CJ Club Trivia

A school of criminology that views criminal behavior as a result of class conflict.

• Social Conflict Theory

• Social Structure Theory

• Social Disorganization Theory

• Social Process Theory

The highest court in the United States; it sits at the top of the federal court system.

• Civil Court

• U.S. Supreme Court

• General Sessions Court

• Criminal Court

Behavior that is immoral and inherently wrong by nature

• Mala en se

• Mala prohibita

• misdemeanor

• infraction

A theory proposing that even small acts of crime, disorder, and vandalism can threaten a neighborhood and render it unsafe.

• Social Disorganization Theory

• Broken Window Theory

• Social Structure Theory

• Social Process Theory

1966 Supreme Court decision that sets guidelines for police questioning of accused persons to protect them against self-incrimination and to protect their right to counsel

• Furman v. Georgia

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Eliza Farnham

• Gregg v. Georgia

Crime that is not reported to the police and that remains unknown to officials.

• Truth in sentencing

• Mala en se

• Dark figure of crime

• Felony

Police patrols that take officers out of cars and put them on a walking beat in order to strengthen ties with the community.

• Community based policing

• Foot patrol

• Voir dire

• Discretion

Production of goods within one's home with hand tools.

• Lease system

• Buidler tenders

• Infraction

• Cottage System

This 1972 Supreme Court case struck down all state laws allowing the death penalty stating that they allowed for too much discretion on the part of the judge and jury resulting in lack of consistent administration of the penalty.

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Furman v. Georgia

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Gregg v. Georgia

A landmark U.S. Supreme Court case where they unanimously ruled that state courts are required under the Sixth Amendment to provide counsel to indigent defendants.

• Gregg v. Georgia

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Furman v. Georgia

• Gideon v. Wainwright