CCJS 100 Exam #1 |102 Questions And Answers

Mala in se - ️️Wrong by very nature (rape, murder) Mala Prohibita - ️️Prohibited by law and now but not wrong in themselves (gambling, prostitution) Goals of criminal justice system - ️️1. Do justice 2. Control crime 3. Prevent crime (concerns fairness and equality) Federalism - ️️System of government in which power is divided between central (national) government and regional (state) government 3 subsystems of CJ system - ️️Police Courts Corrections (Interdependent) Exchange - ️️Mutual transfer (plea bargain) (Has ethical issues) Characteristics of CJ system - ️️1. Discretion: use own judgement 2. Resource dependence: share resources, $$, labor 3. Sequential tasks: things occur in certain order 4. Filtering: ppl don't go through entire system