Introduction to Criminal Justice By John
Randolph Fuller Chapter 1 Key Terms
Crime - correct answer ✔✔the violation of the laws of a society by a person or group of people who are
subject to the laws of that society
Justice - correct answer ✔✔the administering of a punishment or reward in accordance with morals that
a given society considers to be correct
Criminal Justice - correct answer ✔✔social institution that has the mission of controlling crime by
detecting, detaining, adjudicating, and punishing and/or rehabilitating people who break the law
arrest - correct answer ✔✔when law enforcement detains and holds a criminal suspect or suspects
sociological imagination - correct answer ✔✔the idea that we must look beyond the obvious to evaluate
how our social location influences how we perceive society
probation - correct answer ✔✔suspension of all or part of a sentence subject to certain conditions and
supervision in the community
parloe - correct answer ✔✔the conditional release of a prison inmate who has served part of a sentence
and who remains under the court's control
Due Process Model - correct answer ✔✔a model proposed by legal scholar Herbert L. Packer to describe
the public's expectation of an efficient criminal justice system
Crime Control Model - correct answer ✔✔a model proposed by legal scholar Herbert L. Packer to
describe the public's expectation of an efficient criminal justice system
Randolph Fuller Chapter 1 Key Terms
Crime - correct answer ✔✔the violation of the laws of a society by a person or group of people who are
subject to the laws of that society
Justice - correct answer ✔✔the administering of a punishment or reward in accordance with morals that
a given society considers to be correct
Criminal Justice - correct answer ✔✔social institution that has the mission of controlling crime by
detecting, detaining, adjudicating, and punishing and/or rehabilitating people who break the law
arrest - correct answer ✔✔when law enforcement detains and holds a criminal suspect or suspects
sociological imagination - correct answer ✔✔the idea that we must look beyond the obvious to evaluate
how our social location influences how we perceive society
probation - correct answer ✔✔suspension of all or part of a sentence subject to certain conditions and
supervision in the community
parloe - correct answer ✔✔the conditional release of a prison inmate who has served part of a sentence
and who remains under the court's control
Due Process Model - correct answer ✔✔a model proposed by legal scholar Herbert L. Packer to describe
the public's expectation of an efficient criminal justice system
Crime Control Model - correct answer ✔✔a model proposed by legal scholar Herbert L. Packer to
describe the public's expectation of an efficient criminal justice system
