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SCCJA CUMULATIVE ACADEMY STUDY GUIDE
2025| BRAND NEW ACTUAL EXAM WITH 100%
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
SOLUTIONS| GUARANTEED VALUE PACK| ACE
YOUR GRADES.
Who compensates victims of a crimes? - correct answer - SOVA
(State Office of Victim Assistance)
Who assist victims through referrals and grant funds? - correct
answer - SCVAN(South Carolina Victims Assistance Network)
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Who assist victims with domestic violence shelters and rape crisis
center? - correct answer - SCCADVASA(South Carolina Coalition
Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault)
What is parens patriae? - correct answer - power of the state to
act on behalf of the child and provide care and protection
equivalent to that of a parent
Kent v. US - correct answer - set rules for decision process of
waiving juveniles to adult courts; must be a set hearing and
counsel must have access to records
What did In Re Gault do? - correct answer - Awarded Due
Process to Juveniles
What is a Child or Juvenile? - correct answer - A person less than
seventeen years of age
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DV 3rd - correct answer - Causing, or offering/attempting to with
the apparent present ability to do so, physical harm to a
household member
MISDEMEANOR
Summary Court
DV 2nd - correct answer - DV 3rd + special circumstances:
Moderate bodily injury (or means likely to produce MBI), violation
of PO, 1 prior
MISDEMEANOR
General Sessions Court
DV 1st - correct answer - DV 2nd + special circumstances: Great
bodily injury, violation of PO, 2+ priors, or the use of a firearm in
any way
FELONY
General Sessions Court
DV HAN - correct answer - DV 1st + special circumstances:
extreme indifference to the value of human life w/ GBI occurring
(or making a reasonable person believe GBI would result),
violation of a PO, impeding breathing/circulation to the point of
stupor or loss of consciousness
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DV statue - correct answer - 1 Based on probable cause
2 to make an arrest
3 to prevent injury to a family or household member
State v. Abdullah - correct answer - 4th Amendment does not bar
LE from making warrant-less entries and searches when they
REASONABLY BELIEVE (REASONABLE SUSPICION)that a
person within is in need of immediate aid.
SC Domestic Violence Statute Section 16-25-70 - correct answer
- Mandates officers investigate complaints of domestic violence
and that the investigation must be documented on an incident
report form which must be maintained by the investigating
agency.
What is the Cycle of Violence Theory - correct answer - 1 Tension
building phase
2 Acute battering phase
3 Honeymoon phase
SCCJA CUMULATIVE ACADEMY STUDY GUIDE
2025| BRAND NEW ACTUAL EXAM WITH 100%
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
SOLUTIONS| GUARANTEED VALUE PACK| ACE
YOUR GRADES.
Who compensates victims of a crimes? - correct answer - SOVA
(State Office of Victim Assistance)
Who assist victims through referrals and grant funds? - correct
answer - SCVAN(South Carolina Victims Assistance Network)
, Page | 2
Who assist victims with domestic violence shelters and rape crisis
center? - correct answer - SCCADVASA(South Carolina Coalition
Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault)
What is parens patriae? - correct answer - power of the state to
act on behalf of the child and provide care and protection
equivalent to that of a parent
Kent v. US - correct answer - set rules for decision process of
waiving juveniles to adult courts; must be a set hearing and
counsel must have access to records
What did In Re Gault do? - correct answer - Awarded Due
Process to Juveniles
What is a Child or Juvenile? - correct answer - A person less than
seventeen years of age
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DV 3rd - correct answer - Causing, or offering/attempting to with
the apparent present ability to do so, physical harm to a
household member
MISDEMEANOR
Summary Court
DV 2nd - correct answer - DV 3rd + special circumstances:
Moderate bodily injury (or means likely to produce MBI), violation
of PO, 1 prior
MISDEMEANOR
General Sessions Court
DV 1st - correct answer - DV 2nd + special circumstances: Great
bodily injury, violation of PO, 2+ priors, or the use of a firearm in
any way
FELONY
General Sessions Court
DV HAN - correct answer - DV 1st + special circumstances:
extreme indifference to the value of human life w/ GBI occurring
(or making a reasonable person believe GBI would result),
violation of a PO, impeding breathing/circulation to the point of
stupor or loss of consciousness
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DV statue - correct answer - 1 Based on probable cause
2 to make an arrest
3 to prevent injury to a family or household member
State v. Abdullah - correct answer - 4th Amendment does not bar
LE from making warrant-less entries and searches when they
REASONABLY BELIEVE (REASONABLE SUSPICION)that a
person within is in need of immediate aid.
SC Domestic Violence Statute Section 16-25-70 - correct answer
- Mandates officers investigate complaints of domestic violence
and that the investigation must be documented on an incident
report form which must be maintained by the investigating
agency.
What is the Cycle of Violence Theory - correct answer - 1 Tension
building phase
2 Acute battering phase
3 Honeymoon phase
