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CJS 101 1st EditionExam # 1 Study Guide Lectures: 1 - 7Lecture 1 (August 20)What are the criminal justice Components? Criminal Justice and Criminal justice system definedCriminal Justice Components:• Criminal Law• Social Contract• Constitutional Law of Criminal Procedure• Criminology and victimology• Institutions• Administrating JusticeCriminal Justice: A formal mechanism of social control designed to prevent crime, enforce laws and prosecute offendersCriminal justice system: Provides public safety and protects individual rights with the institutionMala in se crimes: crimes that are considered wrong in themselves (ex. Rape, assault, murder, robbery)Mala prohibita crimes: Crimes that are prohibited by the government not because they are wrong in themselves (ex. Prostitution, gambling, drugs)Lecture 2 (Aug 22) 6 major types of crimes? Goals of all the systems?6 major types of crime:-Visible crime (street crime): against persons/property (ex. Violent crime, property crime, publicorder crime)-Occupational crime: committed in context of legal business or profession (ex. White-collar crime)-Organized crime: Crimes committed in groups/organizations (ex. Gambling, drugs, prostitution, terrorism- Victimless crimes: crimes without victims- Political crimes: By government or against government that are carried out by ideological purposes (ex. Treason, espionage, sedition)- Cyber crimes: committed through computers (ex. Cyber bullying, identity theft)Goals of the criminal justice system: Doing Justice, Controlling crime and preventing justiceState system: handles alleged crimes of state lawFederal system: handled alleged crimes of federal lawLecture 3 (aug 27)Characteristics of criminal justice system? Goals of police, courts and corrections?Characteristics of the Criminal Justice System:- Discretion- Resource dependence- Sequential tasks- FilteringGoals of Police:- Keep peace- Apprehend violators and combat crime- Prevent crime- Provide social servicesGoals of corrections:-Provide custodial services for sentenced individuals-Provide range of community based correctional programsLecture 4 (sept 3)Differences between criminal law and civil law? What is criminal law and its limits? What’re the standards of proof?Criminal law and its limits:Law: a body of rules enacted by public officials in legitimate manner and backed by the force if the stateCriminal law: a law hat defines a violation of public rights and duties, which create a social harmor an injury against societyCriminal law: Civil Law:-Public offence -regulates relations between ppl-Fines go to the state -sanction is monetary damages-Right of enforcement belongs to the state -The person brings the action-The govt does not appeal -both parties can appeal-Sanction can range from fine to incarceration or deathStandards of proof:-reasonable suspicion 20%-probable cause 50%-preponderance of the evidence 51%-reasonable doubt 95%Lecture 5 (sept 8)What is going on in America in the 1950’s? What is going on in the 1960’s? What is crime in America like?1950’s America:-middle class prosperity-relatively low crime and low prison populations-world of racial segregation-inequality1960’s- a Decade in Flux:-fight against de jure segregation and for voting rights-meets great resistance in the American South- assassination of JFK-civil rights act of 1964- voting rights act of 1965 (mark end to legal or de jure segregation)-period of tension between non- violent civil rights movement & more militant activists-assassination of Malcolm X-vietnam war- assassination of MLK; Robert Kennedy-Massive rise in crime/rise of heroinCrime in America:-prior to the mid-1960’s crime levels were low, imprisonment rates low-poverty for minorities-largely shifted from rural south to urban areas in Midwest/north-poverty------ drugs (heroin)Lecture 6 (sept 6)What’re the politics of crime control? Results of rehab? What’re the drug stats between whites and blacks? What are police strategies?Politics of crime control:-need to crack down on crime-increase funding to cops-get tough on crime, increase punishment-minimize rehab programsResults of Rehab (doesn’t work):-elimination of treatment programs in prison-elimination of educational programs in prison-shift focus to punishment and lots of itDrug stats:-whites and blacks use and sell drugs at similar rates-whites sell to friends behind closed doors-blacks sell to strangers in public settingsPolice strategies:-Police “stop and frisk” blacks at much higher rate than whites-blacks are more likely to be stopped on sidewalk for less valid reasons-seizure of contraband from stops are higher for whites than black-blacks are more likely than whites to be convicted and incarceratedLecture 7 (Sept 15)What’re the layers of the wedding cake? What happens after prison time?Wedding cake: Bottom layer: misdemeanersLayer 3: lesser feloniesLayer 2: the serious feloniesTop layer: celebrated casesWhat happens after prison time?❖ Voting rights?❖ many states deny voting rights to those on probation and parole❖ Illinois restores voting upon ending incarceration❖ Florida does not permit it for 5 years after being incarcerated, and then the individual has to


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