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9 Cards in this Set
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Justice
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The principle of fairness; the ideal of more equity
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Crime
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Conduct in violation of the criminal laws of a state, the federal government, or a local jurisdiction, for which there is no legally acceptabl jurisdiction
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Consensus Model
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a criminal justice perspective that assumes that the systems componenets work together harmoniously to achieve the social product we call justice
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Conflict Model
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a crimina justice perspective that assumes that the sustems comonnents function primarily to serve their own interests is more a product of conflicts among agencies within the system than it is the result of cooperation.
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Dark Figure Crime
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Crime that is not yet reported to the police and that remains unknown to officials
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Stare Decisis
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A legal principle that requires that in subsequent cases on similar issues of law and fact, courts be bound by their own earlier decisions and by those of higher courts having jurisdicition over them. The term literally means "standing by decided matters."
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Common Law
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traditional unwritten historical customs that help guide decision making
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Case Law
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law of cresident
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Tort
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Negligence / Interference with property
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