CCJS 100 - Exam 1 50 Questions And Answers

What is the bottom layer of the wedding cake model? - ️️Misdemeanors Offenses that are wrong by their very nature - ️️Mala in Se Offenses that are wrong because they are prohibited - ️️Mala Prohibita Doing Justice, Controlling Crime, Preventing Crime - ️️Purposes of Criminal Justice A system of government in which power is divided between a central government and regional governments. - ️️Federalism the authority making decisions based on their own judgement - ️️Discretion What are the subsystems of the criminal justice system? - ️️Police, courts, and corrections Major characteristics of the criminal justice system? - ️️Discretion, resource dependence, sequential tasks, filtering. A separate judicial system for each state in addition to a national system - ️️Dual court system What is a challenge of corrections? - ️️Overcrowding A document charging an individual with a specific crime - ️️indictment