SCCJA Pre-Academy Block 1-Domestic
Violence, Juvenile Procedures,
Victimology, Harassment and Stalking,
Criminal Gang Overview
deadly weapon - correct answer ✔✔ Any pistol, dirk, slingshot, metal
knuckles, razor, or other instrument which can be used to inflict deadly force
great bodily injury - correct answer ✔✔ bodily injury which causes substantial
risk of death or which causes serious, permanent disfigurement or impairment
of the function of a bodily member or organ
moderate bodily injury - correct answer ✔✔ physical injury that involves
prolonged loss of consciousness or that causes temporary or moderate
disfigurement or temporary loss of the function of a bodily member or organ or
injury that requires medical treatment when the treatment requires the use of
regional or general anesthesia or injury that results in a fracture or dislocation;
does not include one-time treatment and subsequent observations of
scratches, cuts, abrasions, bruises, burns, splinters, or any other minor
injuries that do not ordinarily require extensive medical care
prior conviction of domestic violence - correct answer ✔✔ conviction of any
crime, in any state, containing among its elements the same elements or
similar to those of SC law
Protection order - correct answer ✔✔ Any order of protection, restraining
order, condition of bond, or any other similar order issued in this state or
another sate or foreign jurisdiction for the purpose of protecting a household
member
,Firearm - correct answer ✔✔ Pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun,
submachine gun. or an assault rifle which is designed to fire or is capable of
firing fixed cartridge ammunition
"Household member" means - correct answer ✔✔ Spouse
Former spouse
Persons who have a child in common
A male and female who are cohabitating or have previously cohabitated
Obergefell v. Hodges - correct answer ✔✔ States obligated to recognize
same-sex marriage from other states.
Domestic violence third degree - correct answer ✔✔ -To cause, offer, or
attempt physical harm
-with apparent present ability
-directed at a household member
-creating fear of imminent peril
Domestic violence second degree - correct answer ✔✔ -To cause, offer, or
attempt physical harm
-with apparent present ability
-directed at a household member
-creating fear of imminent peril
AND
-Moderate bodily injury results
-the offender violates a protection order
-the offender has a prior conviction for DV in the past 10 years
OR
,-In the process of committing DV third:
~the offense is committed in the presence of or perceived by a minor
~the victim is pregnant and the offender knew or should have known
~the DV is committed during the commission of a robbery, burglary,
kidnapping, or theft
~the victim's breathing or air flow is impeded
~the offender physically restricts the victim from reporting to or calling
emergency services
Domestic violence first degree - correct answer ✔✔ -To cause, offer, or
attempt physical harm
-with apparent present ability
-directed at a household member
-creating fear of imminent peril
AND
-Great bodily injury results
-the offender violates a protection order
-the offender has two prior convictions for DV in the past 10 years
-the offender uses or presents a firearm
OR
-In the process of committing DV second:
~the offense is committed in the presence of or perceived by a minor
~the victim is pregnant and the offender knew or should have known
~the DV is committed during the commission of a robbery, burglary,
kidnapping, or theft
~the victim's breathing or air flow is impeded
~the offender physically restricts the victim from reporting to or calling
emergency services
, Domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature - correct answer ✔✔ -To
offer or attempt physical harm
-with apparent present ability
-directed at a household member
-creating fear of imminent peril
AND
-the offender manifests extreme indifference to the value of human life and
great bodily injury results or causes the victim to fear great bodily injury or
death
-the offender violates a protection order in the process of committing DV first
Circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life -
correct answer ✔✔ -the offender uses a deadly weapon
-the offender knowingly and intentionally impedes the normal breathing or
circulation of blood of a household member by applying pressure to the throat
or neck or by obstructing the nose or mouth of a household member and
thereby causing stupor or loss of consciousness for any period of time
-the offense is committed in the presence of a minor
-the victim is pregnant and the offender knew or should have known
-the DV is committed during the commission of a robbery, burglary,
kidnapping, or theft
-the offender physically restricts the victim from reporting to or calling
emergency services
When an officer can arrest for DV - correct answer ✔✔ If the offense is being
committed or has been freshly committed
Primary physical aggressor mandatory determiners - correct answer ✔✔ prior
