Introduction to Criminal Justice Chapter
One Vocabulary
Crime - correct answer ✔✔a specific act of commission or omission in violation of the law, for which a
punishment is prescribed.
Crime Control Model - correct answer ✔✔a model of the criminal justice system that assumes freedom
is so important that every effort must be made to repress crime, it emphasizes efficiency, speed, finality,
and dispose of a high proportion of offenders.
Crimes Without Victims - correct answer ✔✔offenses involved a willing and private exchange of illegal
goods or services that are in strong demand. Participants do not feel they are prosecuted on the ground
that society as a whole is being individual.
Cybercrime - correct answer ✔✔offenses that involve the use of one or more crimes.
Dark Figure of Crime - correct answer ✔✔a metaphor referring to the dangerous dimension of crime
that is never reported to police.
Due Process Model - correct answer ✔✔a model of the criminal justice system that assumes freedom is
so important that every effort must be made to ensure that criminal decisions are based on reliable
information it emphasizes the adversarial process, the rights of defendants, and formal decision-making
procedures.
Felonies - correct answer ✔✔serious offenses that carries a penalty of incarceration usually for one year
or more. People convicted of (these offenses) lose the right to vote, hold elective office, or maintain
certain licenses.
Identity Theft - correct answer ✔✔using the Internet to steal someone's identity and/ or impersonate
the victim in order to conduct illicit transactions such as committing fraud using the victim's name and
identity.
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