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13 Cards in this Set
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Five reasons why there is a misunderstanding about crime
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1. We tend to personalize
2. All crime is local 3. Crime stats don't tell the whole story 4. We sometimes let our prejudices affect our thinking 5. We have a limited idea of the dangers to our health and safety |
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The System of Last Resort
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The offender: the criminal justice system must deal with some of the most disagreeable people in society, often at great risk to its practitioners.
Resources: It's hard to attract the best and the brightest young people entering the workforce. Structure: is not really structured intentionally and for lack of funding. |
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5 main philosophies of the Criminal Justice system
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Retribution-non-utilitarian
Deterrence-utilitarian Incapacitation-utilitarian Rehabilitation-utilitarian Restoration-utilitarian |
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Retribution
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same punishment for a crime no matter a clean record or horrible record. generally very tough punishments
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Deterrence
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punishment to change offenders behavior or to make an example of that crime to change offenders and peers behavior
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Incapacitation
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removal from society so they can't effect anyone else. Jail for life
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Rehabilitation
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correcting their behavior, teaching them the skills and emotional strength to survive in society
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Restoration
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fix the relationship between the offender and victim. most offenders go back home, need to learn how to be civil with each other.
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Utilitarian
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Punishment that hopes to teach you a lesson
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Dark Figure of Crime
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Police only know part of the crime.
There are a number of crimes that aren't reported. The offender is a family member. The victim fears reprisal. The victim doesn't like the police. |
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UCR +advantage & disadvantage
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Uniform Crime Reports: most extensive and useful measure of crime available. More than 17,500 law enforcement agencies voluntarily report crime rates. The program collects data on over 94% of the US population.
Advantage: has many years of stats, can look at any city, county, and state. Disadvantage: doesn't have unreported crime rates |
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NIBRS +advantage & disadvantage
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National Incident Based Reporting System: constructed to gather data on each criminal act even if several acts are committed within the same complex of behavior.
Advantage: gathers data on all crimes Disadvantage: Can't count unreported crimes |
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VCS +advantage & disadvantage
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Victimization Surveys: a method for trying to ascertain the level of unreported crimes. Ask victims of crime about their experiences:
Advantage: reaches out to people instead of them coming to the police. Disadvantage: only a small percentage of people actually complete the survery |
