CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN CANADA 8TH EDITION
COMPREHENSIVE SCRIPT WITH SOLUTIONS
◉ value consensus model.
Answer: The view that what behaviours are defined as criminal and
the punishment imposed on offenders reflect commonly held
opinions and limits of tolerance.
◉ conflict model.
Answer: The view that crime and punishment reflect the power
some groups have to influence the formulation and application of
law.
◉ historical analyses of law.
Answer: Effort to understand:
Factors involved in the definition of behaviours as criminal
Increases and decreases in the severity of law
Responses of the criminal justice system
Factors influencing the repeal of criminal law resulting in
decriminalization
◉ criminal justice.
,Answer: The study of social control and the agencies that are
involved in the apprehension, prosecution, defence, sentencing,
incarceration, and supervision of those suspected or charged with or
convicted of criminal offences.
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◉ criminal justice system.
Answer: All the agencies, organizations, and personnel that are
involved in the prevention of, and response to, crime and to persons
charged with criminal offences and persons convicted of crimes.
◉ adversarial system.
Answer: A system of justice that is based on two opposing sides—
the prosecution and the defence—arguing the guilt or innocence of a
person before a judge or jury.
◉ Basic Principles of the Adversarial System Influences on the
Criminal Justice System Task Environment.
Answer: The cultural, geographic, and community setting in which
the criminal justice system operates and justice personnel make
decisions
◉ crime control.
Answer: An orientation to criminal justice in which the protection of
the community and the apprehension of offenders are paramount
, ◉ due process.
Answer: An orientation to criminal justice in which the legal rights
of individual citizens, including crime suspects, are paramount
◉ discretion.
Answer: The freedom to choose between different options when
confronted with the need to make a decision.
◉ ethics in criminal justice.
Answer: Ethics
The foundation of knowledge that describes right/wrong or
better/worse, and applies to harm/care and fairness/reciprocity
Ethical Issues
"Broad social questions, often concerning the government's social
control mechanisms and the impact on those governed, for example,
what laws to pass, what sentences to attach to certain crimes
◉ ethical dilemmas.
Answer: Situations in which criminal justice personnel must decide
what to do
COMPREHENSIVE SCRIPT WITH SOLUTIONS
◉ value consensus model.
Answer: The view that what behaviours are defined as criminal and
the punishment imposed on offenders reflect commonly held
opinions and limits of tolerance.
◉ conflict model.
Answer: The view that crime and punishment reflect the power
some groups have to influence the formulation and application of
law.
◉ historical analyses of law.
Answer: Effort to understand:
Factors involved in the definition of behaviours as criminal
Increases and decreases in the severity of law
Responses of the criminal justice system
Factors influencing the repeal of criminal law resulting in
decriminalization
◉ criminal justice.
,Answer: The study of social control and the agencies that are
involved in the apprehension, prosecution, defence, sentencing,
incarceration, and supervision of those suspected or charged with or
convicted of criminal offences.
.
◉ criminal justice system.
Answer: All the agencies, organizations, and personnel that are
involved in the prevention of, and response to, crime and to persons
charged with criminal offences and persons convicted of crimes.
◉ adversarial system.
Answer: A system of justice that is based on two opposing sides—
the prosecution and the defence—arguing the guilt or innocence of a
person before a judge or jury.
◉ Basic Principles of the Adversarial System Influences on the
Criminal Justice System Task Environment.
Answer: The cultural, geographic, and community setting in which
the criminal justice system operates and justice personnel make
decisions
◉ crime control.
Answer: An orientation to criminal justice in which the protection of
the community and the apprehension of offenders are paramount
, ◉ due process.
Answer: An orientation to criminal justice in which the legal rights
of individual citizens, including crime suspects, are paramount
◉ discretion.
Answer: The freedom to choose between different options when
confronted with the need to make a decision.
◉ ethics in criminal justice.
Answer: Ethics
The foundation of knowledge that describes right/wrong or
better/worse, and applies to harm/care and fairness/reciprocity
Ethical Issues
"Broad social questions, often concerning the government's social
control mechanisms and the impact on those governed, for example,
what laws to pass, what sentences to attach to certain crimes
◉ ethical dilemmas.
Answer: Situations in which criminal justice personnel must decide
what to do
