Foundations of the Criminal Justice System - Ch1

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Crime Control Model

Order as a value, repress crime in favor of individual rights

Due Process Model

Law as a value, fairly apply law to maintain individual rights

Cops (1/3 C’s)

Prevent crime, apprehend violators

Courts (2/3 C’s)

Determine if offender is guilty

Corrections (3/3 C’s)

Punish offenders

CJS Goals (3)

Do justice, control crime, prevent crime

CJS Characteristics (4)

Discretion, resource dependence, sequential tasks, filtering

CJS Wedding Cake Layers

1. Celebrated Cases

2. Serious Felonies

3. Lesser Felonies

4. Misdemeanors

Felony

Punishable by one year or more in prison

Misdemeanor

Punishable by less than one year in jail

Mala in se

Offenses that are wrong by their very nature

Mala Prohibita

Offenses prohibited by law. but not necessarily wrong

Mens Rea

A guilty mind (Intent)

Disparity

Differences between groups

Discrimination

Differential treatment based on perceived characteristics of a group