administrative warrant - correct answer ✔✔Official permission to investigate the cause of a fire after the
fire has been extinguished
affidavit - correct answer ✔✔A statement reduced to writing and sworn to before a judge or notary
having authority to administer an oath.
arrest - correct answer ✔✔The taking of a person into custody by the actual restraint of the person or by
his or her submission.
287(g) - correct answer ✔✔The section of the Immigration and Nationality Act delegating federal
immigration enforcement to state and local law enforcement agencies
de minimus communication - correct answer ✔✔A simple hello or giving directions.
Garrity protection - correct answer ✔✔Employers can insist that officers provide information for an
administrative investigation, but must be told that they retain their constitutional rights and that any
information so provided cannot be used if a criminal proceeding is brought against the officer.
lex talionis - correct answer ✔✔An eye for an eye.
nolo contendere - correct answer ✔✔"I will not contest it." A defendant's plea of "no contest" in a
criminal case; it means he or she does not directly admit guilt but submits to sentencing or other
punishment.
parens patriae - correct answer ✔✔The right of the government to take care of minors and others who
cannot legally take care of themselves
pro bono work - correct answer ✔✔Work done for free; lawyers volunteer their time to be public
defenders.
,Terry stop - correct answer ✔✔The simple act of stopping someone based on reasonable suspicion;
alternately called an investigatory stop, a field inquiry, or a threshold inquiry.
accreditation - correct answer ✔✔Being approved by an official review board as meeting specific
standards.
acquittal - correct answer ✔✔A formal certification by the court stating that the accused is found "not
guilty" of the crimes he or she has been charged with; the charges are dropped and the defendant is
released.
adjudication - correct answer ✔✔The process of judicially deciding a legal case.
administrative - correct answer ✔✔Official permission to investigate the cause of a fire after the fire has
been extinguished.
adversary system - correct answer ✔✔The criminal justice system used in the United States that puts the
accuser versus the accused; the accuser must prove that the one accused is guilty.
affidavit - correct answer ✔✔A statement reduced to writing and sworn to before a judge or notary
having authority to administer an oath.
affirmative action - correct answer ✔✔Results-oriented actions taken to ensure equal employment
opportunity.
Aftercare - correct answer ✔✔In juvenile corrections, the focus on reentry into the community, which
should be a focus through a juvenile's involvement in the system; usually the weakest component of the
system.
appellate jurisdiction - correct answer ✔✔A higher court with the power to hear and decide an appeal
to the decision of an original court without holding a trial.
, arraignment - correct answer ✔✔A court procedure whereby the accused is read the charges against
him or her and is then asked how he or she pleads.
arrest - correct answer ✔✔The taking of a person into custody by the actual restraint of the person or by
his or her submission to the custody of the officer so that he or she may be held to answer for a public
offense before a judge.
asymmetric warfare - correct answer ✔✔Conflict in which a much weaker opponent takes on a stronger
opponent by refusing to confront the stronger opponent head on.
bench trial - correct answer ✔✔When a defendant chooses to waive a jury and appear only before a
judge.
bioterrorism - correct answer ✔✔Involves such biological weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) as
anthrax, botulism and smallpox to cause fear in a population
Bloods - correct answer ✔✔Well-known African American gang; rivals of the Crips.
bona fide occupational - correct answer ✔✔qualification (BFOQ) Skill or knowledge that is reasonably
necessary to perform a job and, consequently, may be a requirement for employment.
boot camp - correct answer ✔✔Patterned after the traditional military boot camps for new recruits, a
system of incarceration for youths that stresses strict and even cruel discipline, hard work and
authoritarian decision making and control by a drill sergeant; also called shock incarceration.
Buie sweep - correct answer ✔✔A quick check of closets or behind doors to see if anyone who may pose
a threat is present.
burnout - correct answer ✔✔A psychological state that occurs when someone is made exhausted and
listless and rendered unserviceable or ineffectual through overwork, stress or intemperance.
burst stress - correct answer ✔✔Having to go immediately from relative calm to high-intensity,
sometimes life-threatening activity.
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