Criminal Justice Process
Law enforcement officers have the authority to make these, and it is also the first step in the criminal justice process.
What is arrest?
Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were responsible for this domestic terrorist attack in April 1995 which resulted in the deaths of 646 people.
What is the Oklahoma City Bombing?
This group was responsible for the terrorist attacks of 9/11.
Who is al-Qadea?
Individuals are rational and crimes is a result of the individual's free will.
What is the Classical Theory?
This involves supervision and monitoring of an offender in the community rather than incarceration.
What is probation?
The defendant's guilt or innocence is determined here after a judge, or a jury hears all the evidence.
What is the trial?
He is the Italian philosopher who argued that the punishment should fit the crime and also founded the "classical school of thought."
Who is Cesare Beccaria?
This is a group of persons, usually youths, who share a common identity and who generally engage in criminal behavior.
What is a street gang?
Everyone has the potential to become a criminal, but most people are controlled by their bonds to society.
What is the Social Control Theory?
This involves supervision and monitoring of an offender in the community rather than incarceration.
What is community service?
This is when a suspect is taken to the police station, photographed and fingerprinted. This is when a person is entered into the criminal justice system.
What is booking?
This man was the President of the United States on September 11, 2001.
Who is George W. Bush?
These people's beliefs or actions fall outside the mainstream or commonly accepted views often characterized by a willingness to use violence to achieve those beliefs.
What are extremists?
Sees crime as a function of the conflict between people's goals and the means available to obtain them.
What is the Strain Theory?
Involves the release of an offender from prison before their sentence is complete, under certain conditions.
What is parole?
This is when a judge determines if there is enough evidence to proceed to trial. The case could be dismissed at this point if there is not enough evidence to proceed.
What is the preliminary hearing?
This teen was teen convicted of involuntary manslaughter due to text messages sent to her boyfriend which contributed to his death.
Who is Michelle Carter?
These people gain unauthorized access to a computer system or network, often for the purpose of stealing data or causing damage.
What are hackers?
Crime is a result of social and economic inequality, and the criminal justice system is biased against certain groups.
What is the Critical Theory?
This sanction is used when a defendant already has a steady job or has the ability to obtain a steady job. This sanction allows defendants to be released from jail during the day and/or weekend to continue going to work.
What is work release or weekend jail program?
Probation, parole and community service are these.
What are alternatives to incarceration?
The father of modern criminology.
Who is Cesare Lombardo?
These people are responsible for enforcing laws and maintaining public safety.
What are police officers/law enforcement?
Victimization results from the interaction of three everyday factors: the availability of suitable targets, the absence of capable guardians, and the presence of motivated offenders.
What is the Routine Activity Theory?
This theory emphasizes the importance of repairing harm caused by criminal behavior. This theory focuses on the importance of relationships in facilitating healing and restoration.
What is the Reparative Theory?