BLE IL PTI Tests Cumulative
Defenses Section 1983 lawsuits - ✔️✔️civil lawsuits authorized by a federal statute
against state and local officials and local agencies when citizens have evidence that
these officials or agencies have violated their federal constitutional rights
to Criminal Sexual Assault/Abuse - ✔️✔️consensual
lack of verbal or physical resistance
Outline the process of a felony case. - ✔️✔️Statute 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 - ✔️✔️Murder, Agg sex assault, criminal sex assault, kidnapping,
predatory sex assault, burglary, arson, robbery, treason.
Defenses - ✔️✔️Ignorance, Defense of person, Insanity, Defense of dwelling,
Necessity, Infancy, Compulsion, Entrapment, Drugs and Intoxicants.
aggravating factors- assault - ✔️✔️location (public), status of victim, use of
firearm/other weapon.
Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault of a Child - ✔️✔️Accused 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 - ✔️✔️any knowing, touching, or fondling by the victim of the accused,
either directly or through clothing.
3 Pillars of Community Policing - ✔️✔️Developing Community Partnerships, engaging
in problem solving using SARA, Implementing organizational features/transformation.
Criminal Sexual Assault - ✔️✔️the 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.
Theft (Misdemeanor/Felony) - ✔️✔️over $500- felony
less than $500= misdemeanor
Retail Theft (Misdemeanor/Felony) - ✔️✔️greater than $300= Felony
Less than $300= misdemeanor
Deceptive Practice (Misdemeanor/Felony) - ✔️✔️greater than $150= felony
Less than $150= misdemeanor
Criminal Damage to Property - ✔️✔️Greater than $500= Felony
Less than $500= Misdemeanor
Define the components of the SARA Model. - ✔️✔️Scanning- 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.
Weeks vs. US - ✔️✔️Exclusionary rule at federal level- 1914
Gideon v. Wainwright - ✔️✔️A person who cannot afford an attorney may have one
appointed by the government. 1963
Graham v. Connor - ✔️✔️objective reasonableness. 1989
Mapp v. Ohio (1961) - ✔️✔️Extended the Exclusionary Rule to the states, increasing
the protections for defendants
Tennessee v. Garner (1985) - ✔️✔️Deadly 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) - ✔️✔️Police can detain a suspect with reasonable suspicion that
they have committed, are committing, or are about to commit a crime.
, Miranda v. Arizona - ✔️✔️Supreme 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 - ✔️✔️Prosecution must provide all evidence even if it helps the
defense.
Criminal Sexual Abuse - ✔️✔️act 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 - ✔️✔️Murder, agg sex assault, criminal sex assault, kidnapping,
predatory sex assault, burglary, arson, robbery, treason.
Bio criminology - ✔️✔️research into the roles played by genetic and neurophysiological
variables in criminal behavior
Routine Activity Theory - ✔️✔️a perspective on adolescence that views unstructured,
unsupervised time with peers as a main cause of misbehavior
Rationale Choice Theory - ✔️✔️states that individuals will make decisions that
maximize potential benefit and minimize potential harm
Classical School of Criminology - ✔️✔️A set of criminological theories that uses the
idea of free will to explain criminal behavior.
deterrance theory - ✔️✔️philosophy of criminal justice arising from the notion that
crime results from a rational calculation of its costs and benefits
Amendments impacting criminal procedure - ✔️✔️4th- 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 - ✔️✔️without lawful authority, engages in conduct which places another in
reasonable apprehension of receiving a battery.
Battery - ✔️✔️knowingly, 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 - ✔️✔️laws that protect rape victims, for example, by limiting the
introduction of evidence about their prior sexual behavior
