Crimes Against Children / Bombs & Explosives / Organized Crime / Controlled Substances Flashcards
Maltreatment of children usually falls into one or more of 4 categories:
1) Physical abuse
2) Neglect
3) Emotional abuse
4) Sexual abuse
What type of abuse refers to an act of commission by a parent or caretaker, which is not accidental, and harms or threatens to harm a child’s physical or mental health or welfare.
Physical abuse
Refers to an act of omission, specifically the failure of a parent or other person that is legally responsible for a child’s welfare to provide for the child’s basic needs and proper level of care with respect to food, clothing, shelter, hygiene, medical attention or supervision.
Neglect
Results in impaired psychological growth and development. It often occurs as verbal abuse or excessive demands on a child’s performance and results in a negative self-image on the part of the child and disturbed child behavior.
Emotional abuse
True/False
Sexual abuse refers to any act of a sexual nature upon or to a child.
True
Any willful or malicious burning or attempting to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public building or personal property of another.
Arson
List 6 motives for arson.
1) profit
2) concealment of another crime
3) revenge
4) vandalism
5) excitement or pyromania, and
6) extremism
A parent, guardian, or other person supervising the welfare of or having immediate charge or custody of a child under the age of 18 commits this offense when such person willfully deprives the child of necessary sustenance to the extent that the child’s health or well-being is jeopardized; OR
When such person maliciously causes a child under the age of 18 cruel or excessive physical or mental pain.
16-5-70: Cruelty to Children 1st Degree
Any person commits this offense when such person with criminal negligence causes a child under the age of 18 cruel or excessive physical or mental pain.
Cruelty to Children 2nd Degree
Any person commits this offense when:
1) Such person, who is the primary aggressor, intentionally allows a child under the age of 18 to witness the commission of a forcible felony, battery, or family violence battery; OR
2) Such person, who is the primary aggressor, having knowledge that a child under the age of 18 is present and sees or hears the act, commits a forcible felony, battery, or family violence battery.
Cruelty to Children 3rd Degree
A person commits this offense when, by means of fire or explosive, he/she knowingly damages or knowingly causes, aids, abets, advises, encourages, hires, counsels, or procures another to damage:
5) Any building, vehicle, railroad car, watercraft, aircraft, or other structure under such circumstances that it is reasonably foreseeable that human life might be endangered.
16-7-60: Arson 1st Degree
- relates to endangerment of human life
A person commits this offense when, by means of fire or explosive, he/she knowingly damages or knowingly causes, aids, abets, advises, encourages, hires, counsels, or procures another to damage:
5) Any building, vehicle, railroad car, watercraft, aircraft, or other structure under such circumstances that the building/structure is unoccupied or empty.
16-7-61: Arson 2nd Degree
*relates to empty building or structure
A person commits this offense when, by means of fire or explosive, he/she knowingly damages or causes, aids, abets, advises, encourages, hires, counsels, or procures another to damage:
1) Any personal property of another without his/her consent or in which another has a security interest, including but not limited to a lien, without the consent of both and value of the property is $25.00 or more.
16-7-62: Arson 3rd Degree
- relates to property over $25
What are three types of serial fire starters?
1) Mass Arsonists
2) Spree Arsonists
3) Serial Arsonists
Controlled substances are divided into 5 classifications:
1) Narcotics
2) Stimulants
3) Depressants
4) Hallucinogens
5) Marijuana
Each classification of drugs has both ____ and ____ effects.
physical
psychological
The Georgia Controlled Substance Act is found in Title ____, Chapter ____ of the OCGA.
Title 16
Chapter 13
Substances are assigned to schedules based on their potential for ____ and the potential for legitimate ____ use.
abuse
medical
Which Schedule of drugs has the highest potential for abuse and no current medical use in the U.S.?
Schedule 1
Drug investigations uses both ____ and ____ techniques.
overt
covert
In drug investigations, what techniques include undercover operations?
covert techniques
In drug investigations, what techniques include the execution of warrants and arrests made by uniformed officers?
overt techniques
Three questions must be answered to ensure a valid arrest for a violation of the Georgia Controlled Substance Act:
1) Is the substance controlled?
2) Is the substance scheduled?
3) Was evidence collected legally and properly?
Drug evidence must be handled carefully, with the ____ ____ ____ being properly and carefully maintained.
chain of custody
The Federal Controlled Substances Act places substances that are regulated under Federal law into one of _____ schedules.
5
Organized crime exists when ____ or ____ individuals conspire to violate criminal laws for profit.
two or more
FBI Definition- Any group having some manner of a formalized structure and whose primary objective is to obtain money through illegal activities.
Organized Crime
Common activities associated with organized crime that the FBI identifies as predicate crimes chargeable under the RICO statute include:
1) trafficking drugs and alcohol
2) illegal gambling
3) prostitution
4) loan-sharking
5) human trafficking
6) sexual exploitation of children
7) murder
8) kidnapping
9) arson
10) robbery
11) bribery
12) extortion
13) money laundering
Organized crime in the U.S. can be traced back to immigrant groups who joined together for protection in the ____ and early ____ centuries.
19th
20th
Asian organized crime can be traced to the Chinese ____ and the Japanese ____.
Triads
Yakuza
While traditional organized crime enterprise groups remain a significant problem for Law Enforcement Officers, the average Officer is more likely to encounter ____ ____ activity in the course of the normal career.
Street Gang
Youth join gangs to obtain a sense of ____.
belonging
Gang members can often be identified through:
1) the language they use
2) the clothing they wear
3) tattoos
4) use of hand signs
5) jewelry they wear
Nations are organizations comprised of ____ ____.
different gangs
What are the two major gang nations in the U.S.
1) The People’s Nation
2) The Folks Nation
List some criminal activities that are associated with outlaw motorcycle gangs.
1) weapons and drug trafficking
2) drug manufacturing
3) assault
4) extortion
5) homicide
6) money laundering
7) kidnapping
List 5 indicators of arson.
1) Multiple fires
2) Trailers
3) Flammable accelerants
4) odors
5) color of smoke or fire
In order to prove arson, the investigator must prove that there was a ____, and some ____ was burned by the ____. The investigator must also prove that the burning was ____, and the arsonist had the ____ to commit the arson.
fire
property
defendant
criminal
intent
Bombs are classified as ____ or ____.
explosive
incendiary
What are three common explosive threats that officers may encounter?
1) Deteriorated dynamite
2) Abandoned military munitions
3) Homemade devices
The Officer’s response to a bomb threat must follow ____ ____ and ____.
Departmental policies
procedures
True/False
Officers typically leave the decision to evacuate up to the building staff.
True
A search of the area, concerning a bomb threat, should be conducted with ____ from the building who volunteer to assist. They are likely to notice anything out of the ordinary that could indicate a suspicious device.
representatives
