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| Are crimes, like prostitution, gambling and drug related offenses that are said to be crimes against public decency and morality. |
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| The constitutionally based test for obsecenity when states attempt to make involvement with obsence materials a criminal case. It is a three part test and involves a consideration of community standards |
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| Is the name of the crime in Ohio for drunk driving. It also includes driving under the influence of drugs. |
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| Are test that officers seek to have drivers perform to indicate whether the driver is impaired. |
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| Is the crime of disguising illegal income to make it appear to be legitimate. |
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| Refers to crimes which are thought to be inherently wrong, like murder or robbery. |
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| Refers to a court's power to declare null and void laws that violate constitutional principles. |
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| The "act" part of a crime. Sometimes it can involve a failure to act. |
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| Is a type of possession based on the power and intention to control something, either directly or through another person, even though that item is not found on the person in question. |
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| Are the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution and contain many individual liberties that can make laws unconstitutional if the liberties are infringed. |
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| An actor's mental purpose to accomplish a particular result beyond the act itself. (example: the intent to commit a theft when breaking into a house as required by some burglary statutes.) |
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| A crime where the actor does not have to have a particular pupose when they commit the proscribed act. |
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| Refers to a crime, like a traffic violation wherin the legislature has created a criminal offense with no requirement that the state prove a mental element. |
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| Where the U.S. Congress's authority to pass criminal law is often based on. It is unlike a state legislature, that has general police power to make laws to protect the health welfare and morals of the state. |
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| Refers to the legal standard by which challenged legislation will be analyzed when the legislation infringes on individual rights. It is a higher standard thatn the rational basis test. |
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| The mental part of a crime. It refers to the intent with which the criminal actor engages in conduct. |
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Department of Rehabilitation |
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| This is designed to fulfill the criminal justice system's objective of providing punishment and rehabilitation of offenders |
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| Prohibits certain forms of conduct by defining crimes and establishing the parameters of penalties. |
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| Regulates the procedure for the enforcement of the substantive criminal law. |
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| Refers to the concept that all laws in our society, including the criminal laws, are suordinate to the principles and provisions of the U.S. Constitution. |
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| A crime punishable by incarceration in a prison, usually for at least a year. It is a more serious crime. |
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| A crime punishable by incarceration in a local jail facility, usually for 6 months or less. It is considered a less serious crime. |
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| The historical source for many of the concepts involved in our modern day criminal law. |
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| This contains the compilation of legislation that constitutes the substantive criminal law in Ohio |
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