Definitions

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regulate the relationships between people and/or other parties.

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civil law

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is the branch of law that deals with crimes and their punishments.

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Criminal Law

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is doing a wrongful act in a civil matter.

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Tort

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is putting someone in danger physically or mentally.

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Harm

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is failing to fulfill a contractual obligation that can result in a civil lawsuit.

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Breach of Contract

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is a criminal offense that is punishable by death or incarceration in a prison facility for at least one year.

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Felony

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is an offense that is punishable by incarceration, usually in a jail facility, for a period of time less than one year.

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Misdemeanor

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are minor violations of the law that are categorized even less than misdemeanors.

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Offence

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is a violation or infringement of a law, agreement, or set of rules, the consequences are generally being fined.

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Infraction

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is a set of rules for a municipal town. Many counties have their own laws that the people must follow and every county does not always have the same laws when they’re next to each other.

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ordinance violation

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are crimes that do not require concurrence between actus reus and the mens rea.

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Strict liability crimes

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are crimes that are immoral or wrong on their face.

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Mala in se

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are crimes that are only illegal because the government says they are.

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Mala prohibita

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varies from society to society and the people within the society deals with the perception of what constitutes right from wrong within that society.

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Social justice

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is an implied agreement between citizens and their government as a way of maintaining social order.

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Social contract

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for criminal justice is best described as fundamental fairness.

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Justice

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are facts that prove a crime has taken place, also known as the “body of the crime.”

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Corpus Delicti

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is known as the guilty mind of the people.

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Mens rea

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are known as the guilty acts people do.

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Actus reus

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is based on the proposition that crime must be controlled at all cost in order to have a safe society. In this model the rights of the many (society) outweigh the rights of the few.

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Crime control model

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is designed to protect the rights of the individual who is accused of a crime and make sure that all legal resources and protections are available and utilized. In this model the rights of the accused outweigh the rights of the many (society).

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Due process model

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represents those crimes that are not reported to the police.

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Dark figure of crime

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is an act that violates or departs from social norms.

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Deviance

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violate social norms.

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Criminal acts

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is inducing a person to commit a crime that he or she would not have committed without such inducement.

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Entrapment

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is a defense that establishes the accused could not have committed the crime because they can offer evidence that they were in another place at the tie the crime was committed.

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Alibi

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is a legal excuse for committing an act that would constitute a crime when the law is vague or was not properly published.

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Mistake of law

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is making a person do something they do not want to do by the use of force or the threat of force.

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Duress

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is when a person would have a possible legal excuse if they ingest an intoxicating substance without their knowledge and as a consequence of the intoxication commits an act that would constitute a crime.

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Involuntary intoxication

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London Metro Police was created by

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Sir Robert Peel.

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is a nickname given after Sir Robert Peel, to the police officers of the London Metropolitan Police.

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Bobbies

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is that force that could be reasonably expected to cause death or serious bodily harm.

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Deadly force

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believes in free will but expands it to say that individuals make rational choices to commit crimes.

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Rational choice theory

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is all about inequality in society. It suggests that who or what is labeled as deviant depends on who has the most power.

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Conflict theory

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founded by Cesare Beccaria, is based on the notion that all decisions including those that involve criminal activity, are the result of free will.

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Classical school of criminology

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is the studying of the skull to determine personality traits.

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Phrenology

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is the father of criminology.

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Cesare Beccaria

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is responsible for making the laws for the country.

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Legislative Branch

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is responsible for interpreting the laws of the country.

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Judicial Branch

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is responsible for carrying out the laws.

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Executive Branch

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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise or abridging the freedom of speech.

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Amendment 1

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The basis of this Amendment gives the right to bear arms to the citizens.

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Amendment 2

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This Amendment established the rules concerning search and seizure and arrest.

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Amendment 4

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Gives the right against self-incrimination, right against “double jeopardy”, and the right to due process of law.

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Amendment 5

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This gives the right to all criminals to go through speedy trials, a jury, know the charges against you, a lawyer.

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Amendment 6

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Gives the right to a reasonable bail, against excessive fines, and against cruel and unusual punishments.

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Amendment 8

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This amendment gives protection to those who are born a citizen in United States. This is sometimes referred to as the “due process clause.”

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Amendment 14

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is a way of showing the frequency of crime in the United States.

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Crime Clock

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states that the most serious offence will be looked at first. Based on category the most serious offence will be most looked at.

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Hierarchy rule