The Supreme Court created the legal principle in which the introduction of criminal evidence collected or analyzed in violation of the Constitution is forbidden. This principle is known as:
a. Probable cause requirement
b. Derivate evidence rule
c. Exclusionary rule
d. Four corners rule
c
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The UCR's four violent crimes are
A) burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. B) murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. C) homicide, sex offenses, arson, and robbery. D) aggravated assault, homicide, larceny-theft, and vandalism.
_____ is unlawful sexual intercourse with a spouse or ex-spouse against her will by means of force or fear
a. Sexual violence b. Rape c. Rape shield d. Marital rape
Which of the following journalistic clichés is often used to describe the way the media portrays crime?
A. “sex sells” B. “the less you know, the more you believe” C. “sex, drugs, and rock and roll” D. “if it bleeds, it leads”
In the course of attempting to capture an armed robber, an officer draws her duty weapon when the robber exits a convenience store. The armed robber points a handgun in the officer's direction and tires one round. Although there are many people on the sidewalk behind the robber, the officer returns fire, wounding the robber, however, an errant round kills an innocent person behind the robber. Internal affairs decides that the officer acted recklessly when she fired her duty weapon. What offense, if any, did the officer commit?
a. No offense because she acted in the line of duty and defended herself b. Murder c. Criminally negligent homicide d. Manslaughter e. Capital murder