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Vocabulary Unit 1

Vocabulary Unit 1. Civil liability. potential responsibility for payment of damages or other court-enforcement in a lawsuit. Community policing.

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Vocabulary Unit 1

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  1. Vocabulary Unit 1

  2. Civil liability • potential responsibility for payment of damages or other court-enforcement in a lawsuit

  3. Community policing • a “philosophy of policing, based on the concept that police officers and private citizens working together in creative ways can help solve contemporary community problems related to crime, fear of crime, social and physical disorder, and neighborhood decay

  4. Crime • an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act

  5. Criminal intent • Not the TV show. • Intent in law is the planning and desire to perform an act and if it is for evil purposes then it is criminal intent

  6. Criminal Investigation • the process of inquiring into or following up after a crime has been committed

  7. Criminalistics • Science-based processing and study of evidence of crimes

  8. Culturally Adroit • quick or skillful or adept in action or thought of the culture of the area • Understanding how to act in any situation and interpret how other people would have behaved

  9. Elements of the Crime • is a basic set of principles and evidence regarding criminal liability that show a defendants

  10. Emergency • a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action

  11. Felony • a serious crime (such as murder or arson)

  12. Inference is the act or process of deriving a logical consequence conclusion from premises

  13. intuition • an impression that something might be the case

  14. Modus Operandi • Latin for mode of operation or routine

  15. Opinion • An opinion is a belief that may or may not be backed up with evidence, but which cannot be proved with that evidence

  16. fallacy • a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning

  17. Unsound Argument • The premises are false

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