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why is there a criminal justice system? Ans✓✓✓human nature needs
rules to live by, constrains people
social norms Ans✓✓✓enforced through family, schools, religion. Each
group follows informal sanctions
the criminal justice system Ans✓✓✓formal system of social control.
Master law must be in place because of different religions, cultures, etc.
formal sanctions Ans✓✓✓by the criminal justice system
two categories of criminal law Ans✓✓✓substantive and procedural
substantive criminal law Ans✓✓✓the dos and donts of the law, the
substance of the law
procedural criminal law Ans✓✓✓very technical, once you've been
suspected of committing a crime, the steps to prosecute you are
procedural criminal law
,uniform crime report Ans✓✓✓book produced by the FBI telling how
percentages are running for different types of crimes
the crime clock Ans✓✓✓reports crime rates in terms of how often a
crime occurs. "every 16 seconds, a burglary happens" etc.
-comes from all over the country
-compiled by FBI
-companies use this to advertise
crime that happens most often Ans✓✓✓larceny (stealing)
campus crime reports Ans✓✓✓any university that has federal funding
must produce a crime report
Statutes Ans✓✓✓laws passed by the legislature
common law Ans✓✓✓ancient english case law
-came from an old case in england, unwritten legal precedent.
holding Ans✓✓✓the decision in the case
present day case law Ans✓✓✓whatever the judge decides will be law
for later cases
, constitutions Ans✓✓✓includes federal and state
anti majorian Ans✓✓✓protects the minority, protecting the individual
from the government
stare decisis Ans✓✓✓precedent, whatever was the law before is still the
law
why do we want to be protected from the government? Ans✓✓✓because
we are a nation of laws and they can be counted on every day until the
law is changed. based on established principles, precedent
why the government is limited Ans✓✓✓protecting people, balance
between freedom and power
freedom of speech protected Ans✓✓✓because fore fathers did not trust
the government
right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures
Ans✓✓✓because they didn't trust the government
right to trial by jury Ans✓✓✓so the government can't convict you, your
peers convict you