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Midterm Review Flashcards

1
Q

Official Crime statistics in the US is _____ and it is operated by _______.

A

UCR; DOJ or FBI

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2
Q

List a few crime statistic methods:

A

Self-report; UCR; Victim Surveys

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3
Q

Arson is a part _____ Index Offense.

A

One

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4
Q

____________ policing is an approach that measures the risk of criminal behavior associated with certain individuals or locations to predict when and where such criminal behavior is most likely to occur again.

A

Intelligence-led

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5
Q

What are the four basic responsibilities of the police?

A

Enforcing Laws
Providing Services
Preventing Crime
Preserving the Peace

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6
Q

_____ law is a “judge-made” law.

A

Case

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7
Q

Court decisions that provide guidance in interpreting the law is called _______

A

precedents

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8
Q

The burden of proof to win a civil trial is:

A

Preponderance of evidence

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9
Q

Criminal Punishment for one year or longer is a :

A

felony

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10
Q

______ means that the guilty act and the guilty intent occur together.

A

Concurrence

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11
Q

The guilty act in a criminal offense is referred to as _____.

A

Acteus Reus

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12
Q

True or False? The rules, orders, and decisions of regulatory agencies make up administrative law.

A

True

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13
Q

Which of the following is not an excuse defense?
a.) Infancy
b.) Mistake
C.) Insanity
D.) Necessity

A

D: necessity

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14
Q

Since its inception in 1930, the _________ has attempted to measure the overal rate of crime in the US known to the police.

A

Uniform Crime Report/ UCR

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15
Q

Which of the following is an example of a public order crime?
a. murder b. robbery c. assault. d. Prostitution

A

Prostitution

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16
Q

UCR presents crime rate as the amount/number of crimes per ______ people

A

100,000

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17
Q

UCR part 1 includes eight _______ crimes.

A

violent

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18
Q

———— is a phrase used to describe the actual amount of crime that takes place but is unknown to the police.

A

Dark figure of crime

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19
Q

_____ surveys and ______ surveys are examples of measuring crimes.

A

victim; self-report

20
Q

What are the three parts of the criminal justice system?

A

Courts, agencies; correctional institutions

21
Q

______ means that the government powers are shared by the federal government and the states.

A

Federalism

22
Q

Department of Game and Inland Fisheries is an example of ________ law enforcement.

A

state

23
Q

_______ is an informal criminal justice process

A

personal judgement

24
Q

The US has a ____ court system.

A

dual

25
Q

Two Models of defining criminal behavior:

A

Consensus and Conflict model

26
Q

True or False - Deviance is always considered criminal in nature.

A

False -

27
Q

_____ is an act that violates criminal law and is punished by criminal sanction.

A

crime

28
Q

______ are the moral principles that govern a person’s perception of right and wrong.

A

ethics

29
Q

_______ model emphasizes the right of society to be protected from crimes and criminals

A

crime control

30
Q

______ is the most common sentence in corrections.

A

probation

31
Q

What are the six types of crimes?

A

violent; property
public
white-collar
organized
high-tech

32
Q

What Insanity test states that one is insane if they cannot distinguish right from wrong?

A

M’naughten Rule

33
Q

What test states that the défendent cannot understand the wrongness of their conduct?

A

ALIMPC test

34
Q

What Test says that an irresistible impulse drove them to the crime?

A

Irresistible impulse

35
Q

What is Infancy?

A

The offender is too young to understand the consequences.

36
Q

What is Insanity?

A

They are unable to control themselves; cannot perceive consuqences; and cannot understand why what they did was wrong.

37
Q

What is Intoxication?

A

claim that intoxicants left them unable to form intent of a criminal act

38
Q

Mistake

A

They thought it was legal

39
Q

What is constitutional law?

A

the law as expressed by the us constitution

40
Q

what is statutory law?

A

laws and ordinances created by legislature.

41
Q

what is administrative law?

A

the rules, orders and decisions of federal of state government admin agencies

42
Q

What is case law?

A

judge interpretation of the law

43
Q

Political Era

A

Corruption led by politicians

44
Q

Reform era

A

no focus on public relations; minorités hired; professionalism was key.

45
Q

community era

A

focus on helping community

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