History of Crime

What is the ultimate goal of the criminal justice system?

The use of sanctions and rewards within a group to influence and shape the behavior of individual members of that group is called

• social control

• probable cause

• social justice

• individual rights

Describe the American experience with crime during the last century? What noteworthy criminal incidents or activities can you identify during that time? What social or economic conditions have produced them?

A hearing to establish whether sufficient evidence exists against a person to continue the justice process.

• Preliminary Hearing

• Trial

• Arraignment

• Sentencing

A federal law enacted in response to terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.The law broadens the investigative authority of law enforcement throughout America and is applicable to many crimes other than terrorism.

• Due Process

• Civil Rights

• Miranda Warning

• US Patriot Act

The three components of the criminal justice systems are police, corrections and

• consensus model

• courts

• medicine

• collection agencies

A formal, written accusation submitted to a court by a prosecutor, alleging that a specified person has committed a specified offense, usually a felony.

• due process

• reasonable suspicion

• warrant

• Indictment

Means procedural fairness. It recognizes the individual rights of criminal defendants facing prosecution by a state or the federal government.

• Social Justice

• Justice

• Due process

• Individual rights

The scientific study of the causes and prevention of crime and the rehabilitation and punishment of offenders.

• Psychology

• Criminology

• Evidence-Based Model

• Criminalistics

Crime-fighting strategies that have been scientifically tested and are based on social science research

• Evidence-Based model

• Consensus Model

• Conflict Model

• Criminal Control Model