Crime
Crime
What is an act that violates criminal law or punishable by criminal sanctions?
The three levels of law enforcement
What is local, state, federal?
Dual Court System is made up of both one federal and
What is 50 state courts and the District of Columbia?
any of a variety of attempts to deter young offenders and at-risk individuals from committing crime; often taken to a maximum security prison and told "horror stories" about prison
What is scared straight?
The Three Branches of Government.
What is Legislative, Executive, Judicial?
Society, though diverse, shares the same moral value system What is Consensus?
What is Consensus?
Who formed the first organized police department in 1838?
Boston
has discretion when it comes to the level of charges to be brought against the
What is Prosecution/Prosecutor?
sometimes called community residential centers, these are residential facilities intended to ease the transition to regulate life for recently-released prison inmates
What are halfway houses?
House of Representatives and Senate
What is congress?
The Six Types of crime
What is Violent, Property,Public Order,White-collar, Organized, and High-tech Crime?
the Night Watch System
What is All physically fit males were required offer their services?
Types of Defense Attorneys
What is Private attorneys and Public defenders?
1. shock probation
2. halfway houses
3. day reporting centers
4. foster and group homes
5. scared straight
What are the five examples of hybrid intermediate sanctions?
term for justices
what is life
Crimes of economic gain or property damage
What is Property Crime?
The eras of policing
What is Political Era,Reform Era, and Community Era
punishment and repression of criminal conduct
What is Crime Control Function?
punishment that falls between probation and prison, usually less severe than prison.
What are intermediate sanctions?
Probation can be controlled by either an ______ or _____ levels.
What is executive and judiciary?
the purpose of the criminal justice system
What is to control crime, to prevent crime, provide & maintain justice
the four basic responsibilities of the police
What is Enforcing Laws,Providing Services, Preventing Crime, Preserving the Peace?
Courts that review decisions made by lower courts
What is Appellate Courts?
1. home confinement
2. electronic monitoring
3. intensive supervision probation
What are three examples of community restraints intermediate sanctions?
What are three examples of community restraints intermediate sanctions?
Checks and Balances
What is A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power