CJ Today
A criminal justice model that places primary emphasis on the right of society to be protected from crime and violent criminals
What is the Crime Control Model
What is Criminology
The person or institution that initiates a lawsuit in civil court proceedings by filing a complaint
Who is the Plantiff
An annual report compiled by the FBI to give an indication of criminal activity in the United States
The Uniform Crime Report
The correctional supervision of offenders in the community as an alternative to sending them to prison or jail
What is Community Corrections
A criminal justice model in which the content of criminal law is determined by the groups that hold economic, political, and social power in a community
What is the Conflict Model
The relationship between two measurements or behaviors that tend to move in the same direction
What is Correlation
In a civil court, the person or institution against whom an action is brought. In a criminal court, the person or entity who has been formally accused of violating a criminal law
Who is the Defendant
The most serious crimes recorded by the FBI in its Crime Report, including murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and motor vehicle theft
What are Part I offenses
A criminal sanction in which an offender is allowed to remain in the community rather than be imprisoned
What is Probation
A criminal justice model that places primacy on the right of the individual to be protected from the power of the government
What is the Due Process Model
A school of criminology based on the belief that individuals have free will to engage in any behavior, including criminal behavior
What is Choice Theory
The degree of proof required in a civil case. In general, this requirement is met when a plaintiff proves that a fact more likely than not is true
Preponderance of the Evidence
All crimes recorded by the FBI that do not fall into the category of Part I Offenses
What are Part II Offenses
What is parole
Behavior that is considered to go against the norms established by society
What is Deviance
The study of crime based on the belief that behavioral patterns developed in childhood can predict delinquent and criminal behavior later in life.
What is Life Course Criminology
The degree of proof required to find the defendant in a criminal trial guilty of committing the crime.
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
A method of gathering crime data that directly surveys participants to determine their experiences as victims of crime
What are Victim Surveys
A body of appointed civilians that decides whether an offender should be granted conditional release before the end of his or her sentence
What is the Parole Board
Principles of right and wrong behavior, as practiced by individuals or by society
What are Morals
A method for determining the likelihood that an offender will be involved in future wrongdoing
Risk Assessment
In most jurisdictions, a noncriminal offense for which the penalty is a fine rather than incarceration
What is an infraction
Method of gathering crime data that rely on participants to reveal and detail their own criminal or delinquent behavior
Self-Reporting Surveys
The Stanford Prison Experiment was supposed to last two weeks, How many days did it actually last
What is Six Days