CJA 1100 - Criminal Justice Administration Class Notes

criminal
justice administration
,
Chl

what is the criminal
justice system ?
norm : rules that tell us what is appropriate in a
Situation

deviance violation :
of a nor m



↳ this all varies
by who is
judging
social expected behave
you
nor m :
how are to

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informal :
not written but known
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formal :
legal norms

violation sets in motion
↳
(ja

mala in se behavior that is
morally wrong
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in
↳
wrong any context

malt prohibita crime
Statutory reflects public opinion
:
,

-Criminal
it is be

prohibited by l aw




sensus conflict

social of what criminal
agreement
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behavior is
can be
against a of people
group
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sanctions
consequences to reinforce behavior
people's
:



↳ can be reward or
punishment
criminals are similar their victims
usually to
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abused
A victims are
neglected and by the C) system
victim
rights movement
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CJS

/ 1-
law enforcement courts corrections

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victim services

, State courts
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>
state crimes

↳ trial
↳>
appellate hear appeals from lower cour ts
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federal courts
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- felonies


probation : remains in
community under court supervision

release from must standards
parole early prision comply w/
:

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victimserviceerfering
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,
facilitate
recovery
↳ shelters ,
transitional
housing counseling 27 hour
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notlines



fear of crime media
coverage


discrimination
politics



* NOBODY is above the law

, Ch2-Types Crime
of




NIBRS -


National Incident Based
Reporting system
↳ tracks 22 different crimes

* helps understand how and crime was commited
why a


NCVS National Crime Victimization
Survey
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↳ of
sampling households/individual victims
↳ doesn't include crimes where the victim has been
killed ,
kidnapped ,
etc

* helps understand info about the crime and hour it
affected victim were details etc
,
and where were
you
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dark figure of crime of unreported + unrecorded
foundgroup
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out from
crimes that we
surveys
* helps understand victimization
secondary
self report datd :
individuals reveal offenses they
have commited but have not been arrested
For

Dexamined in
length to
figure out
why
crimes
offender : commits crime against a
person
victim crime
against them
:




L
threats/attacks
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-
murder
assault
Victims sexual
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kidnapping
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robbery
economic losses battery
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psychological/emotional
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Trauma

injury/disability
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-
death

determinants :




health social associations location
gender intelligence
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,
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mental state
age ,




nomocide :

unjustifiably causing death of another

person

, homocide :




Offender killed victim
first
degree purposefully
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advance
and
planned in
second degree intentional killing not planned
:




offender
manslaughter Killing where takes
:




less blame


voluntarymanslaughteroffenders provoked on




involuntary manslaughter :
from offender's care-
less actions

from careless
venicular
manslaughter
:
driving
serial murder 3 or more over extended
people
:




period for
personal gratification
mass murder :
multiple in one
place and time

murder several victims in narrow
spree span
:




of time , from hours to
days
assaut and
battery
:




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starts w/ interpersonal conflict and escalates
to violence


Sexual violence :




Vaginal digital oral penetration
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anal
, , ,


Sexual victimization forced :
or coerced sexual
intimacy
↳> victims are likely to know assailant



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marital rape
-
date rape
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acquaintance rape

reasons for not
reporting :




-self blame-fear of retaliation -

shame

protect family
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