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13 Cards in this Set
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Civil Justice
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Civil law, the law of civil procedures, and activites having to do with private rights and remedies sought by civil action
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Criminal Justice
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In the strictest sense, the criminal (penal) law, the law of criminal procedure, and the array of procedures, and activities having to do with the enforcement of this body of law
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Administration Justice
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The performance of any of the following activities: detection, apprehension, detention, pretrial release, post-trail release, prosecution, adjudication, correctional supervision, or rehabilitation
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Criminal Justice System
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Consists of three basic devisions: law enforcement, courts and corrections
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Consensus model
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A criminal justice perspective that assumes that the systems components work together harmoniously to achieve the social product we call justice
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Conflict model
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A criminal justice perspective that assumes that the systems components function primarily to serve there own interests
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Warrant
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In criminal procediing, a writ issued by a judicial officer directing a law enforcement officer to perform a specified act
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booking
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a process of officially recording an entry into detention after an arrest
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arrest
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taking someone into custody base on probable cause
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bail
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The money or property pledged to the court of actually deposited with the court to effect the release of a person from legal custody
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Preliminary hearing
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hearing to determine 1. Whether a Crime has occurred 2. Whether the crime was committed within the territorial jurisdiction of the court 3. Whether there are reasonable grounds to believe that the defendant committed the crime
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Probable Cause
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A set of circumstances leading a reasonably intelligent person that a crime has occurred
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Indictment
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A formal written accusation submitted to the court by a grand jury, alleging that a person has committed an offence
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