MSU CJ220 - Wally - Exam 1 2024 with 100% correct answers

What are the differences between criminology and criminal justice? - correct answer Criminology: - scientific study of crime and criminals, etiology of crime: who what where when and why - theory driven - scientific method - ideal world, abstract - careers in research, teaching, criminal profiling - questions about recurrence of crime, how law impacts crime, societal response to crime, and why some acts are criminalized Criminal Justice: - reducing crime, operations of the system, controlling crime - applied focus - pragmatism - real world constraints - careers in law enforcement, court systems, corrections, research and teaching - focuses on criminal justice populations, design and implement Criminology vs. criminal justice is _____________ focus vs. _____________ focus - correct answer abstract; applied How does criminology inform criminal justice and vise versa - correct answer criminology informs criminal justice by: - identifying risk factors with offending - informing CJ policy and programming (research) criminal justice informs criminology by: - pragmatic problematization of theory driven research (tells them when they cant go that far, etc.) Moral entrepreneurs - correct answer the groups who decide what should be considered a crime; determine our laws who exactly are they? - those who have access to resources ($/lobbying), the elite Laws are not ________________, they are _____________ - correct answer objective; moral