SOLUTIONS!!
crime - ANSWERact that violates criminal law and is punishable by criminal
sanctions
discretion - ANSWERability of individuals in the CJS to make operational decisions
based on personal judgment instead of formal rules or official information
hypothesis - ANSWERif...then statement
theory - ANSWERfacts that come from a hypothesis
causation - ANSWERrelationship in which a change in one measurement or
behavior creates a recognizable change in another measurement or behavior
correlation - ANSWERrelationship between two measurements or behaviors that
tend to move in the same direction
case law - ANSWERrules of law announced in court decisions
deviance - ANSWERbehavior that is considered to go against the norms established
by society
norms - ANSWERstandards shared by members of society, informal rules about
what people should or should not do
natural crime - ANSWERdeeply wrong, strong community disapproval, mala in se
crimes, ex: murder, incest
mala in se - ANSWERdescriptive term for acts that are inherently wrong, regardless
of whether they are prohibited by law
criminal law - ANSWERlegalistic definition, crime is judicially determined violations,
mala prohibita crimes, ex: speeding, gambling, prostitution
evidence based practices - ANSWERapproaches or strategies that have been
extensively researched and shown consistently to produce the desired outcomes
mala prohibita - ANSWERdescriptive term for acts that are made illegal by criminal
statute and are not necessarily wrong in and of themselves
civil law - ANSWERbranch of law dealing with the definition and enforcement of all
private or public rights, as opposed to criminal matters