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Chapters 5,6 &7
34
Criminal Justice
12th Grade
10/17/2011

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Term
where did the term "sherrif" come from?
Definition
towns were grouped into counties or shires, each shire had a shire reeve,or sherrif
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Internal Revenue Service
Definition
tax evasion
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Bureau of Alcohol, tobacco, &Firearms
Definition
monitors these products
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FBI
Definition
investigate federal law violations (ex: kiddnapping, bank robberies, civil-rights violations)
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Secret Service
Definition
investigates counterfeiting &protects the life of the president
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Operations Unit
Definition
patrols the streets &investigates crime (largest unit)
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Service Unit
Definition
helps support the operations unit by training, maintaining equipment &running a crime laboratory
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Admission Unit
Definition
manage pay roll, personnel &finances
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Internal Affairs Unit
Definition
polices the police, investigates any reports of wrongdoing by officers
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Community Outreach
Definition
works on improving police-community relations
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patrol
Definition
oficers patrol the steets, keep the peace within their assigned areas, &respond when crime or other emergency is reported
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detectives
Definition
officers are involved in one police function-law enforcement investigations
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traffic
Definition
officers enforce traffic laws,investigate accidents &keep traffic moving
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juvenile
Definition
officers undergo special training in dealing with juveniles &in laws related to them
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proactive policing
Definition
relied on radio to direct cruising police cars to emergency calls.. little contact with communities
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chain of custody
Definition
when evidence is handled the info is marked, what happened to the evidence while they had it
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line up
Definition
5 or 6 ppl, one is suspect, stand on stage so witness can view them
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show up
Definition
the witness is showed a singal suspect
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throw down
Definition
witness is shown pictures of suspects then they choose
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role information
Definition
give intelligence about what is going on in the crimminal community
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probable cause
Definition
evidnece that an independent, cautious person would have good reason to belive
Term
what does a search warrant contain?
Definition
a statement desrcibing place being searched
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trace evidence unit
Definition
examines small materials.. controls the lab &computer tests
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questioned documents unit
Definition
studies anything with paper
Term
firearms &toolmarks unit
Definition
investigates guns, ammo, &tool information
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latent print unit
Definition
analyzes fingerprints
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DNA Analysis Unit
Definition
DNA testing and evidence
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criminal law
Definition
defines which acts are illegal
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criminal procedure
Definition
deals with procedures for arrests, trials, &appeals
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search
Definition
any governmental intrusion into something in which a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy
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seizure
Definition
any taking into possession, custody or control
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stop &frisk
Definition
search on the outer layers of clothing to find a weapon
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hot pursuit
Definition
an officer, if chasing an individual, may go into a place they saw the criminal go even if they have to break the door
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5th Amendment
Definition
no one can be compellesd (forced) to testify against themselves
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