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| What is the importance of the 8th amendment? |
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| No cruel and unusual punishment |
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| What is the importance of the 6th amendment? |
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| Right to confront witnesses |
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| What is the importance of the 5th amendment? |
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| What is the bill of rights? |
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| The first 10 amendments of the Constitution |
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| Three major components of Uniform Crime Reports |
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the amount of crime
stats on hate crimes
stats on law enforcement deaths |
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| What violations do the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms investigate? |
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| Firearms, explosives, arson, illegal trafficking of alcohol and tobacco products |
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| What types of crimes does the FBI investigate? |
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| Counterterrorism, counterintelligence, cyber crime, public corruption, civil rights, white collar crime, organized crime, major thefts/violent crime |
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| What is the Department of Homeland Security? |
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| A consolidation of 22 domestic agencies into one department to protect the nation against threats to the homeland |
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| What does the Drug Enforcement Administration investigate? |
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| The use and distribution of narcotics and other dangerous drugs |
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| What are the US Marshall's job responsibilities? |
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| Enforce all federal laws that are not the specific responisibilty of some other federal agency, administering proceedings at the federal courts, protecting relocated witnesses |
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| What kind of cases does the Secret Service investigate? |
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Definition
Protecting the President/Vice President
Counterfeit money |
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| What does the Coast Guard investigate? |
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| What does the 4th amendment protect citizens from? |
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| Unreasonable search and seizure |
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| The exlusionary rule prohibits the use of ___________? |
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Definition
| Illegally obtained evidence in court |
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| What does the court's ruling in MIranda v. Arizona say? |
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Definition
| Police must advise the defendant of their 5th amendment rights |
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| Who can issue a search warrant? |
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| What is the importance of the Mapp v. Ohio decision? |
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| applies the exclusionary rule to the states |
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| refers to facts that are reliable and generate a reasonable belief that a crime has been committed |
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| Which agency is the chief investigative body of the Department of Justice? |
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| What does most police work involve? |
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| What is the largest operating unit of a police force? |
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| Which police department unit's primary duty is to investigate crimes? |
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| What are the two categories of police powers? |
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| Investigative and arrest powers |
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