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Criminal Justice
Exam 1 Review
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Criminal Justice
Undergraduate 2
01/28/2013

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Term
Mala In Se
Definition
Traditional Crimes
Term
Mala Prohibita
Definition
White Collar
Term
Criminal Justice
Definition
network devoted to the control of traditional crimes in our society.
Term
3 Major components of CJ
Definition
police
courts
corrections
Term
Crime
Definition
specific acts or failures to act defined by state leg or congress as being socially damaging to society.
Term
Sociological Crime
Definition
bx prohibited by the law by those who have the power to influence such laws.
Term
Manners of death
Definition
murder
natural causes
accidents
suicide
Term
Gelmenschaft society
Definition
community based
Term
Gesellschaft
Definition
less community based
Term
Crimes against people
Definition
murder rape robbery aggravated assault
Term
Crimes against property
Definition
burglary
larceny
grand theft auto
arson
Term
Cohort measure
Definition
asses whole life of someone for criminal reports
Term
Methods of death
Definition
gunshots
knifing
strangulation
inderterminate
Term
7 elements of crime
Definition
act
act/illegal
act/punishment
harm
mens rea
actus reus
concurrence of mens rea and actus reus
Term
Mens Rea
Definition
criminal intent
Term
Actus Reus
Definition
actual doing of the crime
Term
1st degree murder
Definition
intentional killing of another human being with premeditation and deliberation.
Term
Felony murder rule
Definition
if death occurs as the direct or indirect result of a felony then any and all persons associated with the crime can be charged with felony murder.
Term
complicity doctrine
Definition
persons are only charged with what they can reasonably be convicted of.
Term
Types of law
Definition
common
statutory
case(civil and criminal)
Term
Delicta
Definition
misdemeanor
Term
Legislative
Definition
makes law
Term
Executive
Definition
initiate leg to make law
Term
Trial Court
Definition
determines guilt or innocence
Term
Prosecutorial
Definition
develop the charges
Term
Grand Jury
Definition
investigate crime in jurisdiction, indictment or no bill
Term
4th amendment
Definition
probable cause
Term
5th amendment
Definition
double jeopardy
Term
6th amendment
Definition
right to counsel, speedy trials, etc.
Term
collateral attack
Definition
in the name of the pauper
Term
habeaus corpus
Definition
body in court
Term
modus operandi
Definition
method of committing the crime
Term
criminology
Definition
study of the reasons why criminals do what they do.
Term
Blue laws
Definition
laws still on the books
Term
Classical School(1764)
Definition
criminal act
Term
Positive school(1820)
Definition
actor/people
Term
Chicago school aka american school(1920)
Definition
study defective, delinquent and dependent classes
Term
Differential association
Definition
criminal bx is learned by acting with people in that state of mind
Term
anomie theory
Definition
sense of normalness b/c of the anomic state of society
Term
Subcultural theories
Definition
criminalgentic cultural within our culture
Term
Drift theories
Definition
move in and out of conformity
Term
Containment theories
Definition
inner and outer controls
Term
Labeling theories
Definition
being labeled as something and taking on that role
Term
Radical theories
Definition
rich create laws to keep others oppressed.
Term
precipitation
Definition
encourage offenders bx
Term
facilitation
Definition
using poor judgement/place themeselves at risk
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