Criminal Law
Four written sources of criminal law?
Constitutional, statutory, administrative, case law
Guilty act
Actus reus
Unlawful pressure defense
Duress
Four police responsibilities
Enforce laws, services, prevent crime, preserve peace
Avoid physical confrontations
De-escalation
Doctrine requiring precedent?
Stare decisis
Guilty mind
Mens rea
Below age of responsibility
Infancy
Political hiring corruption system
Patronage system
911 prioritization software
CAD
Two functions of criminal law?
Protect/punish and maintain/teach
Intent and act occur together
Concurrence
Police induced crime
Entrapment
Police-community partnership model
Community policing
High crime areas
Hot spots
Supreme law of the land clause?
Supremacy Clause
Facts surrounding event
Attendant circumstances
Insanity right-wrong test
M'Naghten Rule
Elected county law enforcement official
Sheriff
Identification using genetic markers
DNA fingerprinting
Defines crimes and punishments?
Substantive criminal law
Criminal conduct without completed harm
Inchoate offense
Illegal act to avoid greater harm
Necessity
Investigates federal crimes and terrorism
FBI
Identification using genetic markers
DNA fingerprinting