Criminal Justice

______ Are the most visible agents in the Criminal Justice Process

Police

Criminal Justice is_____

Decentralized, lacks clearness, has great variation across legal controls

Overlapping of ___ and ____ agencies

State and Local

Police respond to Crime _____ its commission they don’t ______ crime

after, prevent

Most people ______ with Crime

Get away

The Courts ______

Determine how well the police did their job’s

The State’s job ____

To prosecute (start trial against a criminal) against a criminal and protect society

The Defenses Job is to ____

Throw constitutional hurdles and disrupt the ability of the state to meet its burden of proof (on the prosecution to prove their point against the criminal) (beyond a reasonable doubt)

The process of a trial is _____ not _______

Always fighting not looking for the truth

Not guilty doesn’t mean innocent….

It only means the prosecution failed to meet the burden of proof

For money related reasons (Fiscal) the guilty experience____

A large number of chances (intermediate sanctions) between probation and jail before ultimately going to prison

Prison is _______

The literal and symbolic end of the justice system

Crime Control Goal (Police)

Control Crime

Crime Control Focus (Police)

Police

Crime Control Traits (Police)

Efficient and Final

Crime Control Mentality (Police)

Law and Order

Crime Control Principle (Police)

Presumption (Assumption without direct evidence) of guilt

Crime Control Similar to (Police)

Assembly Line

Crime Control Politics (Police)

Conservative

Crime Control Assumption (Police)

Society = Consensus (Agreement)

Due Process

Courts, Trials, Prosecution and Defense

Due Process Goal

Ensure Procedural safeguards

Dues Process Focus

Courts

Due Process Traits

Skeptical and Deliberate (Thoughtful)

Due Process Mentality

Civil Libertarian (Someone who works to protect civil liberties)

Due Process Principle

Presumption of innocence

Due Process Similar to

Obstacle Course

Due process Politics

Liberal

Dues Process Assumption

Society = Conflict

Prevalence

Proportion or % of population involved in Crime

Incidence

Total amount of crime in a population

Lambda

Individual annual offending rate

Onset

Beginning of career; evidenced by manifestation or first arrest; inversely related to seriousness of career

Continuity or Discontinuity

Pathway career follows

Desistance/Termination

Wanning and end of career

Versatility/Generality vs. Specialization

Do Criminals commit only certain types of crimes

5% Problem Commit ____% of all crime in a population

50%

The 5% Problem commit____% of the most severe offenses (murder, rape, kidnapping, armed robbery

75-100%

The 5% Problem

Onset during childhood

Commit offenses at extremely high rate

Desist but never terminate their career

Not Influenced by Justice System

Psychopathy Traits

Boredom

Pathological Lying

Manipulative

Lack of Empathy

Impulsivity