Research
Crime and CJ
Law, Morality;
Deviance, and Social Control
Concepts of Justice
Concepts of Justice Policy
100
This type of research method uses numbers to describe social phenomena
What is the quantitative method
100
Any behavior that runs counter to society’s expectations, beliefs, standards, or values
What is a deviant act
100
This is the application of morality in a professional setting
What is ethics
100
When a factually innocent person is convicted of a crime they did not commit or when there were procedural issues that violated the defendant’s rights
What is a wrongful conviction
100
This branch of the U.S. government makes the laws
What is the legislature
200
This research method uses interviews, case studies, participant observation, etc...
What is the qualitative method
200
A low-level offense that is not considered a criminal charge
What is a violation/infraction
200
A broad approach that a criminal justice agency uses to address crime
What is a strategy
200
This type of justice comes about when proper and fair procedures are followed in applying the law
What is procedural justice
200
Private attorneys are the agents responsible in this venue
What is the civil justice system
300
This error made in reasoning occurs when you assume that something true in one case is true in all cases
What is overgeneralization
300
This type of crime includes jaywalking, drug use, and fraud (not necessarily "evil acts")
What is mala prohibita crime
300
These types of social norms tell us what we should not do
What are proscriptive norms
300
A type of individual justice: “Taking the law into their own hands”
What is vigilante justice
300
This is the proof of guilt required in the criminal justice system
What is beyond a reasonable doubt
400
This error made in reasoning occurs when you see a phenomenon that did not occur or perceiving it differently
What is inaccurate observation
400
This Supreme Court case is the legislative foundation of SQF policies
What is Terry v. Ohio
400
This style of formal social control focuses on having the individual pay restitution to the victim through the civil justice system
What is the compensatory style
400
A type of distributive justice: What is just is what is proportionate
What is commutative justice
400
There are two levels of government in the U.S. This is known as what?
What is federalism
500
With this type of logic, observations lead to theory
What is inductive logic
500
This is the official source of crime data in the United States, which is compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
What is the Uniform Crime Report (UCR)
500
This states that there is an unsaid agreement between the government and the people where the government promises security in exchange for compliance with the law and its processes
What is the social contract theory
500
This model is based on the idea of mutualization and places equal emphasis on the needs of the individual and the needs of society
What is the participatory model
500
This is the process by which an issue is identified as one that needs to be addressed through policy or law
What is agenda setting
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