Criminal Justice NOCTI

Subpoena

• a legal document ordering a person to testify in a court of law as a witness

• The actual criminal act

• legal phrase used to describe the mental state a person must have been in while committing a crime for it to be intentional

• the most common fingerprint

Actus Reus

• A criminal investigation

• The actual criminal act

• The first step in the trial process

• A legal term meaning "to act"

Mens Rea

• An illegal substance that has been taken into custody

• The motivation for a crime

• legal phrase used to describe the mental state a person must have been in while committing a crime for it to be intentional

• a process used to maintain and document the chronological history of evidence

Loops

• The most common fingerprint

• a plea of "no contest" that one could use in court. It means that you are not admitting guilt but you're not denying it either.

• loopholes in the justice sytstem

• The last step of a criminal trial

Chain of custody

• a process used to maintain and document the chronological history of evidence

• A part on a set of handcuffs; the chain link

• The most common fingerprint

• a legal process

Nolo Contedere

• legal phrase used to describe the mental state a person must have been in while committing a crime for it to be intentional

• The only way to expedite the trial process

• A criminal confession in legal terms

• a plea of "no contest" that one could use in court. It means that you are not admitting guilt but you're not denying it either.

Use of Force Continuum

• 1. Verbalization, Officer presence, Empty-Hand Control, Less-Lethal, Lethal force

• 1. Officer Presence, Verbalization, Empty- Hand Control, Less-Lethal, Lethal Force

• 1. Officer Presence, Verbalization, Empty- Hand Control, Lethal force, Less-Lethal

• 1. Lethal force, Verbalization, Empty- Hand Control, Less-Lethal, Officer Presence

Verbalization

• Not physical. Officers issue calm, nonthreatening commands.

• Verbal assault officers receive on a daily basis

• The written word of a criminal

• The only correct way to handle an arrest suspect without lethal force

Empty Hand Control

• Handcuffing a suspect because they have empty hands

• A polite way to beat up the suspect

• Officers use bodily force. Soft/Hard techniques

• Emptying the hands and pockets of a suspect for officer safety.

Less-Lethal

• Officers use different technologies to gain control; pepper spray, baton, taser

• The most severe use of force

• Generally viewed as the best way to apprehend a suspect

• The only possible way to make sure a crime will not be committed is to use this level of force