Ch14_Outline-1 - Chapter 14 The American Criminal Justice...

Chapter 14: The American Criminal Justice System: An Overview
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 The American Criminal Justice System
 The Police
 The Courts
 The Corrections
The American Criminal Justice System
 Three Components of the Criminal Justice System:
o Police
o Judiciary
o Corrections
 The costs are distributed at the federal, state, and local levels.
o State and local governments carry most of the costs.
o Most criminal justice employees are at the state and local levels.
 Crime control is complex in a democratic society.
 Crime is low in authoritarian societies; this is at the cost of individual rights.
 Two Models of the Criminal Justice System (Packer):
o Crime Control Model
o Due Process Model
 Two Models of the Criminal Justice System (Packer):
o Crime Control Model
 Assembly-Line Justice
 Goal: Solving and Closing Cases
 Assumption: Most of the Accused are Guilty
o Due Process Model
 Obstacle Course
 Goal: Protect the Rights of the Accused
 Assumption: It’s better to let ten guilty persons go free than to
convict one innocent person.
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 First became formalized with urbanization and industrialization.