complaints of DV
Violence, Juvenile Procedures,
Victimology, Harassment and Stalking,
Criminal Gang Overview
deadly weapon - correct answer ✔✔ Any pistol, dirk, slingshot, metal
knuckles, razor, or other instrument which can be used to inflict deadly force
great bodily injury - correct answer ✔✔ bodily injury which causes substantial
risk of death or which causes serious, permanent disfigurement or impairment
of the function of a bodily member or organ
moderate bodily injury - correct answer ✔✔ physical injury that involves
prolonged loss of consciousness or that causes temporary or moderate
disfigurement or temporary loss of the function of a bodily member or organ or
injury that requires medical treatment when the treatment requires the use of
regional or general anesthesia or injury that results in a fracture or dislocation;
does not include one-time treatment and subsequent observations of
scratches, cuts, abrasions, bruises, burns, splinters, or any other minor
injuries that do not ordinarily require extensive medical care
prior conviction of domestic violence - correct answer ✔✔ conviction of any
crime, in any state, containing among its elements the same elements or
similar to those of SC law
Protection order - correct answer ✔✔ Any order of protection, restraining
order, condition of bond, or any other similar order issued in this state or
another sate or foreign jurisdiction for the purpose of protecting a household
member
,Firearm - correct answer ✔✔ Pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun,
submachine gun. or an assault rifle which is designed to fire or is capable of
firing fixed cartridge ammunition
"Household member" means - correct answer ✔✔ Spouse
Former spouse
Persons who have a child in common
A male and female who are cohabitating or have previously cohabitated
Obergefell v. Hodges - correct answer ✔✔ States obligated to recognize
same-sex marriage from other states.
Domestic violence third degree - correct answer ✔✔ -To cause, offer, or
attempt physical harm
-with apparent present ability
-directed at a household member
-creating fear of imminent peril
Domestic violence second degree - correct answer ✔✔ -To cause, offer, or
attempt physical harm
-with apparent present ability
-directed at a household member
-creating fear of imminent peril
AND
-Moderate bodily injury results
-the offender violates a protection order
-the offender has a prior conviction for DV in the past 10 years
OR
,-In the process of committing DV third:
~the offense is committed in the presence of or perceived by a minor
~the victim is pregnant and the offender knew or should have known
~the DV is committed during the commission of a robbery, burglary,
kidnapping, or theft
~the victim's breathing or air flow is impeded
~the offender physically restricts the victim from reporting to or calling
emergency services
Domestic violence first degree - correct answer ✔✔ -To cause, offer, or
attempt physical harm
-with apparent present ability
-directed at a household member
-creating fear of imminent peril
AND
-Great bodily injury results
-the offender violates a protection order
-the offender has two prior convictions for DV in the past 10 years
-the offender uses or presents a firearm
OR
-In the process of committing DV second:
~the offense is committed in the presence of or perceived by a minor
~the victim is pregnant and the offender knew or should have known
~the DV is committed during the commission of a robbery, burglary,
kidnapping, or theft
~the victim's breathing or air flow is impeded
~the offender physically restricts the victim from reporting to or calling
emergency services
, Domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature - correct answer ✔✔ -To
offer or attempt physical harm
-with apparent present ability
-directed at a household member
-creating fear of imminent peril
AND
-the offender manifests extreme indifference to the value of human life and
great bodily injury results or causes the victim to fear great bodily injury or
death
-the offender violates a protection order in the process of committing DV first
Circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life -
correct answer ✔✔ -the offender uses a deadly weapon
-the offender knowingly and intentionally impedes the normal breathing or
circulation of blood of a household member by applying pressure to the throat
or neck or by obstructing the nose or mouth of a household member and
thereby causing stupor or loss of consciousness for any period of time
-the offense is committed in the presence of a minor
-the victim is pregnant and the offender knew or should have known
-the DV is committed during the commission of a robbery, burglary,
kidnapping, or theft
-the offender physically restricts the victim from reporting to or calling
emergency services
When an officer can arrest for DV - correct answer ✔✔ If the offense is being
committed or has been freshly committed
Primary physical aggressor mandatory determiners - correct answer ✔✔ prior
complaints of DV
