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LAJ 300 exam 1
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LAJ 300 exam 1Is crime a recent development? - correct answer-1. The image of the past as relatively
crime-free is a misconception
2. Crime has occurred since the U.S. was first formed
Crime bot being a recent development examples - correct answer-Example: Guerilla activity
Example: American revolutionaries
Crime in the Old West - correct answer-1. After the Civil War, many soldiers traveled west
and some resorted to crime in their pursuit of wealth
crime in the old west examples - correct answer-Example: Billy the Kid
Example: Jesse James
crime in cities - correct answer-Gang activity flourished
2. The Civil War produced widespread business crime
3. A sustained increase in crime occurred from 1900 to 1935
4. Shows how crime is not a recent phenomenon and has been evolving with the nation
crime in cities examples - correct answer-Example: Bowery Boys
Example: Ma Barker and her sons
Example: Bonnie and Clyde
creating criminal justice - correct answer-England created the first police agency in 1829 and
the U.S. followed during the mid-19th century.
2. To keep the peace and identify and apprehend criminal suspects.
3. The penitentiary also appeared in the nineteenth century.
4. Newly developed agencies rarely worked together in a systematic fashion.
5. In 1919, with the Chicago Crime Commission, the work of the criminal justice system
began to be recognized. An era of treatment and rehabilitation began with a report by the
Wickersham Commission in 1931.
7. Found existing system of justice to be flawed by too many rules and regulations.
8. The modern era of criminal justice can be traced to a series of research projects.
9. 1950s reports by the American Bar Foundation (ABF) revealed that many justice system
procedures were being kept hidden from public view.
10. Revealed that the justice professionals had a great deal of discretion
11. The term "criminal justice system" began to be used showing the agencies could be
connected
federal involvement example - correct answer-Example: President's Commission on Law
Enforcement and Administration of Justice.
Example: Safe Streets and Crime Control Act of 1968.
Example: National Institute of Justice.
Example: Law Enforcement Assistance Administration.
, Evidence Based Justice: A Scientific Evolution - correct answer-. Embracing of research to
support public policy initiatives.
2. Funding from federal agencies like NIJ, OJJDP, BJS.
3. Funding from private foundations like Pew Institute.
4. Relying on scientific collection of data to determine what works.
5. Programs are now reviewed to ensure they are achieving their stated goals
5. Programs are now reviewed to ensure they are achieving their stated goals - correct
answer-. Unifying Principles.
b. Target Audience.
c. Randomized Experiments.
d. Intervening Factors.
e. Measuring Success.
f. Cost Effectiveness
II. The Contemporary Criminal Justice System - correct answer-1. Society's instrument of
social control.
2. Maintains the power to prevent or reduce outlawed behavior.
3. Other types of informal social control include parental and school monitoring.
4. The criminal justice system is divided into police, courts, and corrections.
5. Criminal justice agencies are political entities whose structure and function are lodged
within the legislative, judicial, and executive branches of the government.
6. The legislature defines the law by determining what conduct is prohibited and establishes
criminal penalties for those who violate the law.
7. The judiciary interprets the existing law and determines whether it meets constitutional
requirements.
8. The executive branch is responsible for the day-to-day operation of government.
scope of the system - correct answer-1. The criminal justice system in the United States is
huge.
2. The criminal justice systems costs approximately $260 billion per year and employs over
2 million people.
a. 18,000 law enforcement agencies.
b. 765,000 sworn personnel who have general arrest powers.
c. 17,000 courts.
d. 1,200 correctional institutions.
e. 3,500 probation and parole departments.
The crime rates has declined substantially in the past several years but still more than 11
million people are arrested each year. - correct answer-statement
Formal criminal Justice Program - correct answer-. Criminal justice can be viewed as a
process, starting at arrest and concluding with societal reentry.
2. Many key decision makers.
3. Both legal and extralegal factors may influence the decision to keep offender in the
system or to discharge.
4. Many critics believe that it is the extralegal factors that determine the direction of a case.
5. In reality, very few cases are formally processed; most are handled informally.
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