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Class: SOCL 232 - INTRO LAW ENFORCEMENT; Subject: Sociology (Univ); University: Western Kentucky University; Term: Fall 2010;
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Freedom of: - Religion - Speech - Assembly - Press - Petition TERM 2
DEFINITION 2 Freedom to bear arms. TERM 3
DEFINITION 3 You cannot be forced to quarter troops. TERM 4
DEFINITION 4 Your right to be secure agaunst unlawful search and seizure. TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 Assures due process, protection against self incrimination and double jeopardy.
Your right to: - A speedy trial - Confront witnesses - Know the charges against you - An impartial jury - Counsel TERM 7
DEFINITION 7 Extends the jury trial right to civil suits. TERM 8
DEFINITION 8 Bans excessive bail/fines, cruel and unusal punishment. TERM 9
DEFINITION 9 Constitution cannot be used to trump anyone's basic rights. TERM 10
DEFINITION 10 Things not covered by the Constitution revert back to the states to decide.
Repealed prohibition. TERM 17
DEFINITION 17
DEFINITION 18 Rights that are guaranteed by law by the government. TERM 19
DEFINITION 19 Freedom to live your life without government oppresion. TERM 20
DEFINITION 20 Constitution > Treaties > Federal Acts of Congrss > State Constituations > State Statutory Law > Local Ordinances
The inability to analyze and link critical information across or within agencies. TERM 22
DEFINITION 22 The recognition that any evidence that is obtained illegally by law enforcement (or the fruits thereof) will not be admissible in court. TERM 23
DEFINITION 23 The rule that any later evidence resulting from an illegal search or seizure will itself be helf inadmissable under the exclusionary rule. TERM 24
DEFINITION 24 Evidentiary standard necessary for arrests and searches in which facts of a case lead a reasonable person to believe that an offense was commited and that the suspect commited the offense. What a reasonable officers would do under the given facts (Draper v. United States). TERM 25
DEFINITION 25 Command (Cheif, Deputies) > Middle Management (Captains, Lieutenants, Sergeants) > Line Personnel (Sworn officers).
Law enforcement officers pose as buyers of illegal goods and services. TERM 32
DEFINITION 32 Law enforcement officers assume the identity of the victims. TERM 33
DEFINITION 33 Law enforcement officers pose as the dealer of illegal goods and services. TERM 34
DEFINITION 34 "Undercover". Long term. Law enforcement officers are emersed in the culture of the criminals. TERM 35
DEFINITION 35
A "soft sell" technique in which the detective tries to lull the suspect into a false sense of security by offering sympathy, tolerance, face-saving excuses, and moral justification; by blaming the victim or an accomplice; and by underplaying the seriousness or magnitude of the charges. TERM 37
DEFINITION 37 The interrogator uses "scare tactics" designed to intimidate a suspect believed to be guilty. This intimidation is achieved by overstating the seriousness of the offense and the magnitude of the charges and even by making false or exaggerated claims about the evidence TERM 38
DEFINITION 38 A self-incriminating statement that is offered without external pressure from the police. TERM 39
DEFINITION 39 When a suspects confesses after intense interrogation pressures. TERM 40
DEFINITION 40 When an innocent person -anxious, tired, confused, and subjected to highly suggestive methods of interrogation- actually comes to believe that he or she committed the crime.
Signs, buttons, etc. TERM 47
DEFINITION 47 A defendant cannot be tried for the same crime twice, assuming that there was not a mistrial or hung jury. TERM 48
DEFINITION 48 Things that we KNOW are crimes. TERM 49
DEFINITION 49 Things that society TELLS us are crime. TERM 50
DEFINITION 50 The law that is written and passed by state legislature.
Specifies how the criminal justice system will operate. TERM 52
DEFINITION 52 Part of the penal code that spells out the elements of a crime and the possible punishments for that crime. TERM 53
DEFINITION 53 Organizations with many layers of command. TERM 54
DEFINITION 54 Few or no levels of intervening managment. Chief > Street Officers TERM 55
DEFINITION 55 Overlaps units that may benefit from sharing information. Team building environment.
