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Major Field Test_ Criminal Justice
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1-147 of 147Gratuities- acceptance of small favors
Playing favorites like not ticketing/ arresting friends/family
Minor and major bribes-acceptance of minor or major sums of money
Being above "inconvenient laws" like speeding, smoking, and driving drunk
Role Malfeasance- destruction of evidence, offering biased testimony; protecting
other corrupt officers
Property crimes- burglary, theft
Criminal enterprise- resale of confiscated drugs or stolen property
Denial of civil rights- planting of evidence or lying in court
,Violent crimes committed by law enforcement officers- physical abuse/ torture of
suspects
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Specific types of corruption
Social groups, social institutions, the arrangements of society, and social roles all
provide the proper focus for study.
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Sociological School
an offense not yet completed; an offense that consists of conduct that is a step
toward the intended commission of another crime. incomplete or partial.
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Inchoate offense
A perspective on criminological thought that views offensive and deviant behavior as
the product of dysfunctional personality
Identify the conscious and subconscious, contents of the human psyche as major
determinants of behavior.
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, Psychological school
The release of a defendant into their own care or care of another without posting
bond.
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Release of Recognizance
the attempt to reform a criminal offender; change the behavior of the offender,
typically through treatment or programs.
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Rehabilitation
Individuals who without legal authorization conduct a trail of an accused.
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Vigilantism
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and
unusual punishments inflicted
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Amendment VIII
a set of facts and circumstances that would induce a reasonably intelligent and
prudent person to believe that a specified person has committed a specified crime.
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Probable cause
The prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment
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Eighth Amendment
an era in which the Auburn system dominated, a system in which inmates ate, lived,
and worked together in enforced silence
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Mass prison era
Consecutive sentences- two or more sentences imposed at the same time, which are
served in sequence with the other sentences
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