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Chp1 Intro Criminal Justice
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Institutions of Social Control, Subtle/Forceful | Family, Schools, Organized Religion |
| What is a system? | Something that works together to accomplish a goal. |
| Court Procedures (9) | Crime occurs, Investigation, Arrest, Charges Filed, Arraignment, Motions, Trial, Guilt/Acquittal-Released, Sentencing |
| Bench Trial | no jury/judge as jury |
| Recidivism | repetitive in the aspect of commiting a crime |
| Statute | law |
| Statutory Provision | acceptable punishment for a crime "RANGE" |
| Sanction | penalty/punishment |
| 8th Amendment | judge cannot impose any sanction he/she wishes, protects those convicted from cruel/unusual punishment, the sanction must be indicative of the crime |
| System Problems - What conflicts could arise from this? | All systems are not interconnected, result equals a "non-system" - When a system falls apart, it does not work anymore. |
| Conservative View | Personal Responsibility, Limited Government, Government's main role is to provide freedom, Emphasizes Individual Empowerment |
| Liberal View | Use government to obtain equal opportunity, State should resolve all ills, Government's main role is to guarantee no one is in need, Believe all people are good |
| Crime Control Model (CONSERVATIVE) | Right wing conservative view, Criminal Justice System's most important role is crime control, Presumption of Guilt, "Big Mac Fast" |
| Due Process Model (LIBERAL) | Left wing liberal view, Criminal Justice System's most important role is to protect the innocent, Presumption of Innocence, Let guilty go free slow |
| Plea Bargains (%) | 95% |
| Bench Trials (%) | 3% |
| Jury Trials (%) | 2% |
| Average cost to keep ONE inmate incarcerated annually in Louisiana | $25,000 |
| Norms&Values | Rules/guidelines for a society, may differ from society to society, failure to adhere is considered "antisocial" behavior |
| UNUSUAL Norms&Values | Consumption of Alcohol(1920's), prostitution still legal in some parts of Nevada, husbands could rape their wives prior to the 1970's |
| Elements of Crime (7) | Harm, Legality, Actus Reus, Mens Rea, Causation, Concurrence, Punishment |
| Harm | physical/verbal |
| Legality | wrong in the eyes of the law |
| Actus Reus | intentionally, criminally neglectful behavior |
| Mens Rea | criminal intent/state of mind |
| Causation | criminal act leads directly to crime |
| Concurrence | Criminal conduct/intent |
| Punishment | must have statutory provisions |
| Possible Legal Defenses (5) | Duress, Legal Infancy, Insanity, Entrapment, Necessity Defense |
| Duress | forced to do something in fear of consequences |
| Legal Infancy | too young to know consequences of actions |
| Insanity | did not understand crime being committed; not in right state of mind |
| Entrapment | being set up |
| Necessity Defense | had to be done to protect life |
| M'Naghten Rule | Daniel M'Naghten was acquited of the murder of a person he mistook for his real target. His claim was that he was delutional at the time of the incident. |
| Degrees of Crime (2) | Mala Prohibita, Mala in se |
| Mala Prohibita | Illegal law defines them as such...not timeless (ex. trespassing, gambling, prostitution) |
| Mala in se | Wrong in themselves/deemed wrong by all (ex. rape/murder) |
| Juvenile Delinquency | Minimum: 7 y.o., Maximum: 18 y.o. |
| Types of Crimes (5) | Violent, Property, Moral, Hate, Organized |
| Crime&Media | much of what the public knows about crime is derived from the media, much of what the mdeia knows is based on statistics supplied by government agencies, of all statistics, social crimes are the hardest to track |
| Tracking Crime | Problems: some behavior is illegal in some places and not in other thus recorded or notrecorded at the same rate, if behavior is not deemed a crime then it is not counted, leads to inaccuracy in statistics |
| Crime Index | an estimate of crimes committed |
| Things that affect crime indexes (3) | Police practices, Court policies, Publice opinion |
| Uniform Crime Report (UCR) (Includes 8 indexes of crime) | Offenses known to police(8 index crimes), statistics of a person arrested |
| 8 Indexes of Crime | Murder/Non-negligent Homicide, Forcible Rape, Robbery, Aggravated assault, Burglary, Larceny(theft), Motor Vehicle Theft, Arson |
| Added Indexes | Race, Religion, Sexual Orientation, Ethnicity/National Origin, Disability |
| Most likely to be arrested | Young/white males |
| Most likely to be convicted | Young/black males |
| Most likely to recieve death penalty | White males |
| Crime index offenses | Solve the case, make the arrest |
| UCR Practices | Only count the most serious offenses in a multi offense crime |
| NIBRS | National Incident Based Reporting System |
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