Crime and criminal justice
3 parts of the cj system
What are police (law enforcement), courts, and corrections
4 levels of law enforcement
What are federal, state, county, municipal
Definition of UCR
What is uniform crime reporting program
Offenders need to be protected from criminal justice system (its a harsh system and can take advantage of some)
What is due process perspective
Trend of crime from 1960s to 1990s
What is rise
Any act of force or fraud that is intentionally undertaken in the pursuit of self interest and results in social harm
What is crime
Criminal justice is federalism, the meaning behind this is
What is government powers are shared by the national government and state government
3 ways to measure crime
What is official statistics, UCR, and self report surveys
Prominent in the US, we punish those who offend
What is crime control perspective
Trend of crime from 1990s to present
What is decrease
4 purposes of punishment
What is deterrence, incapacitation, rehabilitation, revenge (justice)
General vs specific deterrence
What is general: punishes the offender to convince potential offenders not to commit crimes
What is specific: punishes the offender to convince them to not commit crime
Best demographic to consider criminal offender
#1
#2
#1: What is age (17-25)
#2: What is gender (males)
There are (less/more) violent crimes than there are property crimes
What is less
Majority of society share common ideals towards the common good
What is consensus view
Crimes that happen but are not recorded
What are dark figures of crime
Difference between misdemeanor and felony
What is misdemeanor (less than 1 year in prison or less than $1,000 fine)
What is felony (1 year in prison or $1,000 or more in fines)
The law is controlled by the rich and powerful. It is used to maintain the current order of things (the elite stay the elite)
What is conflict view