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The taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force, or threat of force, or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear, is the UCR definition of the crime of:
Robbery
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The unlawful taking, carrying, leading,or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another, is the UCR definition of the crime of:
Larceny-theft
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Crime Rates in the US have been on the __________ over the past several years.
Decline
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When a law enforcement agency clears an offense, it means that it has ___________ the case.
Closed
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The UCR allows a law enforcement agency to clear a case __________ when circumstances that are beyond the agency's control prevent the actual arrest and charging of the offender.
Exceptionally
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What has the highest clearance rate of all crimes?
Murder
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This has a way of graphically showing the frequency of crime in the US.
Crime Clock
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The arrest of juveniles (under 18) has declined by what percent between 2000 and 2009?
20.2
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Who makes up approximately 13 percent of the population of the US, yet comprises 28.35 of all arrests in 2009?
Blacks
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According to some research, there are more ____________ in American that there are people.
Privately owned guns
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The laws that are written by the IRS to regulate the tax regulations would be an example of ____________ law.
Administrative
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"The guilty act"
Actus Reus
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"the guilty mind"
Mens rea
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Crimes that do not require that criminal intent be present are called ______________ crimes.
Strict liability
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"the body of the crime"
Corpus delicti
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A criminal offense that is punishable by death or incarceration in a prison facility for at least one year
Felony
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Justifications defenses include:
Self-defense and necessity
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This can be used when the defendant can show that they should not be held criminally liable for an offense because there was no criminal intent present.
Legal excuse
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The inducement of a person by a government agent to commit a crime that they were not predisposed to commit is called:
Entrapment
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When an accused persona can provide evidence that they were at a location other than at the crime scene at the time of the crime, they have this:
Alibi
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He persuaded the British Parliament to pass the London Metropolitan Police Act in 1829.
Sir Robert Peel
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Three distinct levels fo law enforcement in the US today.
Federal, state, and local
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The FBI was established in 1908 by:
President Theodore Roosevelt
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Every state has a state highway patrol or a state police agency except:
Hawaii
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The largest segment of law enforcement int he US is at this level:
City (municipal)
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Chapter 6 discusses how many functions of the police in the US?
Four
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The most controversial task (or function) that is assigned to police in the US is that of :
Crime Prevention
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This is the backbone of police work:
Patrol
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A strategy of policing that involves a working relationship between the police and the community
community policing
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A problem solving model that is used by many police agencies throughout the US
- SARA
- Scanning
- Analysis
- Response
- Assessment
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The authority that police officers have to use their individual judgment concerning decisions that they must make on a daily basis.
Discretion
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The application of an amount and/or frequency of force greater than that required to compel compliance from a willing or unwilling subject
Excessive force
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