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Criminal justice chapter 1Crime - answeran act that breaks a law and causes harm to people or society in general
Individual rights - answerPersonal freedoms, personal protections, and equality under
the law are guaranteed by the Constitution, The Bill of Rights, and the laws.
USA Patriot Act - answerlaw passed due to 9/11 attacks; sought to prevent further
terrorist attacks by allowing greater government access to electronic communications
and other information; criticized by some as violating civil liberties
Individual-rights advocate - answerOne who seeks to protect personal freedoms within
the process of criminal justice
Public-order advocate - answerOne who believes that under certain circumstances
involving a criminal threat to public safety, the interests of society should take
precedence over individual rights
Justice - answerthe quality of being just or fair
social justice - answerfair treatment for all people in a society
civil justice - answerthe civil law, law of civil procedure, and the array of procedures and
activities having to do w/private rights and remedies sought by civil action. Civil justice
cannot be separated from social justice cuz the kind of justice enacted in out nations
civil courts
criminal justice - answerthe process of achieving justice through the application of the
criminal law and through the workings of the criminal justice system
Administration of justice - answerPeople who carry out laws and makes sure everyone
follows them
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