In Florida, chapter 782.04 of the Florida State Statues explains the crime of murder. Section 1 of the statue reads: "Murder.\---(1)(a) The unlawful killing of a human being: When perpetrated from a premeditated design to effect the death of the person killed or any human being. Which branch of government is responsible for enforcing this statue?
Executive
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What are the three main components into which the contemporary criminal justice system is generally divided?
Law enforcement, the judiciary, and the correctional system
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What type of crime would be placed in layer 1 of the criminal justice "wedding cake"?
The arrest of a noted celebrity
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which term refers to the legal principle by which an earlier case becomes the standard for future cases?
Stare decisis
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putting up large signs throughout a park indicating that trash must be either thrown away or recycled, as well as providing the appropriate bins, is which type of situational crime prevention tactic?
Removing excuses
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Which type of technology consists of new materials and equipment, such as Tasers and specialized metal detectors, used by the police to catch criminals or prevent crime?
Hard
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What type of crime may occur when a state institution fails to enforce a law?
State corporate
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which of the following terms is used to describe the way a person outwardly manifests their personality?
Demeanor
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Specific focus occurs when detectives interview witnesses, gather evidence, record events, and collect facts that are available at the immediate crime scene.
True
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Which amendment guarantees the right to confront any prosecution witnesses?
The Sixth
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The most critical information for determining a case outcome is the \________ and the \_______ of the suspect.
Name: descriptions
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which is an example of a specific deterrence strategy?
Problems include defiance, stigma, and irrational offenders who are not deterred by punishment
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Behaviors considered illegal because they run counter to existing moral standards are know as what type of crimes?
Victimless/public order
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Which Act established the first organized police force in Landon?
Metropolitan Police Act
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Who studies the nature, extent, cause, and control of criminal behavior?
Criminology
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With whom do Black female police officers report having difficult relationships?
Black Male Officers
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What is concerned with making decisions through procedures that are viewed as fair?
Procedural justice
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which department is responsible for transporting of federal prisoners?
U.S. Marshals service
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True/False Police officers are charged with supervising specific areas of their jurisdiction, often called beats.
True
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Which type of law provides guidance for police officers?
Procedural Law
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Which style of police management stresses proactive problem solving instead of reactive crime fighting?
Aggressive policing
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True/False Laws banning same-sex relations are now unconstitutional and unenforceable as a result of the supreme court's decision relating to substantive due process.
True
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Which insanity defense standard relates to the offender's ability to distinguish right from wrong?
The M'Naghten rule
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True/False Intelligence gathering law enforcement follows a process in which analysis is the first step.
False
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What type of due process seeks to ensure that no person will be deprived of life, liberty, or property without legal process?
Procedural
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What does mens rea mean?
Intent to commit a criminal act
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Which amendment provides for an impartial jury?
Sixth Amendment
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A formal intelligence-sharing initiative that identified security and intelligence-sharing needs in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks is the \___________.
National Criminal intelligence Sharing plan
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What term refers to a violation of social rules of conduct, interpreted and expressed by a written criminal code?
Crime
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What type of crimes include offenses such as selling narcotics to obtain access to goods and services that are otherwise unobtainable?
Instrumental
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Which discretionary factor is concerned with a police officers decision to give some offenders warnings, give some tickets, and arrest others?
Crime
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Creating a unique placing culture is seen as unnecessary by most police officers?
False
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According to routine activities theory, police officers would be concerned \__________?
Capable guardians
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White-collar crimes, including tax evasion, credit card, fraud, and bank fraud?
True
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Which of the following terms describes the experience of black officers who must deal with expectations that they will show legions to members of their own race, while at the same time experiencing overt
Double marginality
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Aggressive patrol is a tactic employed as part of an overall philosophy of \_______ policing?
Proactive
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The process of observing some smaller please units into larger unit is known as \______?
Consolidation
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What must all laws in the United States conform to??
U.S. constitution
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Which of the following is a goal of substantive criminal law?
Enforce social control
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What age is the criminal justice system often compared to?
Funnel
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Adam is 16 years old who has a history of strange behaviors. He is now being homeschooled by his mother because he has a difficult time relating to his peers. His psychologist has diagnosed him with bipolar disorder. One afternoon, Adam goes to the high school that he wants attended. He brings his fathers revolver in attempts to shoe a few of his former classmate and a teacher. He misses all the targets in place of school. He is later comprehended in his home when the principal was able to identify him through school video surveillance.
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I don't believe he is not old enough to get in trouble for the crime of attempted murder. His lawyer explain to him that there is a conclusive presumption of an capacity for a child under a specific age. What is the age that he is legally allowed to be charged for these crimes?
7
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Physician assisted suicide legal in most states?
False
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Contemporary modern gangs are thought to be motivated by \________?
Drug profits
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What statement about the term insanity is true?
Is a legal concept only
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What was the chief law enforcement officer called in and early English country, and is the forerunner of today sheriff?
Shire reeves
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Concern over potential stigmatizing affects of community notification laws on sexual offenders, would be a part of which perspective of criminal Justice?
Nonintervention
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Murder, forcible, rape, robbery, burglary, varsity, motor vehicle theft, arson, and aggressive assault make up?
