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Arrest, Search, and Seizure
Juvenile Law
Defenses
Tort Law / Lawsuits
Miscellaneous
100
This is the name of a legal document, signed by a judge, that gives police the right to take a person into custody.
What is an ARREST WARRANT?
100
This is the legal term for the age at which you are legally considered an adult.
What is AGE OF MAJORITY?
100
This is the defense that would most likely be used by someone who committed a crime due to an inability to be aware of their actions (or the consequences of their actions).
What is the INSANITY DEFENSE?
100
When a person commits a harmful action against someone else they are committing a ______________.
What is a TORT?
100
These are the four young men from the film "Juvenile Justice". These are their crimes.
What is: Shawn - assault / attempted murder, Marquese - theft, Jose - manslaughter, Manny - assault/rape?
200
Police must have _________________________ that a person is involved in criminal activity in order to stop and question them. In order to arrest a person, police must have ______________________ that the person committed a crime.
What is REASONABLE SUSPICION / PROBABLE CAUSE?
200
Even if a juvenile commits a crime, they can still be tried as an adult. In order to decide whether the juvenile should be tried in the juvenile or adult court systems, the judge evaluates _____ criteria. These criteria are:
What is 5? What are: 1. severity/seriousness of the crime, 2. possibility of rehabilitation, 3. criminal history, 4. criminal sophistication of the crime, and 5. success of previous attempts to rehabilitate.
200
This is the defense someone might use if they committed a crime while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
What is the INTOXICATION DEFENSE? Bonus: What must the defendant prove in order to use this defense successfully?
200
1) This is the term for the person who is being sued. 2) This is the term for the person who was harmed and is suing.
What is 1) defendant, 2) plaintiff?
200
Give one example of a frivolous lawsuit. Give one example of a legitimate lawsuit.
ANSWERS WILL VARY McDonald's (?) PG&E General Motors
300
Name three things the police should do if they come to your house to conduct a search.
What is 1) knock, 2) announce their authority, 3) show search warrant, 4) should be during daytime, 5) only search reasonable areas.
300
A judge decides to punish a juvenile criminal by requiring him to participate in a drug rehabilitation program rather than sending him to jail. This judge probably supports a ___________________ philosophy.
What is HUMANITARIAN?
300
These are two ways that criminal defenses can help a defendant.
What is 1) have charges dropped, 2) have charges decreased, 3) decrease severity of punishment?
300
This is the legal term for the word "responsible". For example, "PG&E was found ____________________ for the illnesses of the people living near the PG&E chemical plant."
What is LIABLE?
300
This is the term for when there is no government and no rules.
What is ANARCHY?
400
These are the two reasons that police can conduct a "no-knock" entry during the search of a property.
What is 1) there is a threat to officers' safety, 2) there is the possibility that evidence will be destroyed (e.g. drugs flushed down the toilet).
400
Someone who believes that harsh punishment will teach juvenile criminals not to commit a crime again probably supports a _________________ philosophy of juvenile justice.
What is CONTROL?
400
When a person is tricked into committing a crime by a police officer, they might try to use the ____________________ defense.
What is ENTRAPMENT?
400
When a group of people brings a lawsuit against someone, this is called a ______________________ lawsuit.
What is CLASS ACTION?
400
A delinquent offender is a juvenile who ... A status offender is a juvenile who ...
What is 1) commits an actual crime, like assault, murder, theft, 2) doesn't commit an actual crime but behaves in concerning ways, like running away from home, constantly skipping school, etc.?
500
There is a report of a 6 foot tall Asian male, wearing black jeans, a red jacket, and green sneakers robbing a bank. Police report to the scene of the crime and stop and question every Asian male in a 5 mile radius. Is race being used appropriately in this search?
No. Suspects must match more of the description than just race.
500
This is what occurs at the disposition hearing.
The juvenile is given his/her punishment.
500
If someone commits a crime in order to prevent some sort of harm from occurring, they might use the _______________ defense. (For example, if someone speeds because they had an injured person in the back of their car that needed to get to a hospital fast.)
What is NECESSITY?
500
When a person or a company is forced to pay EXTRA fees to discourage them from acting carelessly / harming people again, this is called ____________________ damages.
What is PUNITIVE?
500
Give one reason why people support stop and frisk. Give one reason why people are against it.
ANSWERS WILL VARY