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Intro to Criminal Justice -Exam 1Crime - correct answer ✔✔A specific act of commission of omission in violation of the law, for which a
punishment is prescribed.
Public Policy - correct answer ✔✔Priorities and actions developed by government to use public
resources as a means to deal with issues affecting society.
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 the capacity to apprehend, try, convict, and dispose of a high proportion of offenders. (Assembly
line)
Goal - Repress crime; Value - Efficiency; Process - Administrative; Major Decision Point - Police, pretrial
processes; Basis of Decision Making - Discretion;
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 justice decisions are based on
reliable information; it emphasizes the adversarial process, the rights of defendants, and formal
decision-making procedures. (Obstacle course)
Goal - Preserve individual liberties; Value - Reliability; Process - Adversarial; Major Decision Point -
Courtroom; Basis of Decision Making - Law;
Mala in se - correct answer ✔✔Offenses that are wrong by their nature. (Murder, rape, robbery etc.)
Mala prohibita - correct answer ✔✔Offenses prohibited by law but not wrong in themselves. (Drug use,
prostitution, gambling etc.)
Felonies - correct answer ✔✔Serious crimes usually carrying a penalty of incarceration for more than
one year or the death penalty.
, Misdemeanors - correct answer ✔✔Offenses less serious than felonies and usually punishable by
incarceration of no more than one year, probation, or intermediate sanctions.
Visible Crime - correct answer ✔✔An offense against persons or property that is committed primarily by
members of the lower social classes. Often referred to as "street crime" or "ordinary crime", this type of
offense is the one most upsetting to public.
Visible crimes include? - correct answer ✔✔Violent Crimes
Property Crimes
Public Order Crimes
Violent Crimes - correct answer ✔✔Acts against people in which death or physical injury results.
Including: homicide, assault, rape, robbery
Property Crimes - correct answer ✔✔Acts that threaten property held by individuals or by the state.
Including: theft, larceny, shoplifting, embezzlement, and burglary.
Public Order Crimes - correct answer ✔✔Acts that threaten the general well-being of society and
challenge accepted moral principles. Including: public drunkeness, aggressive panhandling, vandalism,
and disorderly conduct.
Occupational Crime - correct answer ✔✔Criminal offense committed through opportunities created in a
legal business or occupation.
What are the four types of occupational crime? - correct answer ✔✔1. Occupational crimes for the
benefit of the employing organization. (Price fixing, theft of trade secrets, falsification of produced tests).
2. Occupational crimes through the exercise of government authority. (Removal of drugs from evidence
room by a police officer, bribe to public official, etc.)
3. Occupational crimes committed by professionals in their capacity as professionals. (Doctors, lawyers,
and stockbrokers may take advantage of clients)
4. Occupational crimes committed by individuals as individuals, where opportunities are not based on
government power or professional position. (Thefts by employees from employers, filing of false expense
claims, and embezzlement)
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