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What .is .the .criminal .justice .system .- .ANS✓✓-system .of .law .enforcement, .adjudication, .and .correction What .is .it .directly .involved .with .- .ANS✓✓-apprehension, .prosecution, .and .control .of .those .charged .with .criminal .offenses Three .orders .of .the .Criminal .Justice .System .- .ANS✓✓-Maintaining .order, .identifying .transgressors, .treating .criminal .behavior When .was .crime .developed? .- .ANS✓✓-Part .of .society .for .ages, .was .much .higher .in .the .19th .and .20th .century What .years .was .there .an .increase .in .criminal .activity? .- .ANS✓✓- 1900 - 1935. .(Gangs .formed .before .the .Civil .War .in .urban .slums) When .and .where .was .the .first .police .department? .- .ANS✓✓-1829, .London .Metropolitan .Police Professional .association .which .acted .as .a .citizens .advocate .group .- .ANS✓✓- Chicago .Crime .Commission Created .by .President .Hoover, .what .helped .usher .in .the .era .of .treatment .and .rehabilitation .- .ANS✓✓-National .Commission .on .Law .Observance .and .Enforcement .(NCLOE) When .did .the .criminal .justice .system .begin? .- .ANS✓✓-1950's .as .a .series .of .research .projects When .was .President's .Commission .on .Law .Enforcement .and .Administration .of .Justice .and .what .did .it .do? .- .ANS✓✓-1967. .Practitioners, .educators, .and .attorneys .created .a .comprehensive .view .of .the .CJ .process .and .recommended .reforms What .are .the. 3 .areas .of .contemporary .CJS? .- .ANS✓✓-Social .Control, .Formal .Social .Control, .Informal .Social .Control
What .are .the .components .of .the .CJS? .- .ANS✓✓-Police, .Courts, .Corrections .(look .up) What .is .the .Formal .Criminal .Justice .Process? .- .ANS✓✓-Report .a .crime, .initial .contract .of .a .suspected .offender, .investigation, .arrest, .custody, .charging, .preliminary .hearing/grand .jury, .arraignment, .bail, .plea .bargaining, .trial, .sentencing,appeal, .correctional .treatment, .release Another .name .for .bail? .- .ANS✓✓-detention Another .name .for .Trail? .- .ANS✓✓-Adjudication Another .name .for .Sentencing .- .ANS✓✓-Disposition Another .name .for .Appeal .- .ANS✓✓-Post-Conviction .Remedies Who .consists .of .the. 5 .courtroom .work .groups? .- .ANS✓✓-Prosecutor, .Defense .Attorney, .Judge, .Other .(jury) The .Wedding .Cake .Model .of .Justice .(top .to .bottom/. 4 .layers) .- .ANS✓✓- Celebrated .cases, .Serious .felonies, .Less .serious .felonies, .Misdemenors List .the .Perspectives .(6) .- .ANS✓✓-Crime .Control, .Rehabilitation, .Due .Process, .Non-Intervention, .Restorative .Justice Crime .Control .Perspective .- .ANS✓✓-Control .of .dangerous .offenders .and .the .protection .of .society. .Focused .around .harsh .punishments. Rehabilitation .Perspective .- .ANS✓✓-Care .for .people .who .cannot .manage .themselves, .it .is .better .to .treat .then .punish Due .Process .Perspective .- .ANS✓✓-Focus .on .the .defendants .rights .to .prevent .the .wrongful .conviction .of .an .innocent .person. .Constitutional .Rights! Non-invention .Perspective .- .ANS✓✓-Justice .system .stigmatizes .offenders, .stigma .locks .people .into .a .criminal .way .of .life Equal .Justice .Perspective .- .ANS✓✓-Equal .justice .to .those .who .come .before .the .law, .equal .treatment .for .equal .crimes Restorative .Justice .Perspective .- .ANS✓✓-Peacemaking .rather .than .punishment. .Offenders .should .be .reintegrated .back .into .society Which .two .Perspectives .have .dominated? .- .ANS✓✓-Crime .Control .and .Justice .Models
