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24 Cards in this Set
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Social Control |
Rules, habits, and customs a society uses to enforce conformity to its norms |
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Arrest |
When law enforcement detains and holds a criminal suspect or suspects. |
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Socialization |
Process by which individuals acquire a personal identity and learn the norms, values, behavior, and social skills appropriate to their society. |
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Crime |
Action taken by a person of a group of people that violates the rules of society to the point that someone is harmed it society's interests are harmed. |
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Criminal Justice |
Social institution that has the mission of controlling crime by detecting, detaining, adjudicating and punishing and/or rehabilitating people who break the law. |
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Sociological imagination |
The idea that we must look beyond the obvious to evaluate how our social location influences how we perceive society. |
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Street Crime |
Small-scale person offenses such as single-victim homicide, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, and vandalism. |
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Prison |
State or federal institution that confines people convicted of crime who are serving sentences for longer than a year. |
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Probation |
Suspension of all or part of a sentence subject to certain conditions and supervision in the community. |
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Appeal |
Written request to a higher court to modify or reverse the judgement of a trial court or intermediate-level appellate court. |
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Sheriff |
Official of a county of parish who primarily carries out judicial duties. |
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Bailiff |
Court officer responsible for executing writs and processes, making arrests, and keeping order in the court. |
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Felony |
Offense punishable by a sentence of more than a year in state or federal prison and sometimes by death. |
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Misdemeanor |
Minor criminal offense punishable by a fine and/or jail time for up to one year. |
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Sentence |
Punishment that a person convicted of a criminal offense is ordered by a judge to receive. |
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Circuit |
District established within a state judicial system or the federal judicial system. |
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White-collar crime |
Nonviolent criminal offense committed during the course of business for financial gain. |
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War on drugs |
Governmental policy aimed at reducing the sale and use of illegal drugs. |
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Discretion |
Power of a criminal justice official to make decisions on issues within legal guidelines. |
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5 goals of Criminal Justice |
1. Deterrence 2. Incapacitation 3. Retribution 4. Rehabilitation 5. Restoration |
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Deterrence |
Act or the threat of an act that inhibits it prevents another act. |
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Retribution |
Punishment that is considered to be deserved. |
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Rehabilitation |
Correcting the offenders behavior and giving him or her the skills and ability to survive in society without violating the law. |
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Restorative Justice |
An alternate justice model that uses community programs to repair the harm done by offenders. |