This is an act that violates criminal law and is punishable by criminal statutes.
What is a "crime"?
100
This term refers to the use or threat of violence to achieve political objectives.
What is "terrorism"?
100
This phrase is used to describe the actual amount of crime that takes place.
What is the "Dark Figure of Crime"?
100
This term refers to a delinquent or criminal who commits multiple offenses and is considered part of a small group of wrongdoers who are responsible for a majority of the antisocial activity in any given community.
What is a "chronic offender"?
100
This is the burden of proof standard in a criminal case.
What is "beyond a reasonable doubt"?
200
This is the most common form of criminal activity
What is "property crime"?
200
This term refers to the judge, prosecutors, and defense attorneys in a criminal court.
What is the "courtroom work group"?
200
In this form of data collection persons are asked directly, through personal interviews or questionnaires or over the telephone, about specific criminal activity to which they may have been a party.
What are "self-report surveys"?
200
This document is the supreme law of the land, and as such is the basis of all law in the United States.
What is the United States Constitution?
200
These are crimes punishable by death or imprisonment in a federal or state penitentiary for 1 year or longer
What are "felonies"?
300
This is an illegal act or series of acts committed by an individual or business entity using some nonviolent means to obtain a personal or business advantage.
What is "white collar crime"?
300
This term refers to the informal and individual decision making power of the criminal justice process.
What is "discretion"?
300
These are crimes that, due to their seriousness and frequency are recorded by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to give a general idea of the "crime picture" in the United States in any given year.
What are "Part I Offenses"?
300
This term refers to a “human-made” law; the behavior is “wrong” because consensus says its wrong
What is mala prohibita?
300
As a circumstance of murder, this term means that the offender considered the crime beforehand
What is "premeditation"?
400
This form of crime comprises 3/4 of all arrests by police.
What are "misdemeanors"?
400
This model refers to the different segments of society separated by social class, income, age, and race that are engaged in a constant struggle with each other for control of society.
What is the "conflict model"?
400
Since its inception in 1930, this crime index has attempted to measure the overall rate of crime in the United States by organizing "crimes known to the police."
What is the "UCR" or "Uniform Crime Report"?
400
This common law test of criminal responsibility
relies on the defendant's inability to distinguish right from wrong.
What is the M'Naughten Rule?
400
This term refers to court decisions that provide guidance in interpreting the law. It is the basis of "stare decisis," or "let the decision stand."
What is "precedent"?
500
This model of the criminal justice system has the primary goal of empowering citizens and protecting the innocent at least as much as convicting the guilty
What is the "due process model"?
500
This form of government refers to a sharing of powers by federal and state authorities.
What is "federalism"?
500
Supporters report that this type of crime index gives victims a voice in the criminal justice process.
What is the "NCVS" or "National Crime Victimization Survey"?
500
This term means that the guilty act (actus reus) and the guilty intent (mens rea) occur together.
What is "concurrence"?
500
This term refers to a wrongful mental state, or "guilty intent."