BLE IL PTI Tests Cumulative Quizlet
With 100% Correct Answers
3 Pillars of Community Policing - ANSWERSDeveloping Community Partnerships,
engaging in problem solving using SARA, Implementing organizational
features/transformation.
Define the components of the SARA Model. - ANSWERSScanning- identify and
prioritize problems develop goals.
Analysis- identify and understand the events that precede and accompany the problem.
Response- Brainstorm for new interventions, outline a response plan, carry out planned
activities.
Assessment- determine whether the plan was implemented conduct ongoing assess.
Outline the process of a felony case. - ANSWERSStatute of Limitations= 3 years for
most felonies
Charged via an info. or indictment
Preliminary hearing
Indictment by grand jury
Arraignment
Pleas
Plea agreements and plea bargains
Forcible Felony - ANSWERSMurder, Agg sex assault, criminal sex assault, kidnapping,
predatory sex assault, burglary, arson, robbery, treason.
Defenses - ANSWERSIgnorance, Defense of person, Insanity, Defense of dwelling,
Necessity, Infancy, Compulsion, Entrapment, Drugs and Intoxicants.
aggravating factors- assault - ANSWERSlocation (public), status of victim, use of
firearm/other weapon.
Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault of a Child - ANSWERSAccused is 17 or over and
victim is under 13
Class X Felony (6-60 years)
If convicted of two or more, natural life in prison
Sexual Conduct - ANSWERSany knowing, touching, or fondling by the victim of the
accused, either directly or through clothing.
Criminal Sexual Assault - ANSWERSthe act of sexual penetration and the use of force
or threat of force.
,act of sexual penetration and the accused knew the victim is unable to give knowing
consent.
act of penetration and victim is under 18 and the accused is family.
age 13-17 victim or accused is 17 or over but the person is authority or family.
Defenses to Criminal Sexual Assault/Abuse - ANSWERSconsensual
lack of verbal or physical resistance
Theft (Misdemeanor/Felony) - ANSWERSover $500- felony
less than $500= misdemeanor
Retail Theft (Misdemeanor/Felony) - ANSWERSgreater than $300= Felony
Less than $300= misdemeanor
Deceptive Practice (Misdemeanor/Felony) - ANSWERSgreater than $150= felony
Less than $150= misdemeanor
Criminal Damage to Property - ANSWERSGreater than $500= Felony
Less than $500= Misdemeanor
Weeks vs. US - ANSWERSExclusionary rule at federal level- 1914
Gideon v. Wainwright - ANSWERSA person who cannot afford an attorney may have
one appointed by the government. 1963
Graham v. Connor - ANSWERSobjective reasonableness. 1989
Mapp v. Ohio (1961) - ANSWERSExtended the Exclusionary Rule to the states,
increasing the protections for defendants
Tennessee v. Garner (1985) - ANSWERSDeadly force may not be used against an
unarmed and fleeing suspect unless necessary to prevent the escape and unless the
officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death
or serious injury to the officers or others.
Terry v. Ohio (1968) - ANSWERSPolice can detain a suspect with reasonable suspicion
that they have committed, are committing, or are about to commit a crime.
Miranda v. Arizona - ANSWERSSupreme Court held that criminal suspects must be
informed of their right to consult with an attorney and of their right against self-
incrimination prior to questioning by police. 1966
Brady v. Maryland - ANSWERSProsecution must provide all evidence even if it helps
the defense.
, Criminal Sexual Abuse - ANSWERSact of sexual conduct and use or threat of force. OR
act of sexual conduct and accused knew victim was unable to understand the nature of
the act. OR an act of penetration and the accused is 16 or younger.
Forcible Felony - ANSWERSMurder, agg sex assault, criminal sex assault, kidnapping,
predatory sex assault, burglary, arson, robbery, treason.
Bio criminology - ANSWERSresearch into the roles played by genetic and
neurophysiological variables in criminal behavior
Routine Activity Theory - ANSWERSa perspective on adolescence that views
unstructured, unsupervised time with peers as a main cause of misbehavior
Rationale Choice Theory - ANSWERSstates that individuals will make decisions that
maximize potential benefit and minimize potential harm
Classical School of Criminology - ANSWERSA set of criminological theories that uses
the idea of free will to explain criminal behavior.
deterrance theory - ANSWERSphilosophy of criminal justice arising from the notion that
crime results from a rational calculation of its costs and benefits
Amendments impacting criminal procedure - ANSWERS4th- unwarranted search and
seizure
5th- no need to answer to incriminate yourself, also prohibits double jeopardy.
6th- right to speedy and public trial
8th- No excessive bail and prohibits cruel and unusual punishment
10th- reserved powers clause
14th- due process
Assault - ANSWERSwithout lawful authority, engages in conduct which places another
in reasonable apprehension of receiving a battery.
Battery - ANSWERSknowingly, without legal justification, and by any means causes
bodily harm or makes physical contact of an insulting and provoking nature with an
individual.
Rape Shield Laws - ANSWERSlaws that protect rape victims, for example, by limiting
the introduction of evidence about their prior sexual behavior
Public Indecency - ANSWERSperforms in public place: sexual intercourse; lewd
exposure of sexual organs; lewd caress or indecent fondling; lewd appearance in
partial/complete nudity
theft - ANSWERSobtains or exerts unauthorized control over property OR obtains
deception control over property of the owner OR obtains by threat control over property