Part one
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Organizational stressors for police officers include rotating shifts, work, overload, and danger?
False
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Which of the following was intended to supplement the UCR with more detailed information about victim and offender characteristics?
NINRS
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Chief Williams believes that the patrol areas needed to be made smaller for patrol officers. Those designated patrol areas are known\_________?
Beats
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With regard to community policing, which statement is true about reorientated police values?
Research shows that police officers who have a traditional crime, control, orientation, or less satisfied with community policing effort than those who are public service orientated.
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Which entity provides funding for police departments interested in and poop in the community origin policing?
Officer of community oriented policing services
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Which is a specific or disorder that has been linked to anti-social youth
Conduct disorder
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The use of body cameras would be an example of the use of\_______ as a way of improving patrols.
Technology
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Evidence-based programming does not have to be considered intervening factors.
False
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Which of the following is a premise of general deterrence strategies?
The threat of punishment can convince, rational criminals that crime does not pay.
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Developmental theories are concerned with trying to understand why people commit crimes?
False
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What type of technology consist of software and informational systems, such as crime mapping, and gunshot locators?
Soft
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What combines a homeland, security focus with the many advances made in realms of community and problem-oriented policing?
Intelligence led policing
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Which example of pollution, orientation? Best exemplifies community orientated policing?
Hiring bilingual officers to patrol ethnic neighborhoods
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Truth in sentencing laws are in aspect of which justice system?
Equal justice
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What do you have crime contends that there are moral entrepreneurs, who want to control behaviors they view as immoral or wrong?
Interactionistb
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Which department is a part of the department of homeland security?
Customs and border protection
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Using evidence-based justice, what does the research say about school based drug educational programs?
The track record of school they drug education programs has proven to be spotty at best.
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One major purpose of patrol is to deter crime by maintaining a visible police presence
True
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The metropolitan police act establish the first organized police force in London
True
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Some experts question whether profiling end, racial discrimination or widespread is currently feared
False
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Mr. Smith is one of the residents who brings up at the meeting that there are a few locations known as hotspots of crime that are the biggest concern for the residence. Which of the following are considered to be potential hotspots of crime?
Bats
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The actor murder is a violation of what type of law?
Substantive criminal law
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Which statement is false regarding beliefs underlying community policing?
Patrol by car is an essential tool of community policing
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Which statement regarding the relationship between agent crime is true?
Elderly males are predominantly arrested for alcohol related matters
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Serial killers, kill over a long period of time, but typically assume a normal identity between murders.
True
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Which amendment was bias of the Supreme Court's Miranda decision?
The fifth
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What argument with regard to higher crime rate is some religions of the country points to the influx of immigrants.
True
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The majority of policing organizations are still organized in hierarchical manner
True
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Which perspective demand and efficient system, that hands out tough sections to those who violate the law?
Crime control
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Patrol are changed by supervising specific areas of their jurisdiction, often called \_______?
Beats
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Which case could a victim use lethal force in self-defense?
The suspect has a knife, and is approaching the victim in a threatening manner
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What does the Florida stand your ground law authorize citizens to use when they reasonably believe that their home or vehicle has been illegal invaded?
Deadly force
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Under what general theory of crime, criminal acts are attractive because they provide instant gratification for the offender
True
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Harold explains to Anthony that their focus as police officer should be the criminal and that effective policework is the only way that the dangerous classes can be kept in check. It has become apparent that Harold follows which type of policing?
Crime fighter
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What type of evidence is the focus of the exclusionary rule?
Evidence seized illegally
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Black American female officers report having a good relationship with black American officers.
False
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Is it possible to defend against a speeding ticket by claiming a mistake of the fact?
False
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Which department is the legal arm of the federal government and is headed by the attorney general?
Department of justice
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The detective work is glamorous in exciting, is reflected in which core belief?
Patrol work is the pits
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Crime, such as murder and rape are cleared at higher rate than property crimes.
True
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Neurotransmitters\_________.
Carry impulses from one nerve cell to another
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Lewis also explains that she was diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder. She cannot remember the name of the disorder. Mr. Brown is waiting for her case file to see her diagnosis. Which of the following psychiatric disorders is Louis likely to have?
Strain disorder
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What type of due process refers to citizens rights to protect from viruses, discriminatory, or unfair, criminal law?
Substantive
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One of the reasons corruption is hard to address, is the belief that a police officer should never turn on peers, also known as what?
Please code of silence
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The most common reason for US citizens, over 16 years of age to come into contact with police is as a \_________.
Driver in a motor vehicle stop
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What view of crime rest on the assumption that criminal law has a social control function?
Consensus
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Which was one of the reasons behind the evolution of community policing?
Inability of petrol to reduce certain types of crime
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What arrangements are on written agreements between neighboring locations to perform tasks that are mutually beneficial to both agencies, such as monitoring radio traffic, in order to provide back up
Informal
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Self-report studies rely upon the victims of crime to report their experiences?
False
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What term refers to people who wage campaigns to control behavior they view as immoral or wrong?
Moral entrepreneurs
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Studies show that high serotonin levels are linked with poor impulse control in hyper activity.
False
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According to police psychologist, how many categories of police stress exist?