Chapter 3 Key Terms Flashcards
What rights do we have as individuals?
The right to remain silent and the right to ask a police officer for their details
What powers do police have and why?
The police have the power to ask for your name and address if they believe you have either committed a crime or can assist with an investigation
Can the police ask for your name and address if they do not believe you have committed a crime?
Yes, police can ask for your details only if;
you are driving a vehicle, if they believe you have information about an indictable offence or your in an area that is named in a court order
What is an Arrest?
An arrest means to take a suspect into custody.
What is a Warrant?
A warrant is a written order from a magistrate directing the police to search a person’s premises, seize a person’s goods or arrest a person.
What is Custody?
Custody is a situation where a person is kept imprisoned while awaiting trial or after being convicted of a crime.
What is Bail?
Bail is an agreement to release a person accused of an offence and held in custody.
When in custody, what are the reasons police can deny you from a phone call?
- you may be warning another person involved in a crime
- evidence may be lost or interfered with
- other people potentially might be endangered
- you are involved in a drink-driving matter.
Do the Police have the power to search a body?
Police do not have the power to search a person unless he or she is under arrest.
What is a designated area?
A designated area is an area where an incidence
of violence had occurred within the last 12 months.
What power does the Terrorism Act 2003 provide police with?
Provides the police search powers for limited periods or for specific occasions such as sporting events in order to protect the public from a terrorist act.
Can police enter private property without a search warrant?
Police may enter private property without a search warrant for the purposes of making an arrest, if they believe someone has committed a serious, indictable offence in Victoria,
What is Evidence?
the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid. This can include DNA, Fingerprinting, Photographic etc.
What are Intimate Forensic Samples with examples?
Samples that invade a persons privacy.Blood sample, sample of pubic hair, saliva sample, genital swab
What are Non-Intimate Forensic Samples with examples?
Samples that do not invade a persons privacy. Hair Sample, matter from under fingernail, sample from external part of body
