BLE IL PTI Tests Cumulative (2025)
comprehensive questions and verified
answers
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Developing Community Partnerships, engaging in problem solving using SARA,
Implementing organizational features/transformation. - - 3 Pillars of
Community Policing
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.
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Assessment- determine whether the plan was implemented conduct ongoing
assess. - - Define the components of the SARA Model.
Statute of Limitations= 3 years for most felonies
Charged via an info. or indictment
Preliminary hearing
Indictment by grand jury
Arraignment
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Pleas
Plea agreements and plea bargains - - Outline the process of a felony case.
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Murder, Agg sex assault, criminal sex assault, kidnapping, predatory sex assault,
burglary, arson, robbery, treason. - - Forcible Felony
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Ignorance, Defense of person, Insanity, Defense of dwelling, Necessity, Infancy,
Compulsion, Entrapment, Drugs and Intoxicants. - - Defenses
location (public), status of victim, use of firearm/other weapon. - 📌📌-
aggravating factors- assault
Accused is 17 or over and victim is under 13
📌📌- Predatory Criminal
Class X Felony (6-60 years)
If convicted of two or more, natural life in prison -
Sexual Assault of a Child
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any knowing, touching, or fondling by the victim of the accused, either directly or
through clothing. - - Sexual Conduct
the act of sexual penetration and the use of force or threat of force.
, 📌📌- Defenses to Criminal Sexual
consensual
lack of verbal or physical resistance -
Assault/Abuse
📌📌- Theft (Misdemeanor/Felony)
over $500- felony
less than $500= misdemeanor -
📌📌- Retail Theft (Misdemeanor/Felony)
greater than $300= Felony
Less than $300= misdemeanor -
📌📌- Deceptive Practice
greater than $150= felony
Less than $150= misdemeanor -
(Misdemeanor/Felony)
📌📌- Criminal Damage to Property
Greater than $500= Felony
Less than $500= Misdemeanor -
Exclusionary rule at federal level- 1914 - 📌📌- Weeks vs. US
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A person who cannot afford an attorney may have one appointed by the
government. 1963 - - Gideon v. Wainwright
objective reasonableness. 1989 - 📌📌- Graham v. Connor
📌📌
Extended the Exclusionary Rule to the states, increasing the protections for
defendants - - Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
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
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believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious injury to the
officers or others. - - Tennessee v. Garner (1985)
📌📌
Police can detain a suspect with reasonable suspicion that they have committed,
are committing, or are about to commit a crime. - - Terry v. Ohio (1968)
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 - - Miranda v. Arizona
Prosecution must provide all evidence even if it helps the defense. - 📌📌- Brady
v. Maryland
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
, 📌📌
research into the roles played by genetic and neurophysiological variables in
criminal behavior - - Bio criminology
📌📌
a perspective on adolescence that views unstructured, unsupervised time with
peers as a main cause of misbehavior - - Routine Activity Theory
📌📌
states that individuals will make decisions that maximize potential benefit and
minimize potential harm - - Rationale Choice Theory
📌📌
A set of criminological theories that uses the idea of free will to explain criminal
behavior. - - Classical School of Criminology
📌📌
philosophy of criminal justice arising from the notion that crime results from a
rational calculation of its costs and benefits - - deterrance theory
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
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10th- reserved powers clause
14th- due process - - Amendments impacting criminal procedure
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without lawful authority, engages in conduct which places another in reasonable
apprehension of receiving a battery. - - Assault
knowingly, without legal justification, and by any means causes bodily harm or
📌📌
makes physical contact of an insulting and provoking nature with an individual. -
- Battery
📌📌
laws that protect rape victims, for example, by limiting the introduction of
evidence about their prior sexual behavior - - Rape Shield Laws
performs in public place: sexual intercourse; lewd exposure of sexual organs;
📌📌
lewd caress or indecent fondling; lewd appearance in partial/complete nudity -
- Public Indecency
obtains or exerts unauthorized control over property OR obtains deception
📌📌
control over property of the owner OR obtains by threat control over property -
- theft
📌📌
the unlawful taking of property from a person's immediate possession by force or
intimidation - - robbery
📌📌
entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable
property - - burglary
comprehensive questions and verified
answers
📌📌
Developing Community Partnerships, engaging in problem solving using SARA,
Implementing organizational features/transformation. - - 3 Pillars of
Community Policing
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. - - Define the components of the SARA Model.
