CHAPTER 3

INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE

THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

 

  1. THE GOALS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
    1. Doing Justice

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    2. Control Crime

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    3. Prevent Crime:

Offender oriented

 

 

 

 

 

Public Oriented

 

 

 

 II. CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN A FEDERAL SYSTEM
    1. Two Justice Systems

 Federal

Defendants

Few Criminal Laws:

 

Police:

Courts:

Corrections:

 State and local

Defendants:

Police

Courts:

 

 

Corrections:

 

 

 

 

B. Expansion of Federal Involvement

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 III. CRIMINAL JUSTICE AS A SYSTEM
    1. System Perspective

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       Exchange relationship.

       

       

       

    2. Characteristics of the Criminal Justice System

 Four Characteristics of the CJ System:

 Discretion:

 

 

 

 

 

 Resource Dependence:

 Sequential tasks:

 

 Filtering:

 

 

IV. OPERATIONS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENICES

 

    1. Police: first contact

      2. Duties:

       

       

       

       

       

    2. Courts: determines guilt and punishes

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    3. Corrections

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

V. THE FLOW OF DECISION MAKING IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
    1. Steps in the Decision-Making Process

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    2. Criminal Justice Wedding Cake