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CJ Overview
Perspectives/ Philosophies of Justice
Measuring Crime
Crime Patterns
Criminal Law
100
This is the percentage of cases that end at the plea bargaining stage.
What is 90%?
100
This justice perspective asserts harsh punishments and efficiency and opposes rehabilitation.
What is crime control?
100
These official crime reports are compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
What is the UCR?
100
This age group commits the most crime.
What is 18-24?
100
This king is credited with the creation of a system of appeals courts?
Who was Alfred the Great?
200
This term was coined after the findings of the American Bar Association Studies in the 1950's.
What is criminal justice system?
200
This punishment philosophy states that punishments will reduce future crime.
What is deterrence?
200
This study is conducted by the US Census Bureau and the Bureau of Justice Statistics and surveys crime victims.
What is the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)?
200
This age group experiences the most victimization.
What is 18-24?
200
Crime is generally categorized into felonies, misdemeanors, and this.
What is violations?
300
This is the approximate cost of corrections in the United States.
What is $70 billion?
300
This perspective on justice asserts that the criminal justice system should limit its involvement with defendants.
What is nonintervention?
300
This rule means only the most serious crime of an incident is reported.
What is the hierarchy rule?
300
This racial group experiences violent crime at a higher rate than other racial groups.
What is African Americans?
300
This latin term means to stand beside decided cases.
What is stare decisis?
400
This view of crime links illegal behavior with the concept of social harm.
What is consensus?
400
This philosophy of punishment asserts that we punish because the offender deserves to be punished.
What is retribution/just deserts?
400
This self report study has been conducted since the 1970s and asks about alcohol and substance abuse among high schoolers.
What is Monitoring the Future?
400
Criminal activity tends to peak during these months.
What are July and August?
400
These types of crimes do not require mens rea.
What are strict liability crimes?
500
This commission conducted a detailed analysis of the criminal justice system and helped to usher in the era of rehabilitation.
What is the Wickersham Commission?
500
This justice perspective emphasizes procedural fairness, civil rights, and the rule of law.
What is due process?
500
Part I crime include murder, rape, robbery, arson, larceny, burglary, motor vehicle theft, and this.
What is aggravated assault?
500
This type of offender is arrested five or more times as a juvenile and has a high likelihood of offending throughout their adulthood.
What is the chronic offender?
500
The concept of due process is found in these Constitutional Amendments.
What is the 5th and 14th?