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CJ Final Review
chp. 10-14
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Criminal Justice
Undergraduate 1
05/09/2011

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if we think of the criminal justice system as a wedding cake model, we will most likely find due process where?
Definition
top layer
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The due process model of criminal justice does what?
Definition
1. Possibility of error
2. Prevention of the mistakes is more important than efficiency
3. protection of the process is as important as protection of innocents.
4. The coercive power of the state is always subject to abuse.
5. Every due process protection is there for a reason and should be strictly adhered to.
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The crime control model of criminal justice does what?
Definition
1. Reducing crime is the most important function of law enforcement.
2. The failure of law enforcement means the breakdown of order.
3. the criminal process guarantees social freedom.
4. Efficient is top priority.
5. The emphasis is on speed and finality
6. There is a presumption of guilt once the suspect is in the system.
Term
Definition of Due Process?
Definition
Protection against error in the governments, deprecation of life, liberty, and property.
Term
Definition of Crime Control?
Definition
Prosecutors have the flexibility to do what they want.
Term
The function of the police that demands the most time and resources is what?
Definition
Patrol
Term
Which of the following Supreme Court cases rules out the death penalty for anyone under the age of 18?
Definition
Roper vs. Simmons (stole girls stuff, tied her up & threw her over a bridge)
Term
An individual’s state of mind at the time of a crime committed is referred to as..?
Definition
Menes Rea
Term
In the case of Cooper vs. Pate (1964) what happened?
Definition
Prisoners were granted the same basic right that is in the 1st amendment.
Term
Most frequent used method of execution found in the US is what?
Definition
Lethal Injection
Term
While the judge may be the most potentially powerful figure in the courtroom, it is the prosecutor who does what?
Definition
DA is most powerful because: decides what cases will be heard, decides charges (what counts), bargain that will be struck, how vigorously/how much resources, has power over police
Term
From Chris's lecture on juvenile justice we learn that the juvenile justice system is centered around what?
Definition
Perens Patrice
Term
A disadvantage of using fines, from a judge's point of view is that what?
Definition
Makes the judge responsible for you paying your fine, if fine aren't paid.
Term
The underlying rationale of incapacitation is to what?
Definition
Take criminal off the street so they cannot commit crimes
Term
Rehabilitation is most concerned with what?
Definition
eliminating crime related behavior, moral justification for incarceration, help offenders so they don't return to a life of crime
Term
According to material presented in class the most likely reason for the increasing incarceration rate in the US is what?
Definition
Increase in the number of people who are in their crime prone years.
Term
According to John Erwin the type of inmate found in prison who is most likely to make the best of any treatment that may be offered is the what?
Definition
Gleaner
Term
Being right as an inmate involves what?
Definition
1. Don't interfere with other inmates interest
2. Don't be argumentative
3. Don't exploit the other inmates
4. Be a man, Be tough.
5. Don't trust the gaurds no matter what.
Term
In a total institution the organizations chief goal is what?
Definition
to reform and shape the inmate.
Term
Female inmates are most like male inmates in terms of what?
Definition
Background
Term
The case of no name Maddox..
Definition
Born in prison, mother in jail for robbery, spent 1st year in prison and then sent to a foster home where he was raped, and then ended up back in jail for criminal charges.
Term
Convicted criminals are more likely to receive capital punishment when?
Definition
PUBLIC FEELS THREATENED
Term
In the custodial model of correction institution..what?
Definition
Fortress style buildings, total institution, prisoners are weak and submissive, guards are condescending and mean, oppressive institution (strips identity)
Term
The percent of former offenders that return to criminal behavior is known as the
Definition
recidivism rate
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College graduates applying for jobs in correctional facilities, might discover that?
Definition
They are favored to hiring & on a fast track for promotion, there are few college graduates working as CO
Term
Compared to other inmates, violent prisoners tend to be
Definition
less educated, younger trying to prove themselves, gang affiliated, or believe an argument is best settled with a fist.
Term
In the Kentucky parole video, the parole prisoner, Adam Inmend, best exemplifies what types of prisoner?
Definition
Disorganized criminal
Term
Which is true regarding prison violence?
Definition
Reasons for: confinement & cramped quarters for an indefinite amount of time, increased probability of running into a violent person, rigid rules, single-sex facilities
Term
In the Kentucky parole video, both prisoners who were denied parole exemplify which type of prisoner?
Definition
Jailing inmates
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