Sources of Criminal Law
Rules and laws made by agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are examples of this type of law.
What is administrative law?
This type of offense is an offense not yet completed such as a conspiracy or an attempt.
What is an inchoate offense?
Florida passed one of the first of these NRA-backed laws which did away with the duty to retreat outside the home.
What are Stand Your Ground laws?
This type of case involves a plaintiff and a defendant.
What is a civil case?
Police recruits learn the essentials of police work in this controlled, militarized environment.
What is the police academy?
North Carolina’s law prohibiting certain types of fireworks is an example of this type of law.
What is statutory law?
States can prosecute people for using, possessing, selling or transporting drugs when they catch them performing these acts, but states cannot prosecute people for this.
What is the status of being addicted to drugs?
This defense could be used in a situation where a woman participated in a robbery because her boyfriend threatened to kill her child if she didn’t help him commit the robbery.
What is duress?
This type of offense is more serious or atrocious than a misdemeanor and is punishable by death or imprisonment in a penitentiary for one year or longer.
What is a felony?
During this second part of training, new police officers learn the rules and values of the police subculture.
What is field training?
The Fifth Amendment statement that no person shall “be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness” against him/herself is an example of this type of law.
What is constitutional law?
According to this principle, a person could be charged with a crime that he/she did not commit. This occurs when the suspect has aided another person in committing a crime.
What is accomplice liability?
This defense is used in less than 1% of cases and is only successful in ¼ of the cases in which it is used.
What is the insanity defense?
Disorderly conduct, possession of a small amount of marijuana, and trespassing are examples of this type of crime.
What are misdemeanors?
This old requirement to become a police officer reflected the stereotype that police work frequently involves physical confrontations with suspects and that officers need to be physically imposing in order to gain the respect of citizens.
What is the height requirement (i.e., be at least 5’8)?
This type of law refers to the rules of law derived from the decisions of judges and appellate courts.
What is case law?
The four levels of this element of a crime are purposeful (or intentional), knowing, reckless, and negligent.
What is mens rea?
A key question with this defense is the predisposition of the defendant. In other words, did the defendant have a preexisting desire to commit the offense before the police persuaded him/her to do so?
What is entrapment?
These acts are considered criminal only because they have been defined as crimes by law.
What are mala prohibita offenses?
One challenge female police officers may face is others believing they were only hired/promoted to fulfill diversity requirements which is referred to as this.
What is tokenism?
According to this principle, judges should look to earlier decisions to guide their rulings.
What is precedent?
With this type of offense, it is a crime simply to do something, even if the offender had no intention of violating the law.
What is a strict liability offense?
A defendant who uses the defense of immaturity, insanity, intoxication, or mistake is arguing that he/she lacked this essential element of a crime.
What is mens rea?
The least serious forms of wrongdoing, which are generally not considered “crimes,” are referred to as this.
What are infractions?
Common requirements to become a police officer include having no felony convictions, being a citizen of the U.S., and having this.
What is a driver's license?