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What is a controlled substance
A specifically defined bioactive or psychoactive chemical substance proscribed by law.
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Community Policing
Type of policing that works closely with community residents and emphasize crime prevention.
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What is a suspect
A person considered to be directly or indirectly connected with a crime. Either by overt act or by planning and/or directing it.
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What is Corrections
the variety of programs, services, facilities, and organizations responsible for the management of individuals who have been accused or convicted of criminal offenses
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What is Homicide
The killing of one human being by another human being, either lawfully or unlawfully. Homicide includes murder and manslaughter (unlawful) and excusable and justifiable (lawful) homicides.
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What is drug abuse
Illicit drug use that results in social, economic, psychological, or legal problems for the user.
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What is crime prevention
Actions taken by the police and the community to reduce crime risks and build individual and community safety.
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What is evidence
Materials offered to a court to help aide in proving a case
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What is a prison
an institution for the incarceration of people convicted of serious crimes, usually felonies
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What is a mass murder
Killing of 4 or more victims at a single time & place
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What is drug trafficking
Trading or dealing in controlled substances, including the transporting, storage, importing, exporting, or sale of a controlled substance.
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What is preliminary report
A report that details crime and that is completed by the first arriving officer. This report is used by detectives in the subsequent follow-up investigation.
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What is DNA
Useful in examining blood stains, hair roots, semen and various other types of fluids in all areas of crime
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What is Parole
a system of supervision of those who have been released from confinement
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What is first degree murder
Killing that is premeditated, intentional, and done with malice
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What is money laundering
The process by which criminals/ criminal organizations seek to disguise the illicit nature of their proceeds by introducing them into the stream of legitimate commerce and finance
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What is a warrant
An order from a judge that authorizes police or other officials to take a certain action, such as searching someone's property
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What is probable cause
A set of facts that is relevant for police when making an arrest and conducting a search
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What is Community Corrections
A model of corrections based on the assumption that reintegrates offenders back into the community.
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What is mens rea
The "guilty mind" necessary to establish criminal responsibility.
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What is LSD and PCP
The most frequently used hallucinogens are ________; both are produced chemically, and neither has a legitimate medical use.
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What is New York City Police Department (NYPD)
The largest police department in the United States
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What is Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Level of proof required to obtain a conviction in a criminal trial.
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What is Restorative Justice
Making amends to the victim or to society for the harm resulting from a criminal offense.
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What is Voluntary and Involuntary Manslaughter
The unlawful killing of a human being by another without malice aforethought.
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