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| no company can make you sue |
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| responsible for part of the issue |
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| more likely to commit a crime because of economics, housing, lying/stealing, abusing animals, or unemployed |
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| over the last 20 years it has doubled ages 16- 24 |
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justice- hands of prosecutor
control crime- police work within rules
prevent crime- removing oppurtunites like theft with an alarm system |
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| nonpolice official physically restraining someone who commited a crime (have to see it) |
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| red coats, walked around subways and neighborhood and crime rate decreased |
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| walk around at night to control and prevent crime |
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federal government and states share power
ex: federal gov. will give state monet for highways if they need something in return |
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| characteristics of CJ system |
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resource dependent- tax dollars, dont charge money
sequential tasks- in order
filtering process- dismessed or diverted
plea bargain- asking for consideration, DA weighs out options |
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waive-giving up right
affirm- virdict if affirms, everthing done right, defendent is punished
reverse- defendent won, technical issues
remand- "on remand" court, prosecutor made a mistake, just fix mistake |
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| right to an attorney and right to a jury trial |
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criminal- beyond a reasonable doubt
civil- 51% seeking money |
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government can sieze property 51%
ex: finding a substancial amount of drugs, car paid for in cash |
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| punishment for nothing but paying for what you did |
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specific and general
trying to stop one person
"deter" means to stop |
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physically removing from setting where he can not offend
ex: soltiary |
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| people commit crime because its a sickness |
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| four major duties of a police officer |
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keep peace
apprehend violators
prevent crime
providing social services |
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| custody and interrogation both need to be present to give miranda |
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| six sources of criminal law |
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common law from England
constitution 1789
statutes
supreme court or state supreme court
administrative regulations |
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have checkpoints to see if they made progess
mental health
drugs and alc
sexually dangerous |
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| you cant kill, rob, etc. main body of law |
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| legality, actus rues, causation, concurrence, men's rea, punishment |
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| there must be a law that defines the specific action as a crime |
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| criminal laws are aimed at human acts, including acts that a person failed to undertake |
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| for a crime to have been committed, there must be a casual relationship between an act and the harm suffered |
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| for an act to be considered a crime, the intent and the act must be present at the same time |
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the commission of an act is not a crime unless it is accompanied by a guilty state of mind
intentional intent to commit a crime
"evil" |
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| there must be a provision in the law calling for punishment of those found guilty of violating the law |
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intent to kill and intent to cause serious harm
emtreme reckless/depraved heart (selfishly kill)
felony murder- unintended death |
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1st degree- intent to kill, planned out, life in prison
2nd degree- any murder that is not 1st, parol at 15
manslaughter- voluntary; intended to kill 5-7 years
involuntary; misdemeanor manslaughter, no weapon, 1 year ex: motor vehicle |
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| dont have to prove anthing but act |
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husband exception
victim has to be woman
only male can be charged
victim must have physically resisted |
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| reputation and sexual history of victim is not admissible in court, unless previous relationship with defendent |
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| aloud to break the law to save yourself, natural force |
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| someone forces you to commit a crime, good defense for all crimes but murder |
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too young to form mens rea to commit a crime
ages 7-14 charged as juvinile |
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| no one under 7 can be charged |
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