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Criminal Justice A Brief Introduction (Chapter 1) Exam Questions and Answers
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Criminal Justice: A Brief Introduction (Chapter 1) ExamEvidence-based practice - Answer -Crime-fighting strategies that have been scientifically tested and are based on social science research.
Due-process model - Answer -A criminal justice perspective that emphasizes individual rights at all stages of justice system processing.
Due-process - Answer -A right guaranteed by the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution and generally understood, in legal contexts, to mean the due course of legal proceedings according to the rules and forms established for the protection of individual rights. In criminal proceedings, due process of law is generally understood to include the following basic elements: a law creating and defining the offense, an impartial tribunal having jurisdictional authority over the case, accusation in proper form, notice and opportunity to defend, trial according to established procedure, and discharge from all restraints or obligations unless convicted.
Individual Rights - Answer -The rights guaranteed to all members of American society by the U.S. Constitution (especially those rights found in the first ten amendments to the
Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights). These rights are particularly important to criminal defendants facing formal processing by the criminal justice system.
Individual-rights advocate - Answer -One who seeks to protect personal freedoms within
the process of criminal justice.
Criminology - Answer -The scientific study of the causes and prevention of crime and the rehabilitation and punishment of offenders.
Criminal justice system - Answer -The aggregate of all operating and administrative or technical support agencies that perform criminal justice functions. The basic divisions of
the operational aspects of criminal justice are law enforcement, courts, and corrections.
Criminal Justice - Answer -In the strictest sense, the criminal (penal) law, the law of criminal procedure, and the array of procedures and activities having to do with the enforcement of this body of law. It cannot be separated from social justice because the justice enacted in our nation's criminal courts reflects basic American understandings of right and wrong.
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