What four broad categories of criminal defenses does our legal system recognize? Under what circumstances might they each be employed?
What will be an ideal response?
• The categories are 1) alibi (not present at the time of the crime); 2) justifications (criminal act was committed but commission necessary to prevent some greater evil); 3) excuses (act committed but some personal condition or circumstance excuses criminal accountability); 4) procedural defenses (official procedure not properly followed or defendant discriminated against by the justice process).
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A) Biometrics B) Minutiae Technology C) Dactylography D) Palmisty
Which American law enforcement agency has led the way in its training of officers for the better use of procedural justice?
a. the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) b. the Chicago Police Department c. the New York Police Department (NYPD) d. the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Which type of audience in the crime analysis typology refers officers and sergeants?
a. Operational personnel b. Management personnel c. Command personnel d. Civilian personnel
Under common law, if a royal judge successfully applied a ruling in a number of different cases and published that ruling in order that other judges could apply the ruling in their subsequent decisions, the ruling would become:
a. a precedent. c. statutory law. b. a royal order. d. a key decision.