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| crime of unlawfully killing a person especially with malice aforethought; class 1 felony |
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| killing of 1 human by another |
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| willful, deliberate & premeditated killing of any person in commission of abduction |
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| murder other than capital, by poisoning, lying in wait, imprisonment, starving, or by any deliberate attempt to commit arson, rape, forcible sodomy or sexual penetration; class 2 felony |
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| unlawful killing of human without expressed or implied malice; felony |
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| manslaughter resulting from failure to perform a legal duty expressly required to safeguard human life, from commission of unlawful act or lawful act in negligent or improper manner; misdemeanor |
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| desire to cause pain, injury or distress to another - intent to commit unlawful act |
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| Criminal Enterprise (motivational model for classification of homicides) |
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| murder committed for material gain |
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| Personal Cause (motivational model for classification of homicides) |
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| motivated by personal cause & ensues from interpersonal aggression |
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| Sexual (motivational model for classification of homicides) |
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| sexual element/activity is basis for sequence of acts leading to death |
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| Group Cause (motivational model for classification of homicides) |
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| 2 or more people with common ideology sanction as act, committed by 1 or more members of group, resulting in death |
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| classification of death based on circumstances surrounding particular cause of death & how came into play |
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| actual mechanism of death - disease or injury |
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| Manner of Death Classifications |
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| natural, accidental, suicide, homicide, undetermined |
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| deliberate efforts made by others to disguise true manner of death; common for murder to be made to look like accident or suicide |
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| intentional killing of self |
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| shooting, hanging, ingesting drugs, drowning, cutting, ingesting poison, inhaling gas, jumping, intentionally crashing vehicle |
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| mood disturbance characterized by feelings of sadness, despair & discouragement resulting from personal loss or tragedy |
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| incident in which individual engages in behavior which poses apparent risk of serious injury or death with intent to precipitate use of deadly force by police personnel toward individual |
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| Instrumental Suicide-By-Cop |
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| avoid consequences, using cop as tool to kill self because killing self is spiritually wrong |
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| Expressive Suicide-By-Cop |
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| emotional point to commit suicide-by-cop |
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| amount of effort required by police to compel compliance from unwilling subject |
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| application of amount or frequency of force greater than that required to compel compliance from a willing or unwillful suspect |
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| explores dynamics of victim-offender relationship - how & why some people are victimized by crime |
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| Routine Activities Theory |
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| Cohen & Felson. 4 factors to be present for criminal acts: motivated offender, suitable target, absence of capable guardian, no handler |
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| Occupational-Related Victimization |
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| person's work may increase likelihood of victimization |
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| victim is directly responsible for their injury/victimization |
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| as a result of naivete or ignorance, passive participant becomes victim |
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