victim directly
Compensation: the government pays the victims
The Equal Employment Opportunity Act ordered police departments to improve their hiring practices to include ____________________ and ____________________.
What test allows for defendants to be acquitted if they can prove that the crime was committed because of an insane impulse that controlled their will.
The Irresistible Impulse Rule
This is also known as the substantial capacity test
Model Penal Code Test
What are the 2 things needed when using deadly force in self-defense?
1. The attacker was about to kill your or inflict great bodily harm
2. The deadly force was the only way of preventing the harm
What are the 3 main standards that crime victims boards will check before awarding compensation?
1) a violent crime resulted in injury
2) the victim cooperated with authorities
3) the victim did not contribute to the crime
Some argue that women make better officers than men because they are ___________ ______________
Less confrontational