Developmental .Theory .- .ANS✓✓-Disruptions .in .life's .major .transitions .can .be .destructive .and .promote .criminal .behavior What .are .the. 3 .rules .of .law? .- .ANS✓✓-Substantive .Criminal .Law, .Procedural .Criminal .Law, .Civil .Law Stare .Decisis .- .ANS✓✓-To .stand .by .decided .cases Mala .in .se .- .ANS✓✓-Acts .that .society .considered .inherently .evil Mala .prohibitum .- .ANS✓✓-Crimes .created .by .legislative .bodies Crimes .and .Classifications .(Worst .to .Best/3) .- .ANS✓✓-Felony, .Midemeanor, .Violations Another .name .for .the .act .of .committing .a .crime .- .ANS✓✓-Actus .Reus Elements .of .a .crime .- .ANS✓✓-Actus .Reus, .Mens .rea, .Connection .between .act .and .harm .done, .The .illegal .act .must .have .the .cause .of .harm, .criminal .harm Actus .Reus .- .ANS✓✓-An .illegal .act .and .a .failure .to .act .when .the .law .requires .it Mens .Rea .- .ANS✓✓-Guilty .mind .or .intent Mens .Rea .and .Actus .Reus .- .ANS✓✓-The .illegal .act .must .be .the .cause .of .harm Strict .Liability .- .ANS✓✓-Exceptions .are .illegal .acts .that .do .not .required .a .showing .of .intent Criminal .Defenses .- .ANS✓✓-A .criminal .act .that .would .ordinarily .be .a .crime .but .are .not .held .liable Excuse .Defenses .- .ANS✓✓-Ignorance/Mistake, .Insanity, .Intoxication, .Age Insanity .- .ANS✓✓-Insane .person .lacks .the .capacity .to .form .legal .intent, .cannot .distinguish .between .right .and .wrong Justification .Defenses .- .ANS✓✓-Consent, .Self-Defense, .Stand .Your .Ground, .Entrapment, .Duress, .Necessity New .Crimes? .- .ANS✓✓-Physician-Assisted .Suicide, .Stalking, .Community .Notification .Laws, .Environmental .Crimes New .Defense? .- .ANS✓✓-Neurolegal .Defense? 4th .Amendment? .- .ANS✓✓-Searches .and .Seizures
5th .Amendment? .- .ANS✓✓-Self-Incrimination, .double .jeopardy, .grand .jury 6th .Amendment? .- .ANS✓✓-Speedy .and .public .grial .by .an .impartial .jury, .right .to .counsel, .notice .of .charges 8th .Amendment? .- .ANS✓✓-Prohibits .excessive .bail, .or .excessive .fines Due .Process .of .Law .- .ANS✓✓-Refers .to .the .essential .elements .of .fairness .under .law Pledge .System .- .ANS✓✓-Families .banded .together .for .protection Watch .System .- .ANS✓✓-Employed .watchmen .to .protect .against .robberies, .fires, .and .disturbances Private .Police .- .ANS✓✓-Bettern .known .as .thief .takers, .profited .due .to .lack .of .formal .police Who .created .the .first .organized .police .force .of .over .1,000 .men? .- .ANS✓✓-Sir .Robert .Peel County .Sheriff .did .what? .- .ANS✓✓-Collected .taxes, .supervising .elections, .etc When .and .where .was .the .first .US .police .department .created? .- .ANS✓✓- 1838 .in .Boston, .(were .often .corrupt) When .was .the .first .Civil .Service .Police .Force .created? .- .ANS✓✓- 1893 .International .Association .of .Chiefs .of .Police .(IACP) Who .was .the .most .famous .police .reformer .- .ANS✓✓-August .Vollmer What .is .the .blue .curtain .effect? .- .ANS✓✓-where .police .officers .isolate .themselves .from .society ."lone .soldier" The .levels .of .policing .style .(top .to .bottom/4) .- .ANS✓✓-Crime .Fighter, .Social .Agent, .Law .Enforcer, .Watchman Problems .of .policing .- .ANS✓✓-Stress, .Fatigue, .Violence/Brutality, .Corruption Four .Categories .of .Corruption .- .ANS✓✓-Internal .corruption, .selective .or .non- enforcement, .active .criminality, .bribery .and .extortion Control .of .Corruption .- .ANS✓✓-External, .and .internal What .is ."the .right .to .remain .silent"? .- .ANS✓✓-Miranda .Warning
Judicial .Selection .Systems .- .ANS✓✓-Appointment, .Popular .Election, .Nonpartisan .election, .Missouri .plan Types .of .Prosecutors .- .ANS✓✓-U.S. .Attorney, .Federal .Prosecutor, .Attorney .General Factors .Influencing .Prosecutorial .Discretion .- .ANS✓✓-Legal, .Victim, .Extralegal, .Resource Types .of .Defense .Attorneys .- .ANS✓✓-Public .Defender, .Assigned .Counsel, .Contract .Counsel, .Private .Attorney
