Chapter 7 Flashcards

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Implied Consent

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Agreement to take BAC test in exchange for privilege of driving.

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Brady Act

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Established national system to check the backgrounds of persons before selling or buying guns

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Drug Courts

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Uses threat of prosecution to keep offenders in treatment

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Megan’s Law

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Law enacted through parental advocacy to require registry of sex offenders

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Recidivist

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Repeat offender

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Crime Clock

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Frequency of crime.

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Crime Index

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Sum of violent crimes and property crimes

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What is the current trend of violent and property crimes?

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They have gone down.

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What is the current trend of drug crime?

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It has gone up.

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What percentage of gangs are male ?

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90% are.

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What is the 2nd Amendment ?

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The right for citizens to bear arms.

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What is the most legal abused substance in America ?

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Alcohol.

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What age group to gangs target the most ?

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Young people ages 8-14 to make them feel like they are somebody, to feel loved .

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What makes people join gangs most of the times ?

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They live in poverty and want easy, fast, quick money

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What is a victims right ?

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Restitution .

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What is restitution ?

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A sentencing option in which the offender pays money to make up for injury to person harmed by crime.