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:
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Police
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Judiciary
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Corrections
The costs are distributed at the federal, state, and local levels.
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State and local governments carry most of the costs.
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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):
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Crime Control Model
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Due Process Model
Two Models of the Criminal Justice System (Packer):
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Crime Control Model
Assembly-Line Justice
Goal: Solving and Closing Cases
Assumption: Most of the Accused are Guilty
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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.
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- Spring '08
- mcgoin
- Criminal Justice, American Criminal Justice System, american criminal justice
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