Intro to CJ Chapter 3 Learning Objectives and Key Terms
Key Terms
first-degree murder: Killing a person after premeditation and deliberation. (p. 60)
premeditation: Considering the criminal act beforehand, which suggests that it was motivated
by more than a simple desire to engage in an act of violence. (p. 60)
deliberation: Planning a criminal act after careful thought, rather than carrying it out
on impulse. (p. 60)
second-degree murder: A person’s wanton disregard for the victim’s life and his or her
desire to inflict serious bodily harm on the victim, which results in the victim’s death. (p. 62)
substantive criminal law: A body of specific rules that declare what conduct is criminal and
that prescribe the punishment to be imposed for such conduct. (p. 62)
criminal procedure: The rules and laws that define the operation of criminal proceedings.
Procedural law describes the methods that must be followed in obtaining warrants, investigating
offenses, effecting lawful arrests, conducting trials, introducing evidence, sentencing convicted
offenders, and reviewing cases by appellate courts. (p. 62)
civil law: All law that is not criminal, including torts (personal wrongs) and contract, property,
