Criminal Justice Random Trivia

Civil Asset Forfeiture - police can confiscate belongings bought with drug money. From2001-2014 U.S. police confiscated

What nation was the first to abolish capital punishment?

Your "Miranda Rights" originated as a result of Ernesto Miranda was committed WHAT ACT but was acquitted in his trial?

In what year did the Supreme Court re-instate the death penalty in the U.S.?

Thomas Jefferson's home in Virginia has a hidden what, illegal at the time?

"Richard Jewell" is a 2019 biographical movie about the man who was falsely accused of the 1996 Olympic bombing in

Which former First Lady said, "I believe there would be more people alive today if there was a death penalty"?

What percent of police in America are women?

James Earl Ray was convicted for killing

In the 1880s (in London) Jack the Ripper was a serial killer who preyed on

What was 1980s childrens' TV star PeeWee Herman arrested for?

The United States Supreme Court, in 1962, said what group can't be imprisoned ?

In 1978 a grocer in Paris was sent to jail for two years for stabbing his wife with a what?

In recent years which type of car has been stolen more than any other?

Chicago Tribune did a study that revealed that when temperatures rise all of the following crimes DECREASE except

What does it mean if a Turkish judge breaks a pencil?

24% of American adults admit to committing what crime?

In the 1970s, which president survived an assassination attempt?

In 2017, ____ law enforcement officers were killed in the United States.

In 1995, Neo Nazi brothers, Bryan and David Freeman stabbed their parents to death. What local town were they from?

In the 1990s this physician helped four people commit suicide. "Dr. Death's" real name was

American law enforcement solve about ____% of reported crimes.

52% of American citizens would prefer to spend a week in jail than ______________?

Hanging is still legal in 3 states. Which one is NOT one of them?

Since 1976 the 3 people who were executed in PA were by method of

Some _____ police officers carry paintball guns with bright orange paintballs to mark fleeing criminals' vehicles.

Police officers in Thailand can be forced to wear _____ armbands as punishment for illegal parking and reporting late

In ancient Turkey you could be executed for drinking what?

Columbine High School was the first mass shooting in a U.S. school. In what state is Columbine?

It is estimated that of all crimes only ___% are reported to police.

Over the past decade, _______ has been the most common day for felonies to be committed that resulted in officer deaths.

Gangster Al Capone was finally nailed down for what crime?

_______ is currently a deputy marshal in Lafayette, LA, a reserve officer in FL, and a sheriff’s deputy in GA.

Which "Saved by the Bell" character was arrested in real life for pulling a switchblade in a bar fight?

What is the second most common international crime?

You could be jailed for doing what in public in 1919 in the United States?

1 in _____ children born in the United States today will serve time in prison.

In colonial America, law enforcement officers were not very effective at apprehending criminals, so ____ often did

Since 1976, how many people have been executed in Pennsylvania?

In 2013 the U.S. led the world with 2.2 million incarcerated people. What country was 2nd most?

In what city was Beatles singer John Lennon murdered?

2 profs at Shippensburg Univ. performed a study that concluded that juveniles with ____ are more likely to commit crime.

David Berkowitz, nicknamed "Son of Sam" was a serial killer who said that he was ordered to kill six people by

Russia was teh first country to abolish the death penalty in