Cj 230 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

According to Maartje van der Woude, discretion refers to “the freedom, power, authority, decision or leeway of an official, organization or individual to decide, discern or determine to make a judgment, choice or decision, about alternative courses of action or inaction” (2016). For this first discussion, you will introduce yourself to your peers and describe an instance in which you have seen a discretionary decision made in the criminal justice field. Include the following in your ...

rst, explain the role of discretion in criminal justice. According to Kessler, D., & Piehl, A. (1997) “Studies in this literature generally hypothesize that discretion plays one of two roles: either it serves as the means by which changing broad social norms against crime causes changes in sentencing patterns, or it serves as the means by which internal social norms of the criminal justice system prevent the implementation of formal changes in laws”. Discretion is used throughout the cr...

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What is the second step in the decision making process? Select one. Question options: Resolve the ethical or moral dilemma by using an ethical system or some other means of decision making. Identify relevant values and concepts. Decide what is the most immediate moral or ethical issue facing the individual. Identify all possible moral dilemmas for each party involved. View Feedback 2 / 2 points One step in the decision making process is to identify all possible dilemmas and then decide...

First, explain the role of discretion in criminal justice. According to Kessler, D., & Piehl, A. (1997) “Studies in this literature generally hypothesize that discretion plays one of two roles: either it serves as the means by which changing broad social norms against crime causes changes in sentencing patterns, or it serves as the means by which internal social norms of the criminal justice system prevent the implementation of formal changes in laws”. Discretion is used throughout the ...

Officers respond to a 911 call regarding an aggressive panhandler who is intoxicated and harassing passing pedestrians. Upon arrival, officers attempt to conduct a field interview of the subject when a female with a cell phone camera steps between the officers and the panhandler and begins shouting at the officers to leave the man alone. The officers tell the woman she is free to record. However, she is obstructing their investigation and she needs to step back. The woman steps further b...

According to Maartje van der Woude, discretion refers to “the freedom, power, authority, decision or leeway of an official, organization or individual to decide, discern or determine to make a judgment, choice or decision, about alternative courses of action or inaction” (2016). For this first discussion, you will introduce yourself to your peers and describe an instance in which you have seen a discretionary decision made in the criminal justice field. Include the following in your ...

n 2015, the USA PATRIOT Act was superseded with modifications by which of the following acts? Select one. Question options: USA FREEDOM Act Department of Homeland Security Act Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act View Feedback 1 / 1 point Which of the following acts contained multiple provisions to prevent, detect, and punish acts of terrorism, and was signed into law by President Clinton? Select one. Question options: USA FREE...

Henry Fielding - appointed in 1748 as Magistrate of England's Bow Street. First Paid Detective Unit - Bow Street Runners - 1750 Eugene Francois Vidocq - Father of modern criminology Criminal turned crime fighter Formed Brigade de la Surete Head of the National Police Force First private detective in history Brigade de la Surete - plain clothed civilian detective unit Allan Pinkerton - Appointed as the first detective in Chicago in 1849 Co-founder of the Northwestern Police Agen...

Officers respond to a 911 call regarding an aggressive panhandler who is intoxicated and harassing passing pedestrians. Upon arrival, officers attempt to conduct a field interview of the subject when a female with a cell phone camera steps between the officers and the panhandler and begins shouting at the officers to leave the man alone. The officers tell the woman she is free to record. However, she is obstructing their investigation and she needs to step back. The woman steps further b...