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 - - Outline the process of a felony case.
📌📌
Murder, Agg sex assault, criminal sex assault, kidnapping, predatory sex assault,
burglary, arson, robbery, treason. - - Forcible Felony
📌📌
Ignorance, Defense of person, Insanity, Defense of dwelling, Necessity, Infancy,
Compulsion, Entrapment, Drugs and Intoxicants. - - Defenses
location (public), status of victim, use of firearm/other weapon. - 📌📌-
aggravating factors- assault
Accused is 17 or over and victim is under 13
📌📌- Predatory Criminal
Class X Felony (6-60 years)
If convicted of two or more, natural life in prison -
Sexual Assault of a Child
📌📌
any knowing, touching, or fondling by the victim of the accused, either directly or
through clothing. - - Sexual Conduct
the act of sexual penetration and the use of force or threat of force.
, 📌📌- Defenses to Criminal Sexual
consensual
lack of verbal or physical resistance -
Assault/Abuse
📌📌- Theft (Misdemeanor/Felony)
over $500- felony
less than $500= misdemeanor -
📌📌- Retail Theft (Misdemeanor/Felony)
greater than $300= Felony
Less than $300= misdemeanor -
📌📌- Deceptive Practice
greater than $150= felony
Less than $150= misdemeanor -
(Misdemeanor/Felony)
📌📌- Criminal Damage to Property
Greater than $500= Felony
Less than $500= Misdemeanor -
Exclusionary rule at federal level- 1914 - 📌📌- Weeks vs. US
📌📌
A person who cannot afford an attorney may have one appointed by the
government. 1963 - - Gideon v. Wainwright
objective reasonableness. 1989 - 📌📌- Graham v. Connor
📌📌
Extended the Exclusionary Rule to the states, increasing the protections for
defendants - - Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
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. - - Tennessee v. Garner (1985)
📌📌
Police can detain a suspect with reasonable suspicion that they have committed,
are committing, or are about to commit a crime. - - Terry v. Ohio (1968)
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 - - Miranda v. Arizona
Prosecution must provide all evidence even if it helps the defense. - 📌📌- Brady
v. Maryland
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
, 📌📌
research into the roles played by genetic and neurophysiological variables in
criminal behavior - - Bio criminology
📌📌
a perspective on adolescence that views unstructured, unsupervised time with
peers as a main cause of misbehavior - - Routine Activity Theory
📌📌
states that individuals will make decisions that maximize potential benefit and
minimize potential harm - - Rationale Choice Theory
📌📌
A set of criminological theories that uses the idea of free will to explain criminal
behavior. - - Classical School of Criminology
📌📌
philosophy of criminal justice arising from the notion that crime results from a
rational calculation of its costs and benefits - - deterrance theory
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 - - Amendments impacting criminal procedure
📌📌
without lawful authority, engages in conduct which places another in reasonable
apprehension of receiving a battery. - - Assault
knowingly, without legal justification, and by any means causes bodily harm or
📌📌
makes physical contact of an insulting and provoking nature with an individual. -
- Battery
📌📌
laws that protect rape victims, for example, by limiting the introduction of
evidence about their prior sexual behavior - - Rape Shield Laws
performs in public place: sexual intercourse; lewd exposure of sexual organs;
📌📌
lewd caress or indecent fondling; lewd appearance in partial/complete nudity -
- Public Indecency
obtains or exerts unauthorized control over property OR obtains deception
📌📌
control over property of the owner OR obtains by threat control over property -
- theft
📌📌
the unlawful taking of property from a person's immediate possession by force or
intimidation - - robbery
📌📌
entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable
property - - burglary
