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9 Cards in this Set
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Criminal Justice System 3 components
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-law enforcement
-judicial -corrections |
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7 primary goals of the criminal justice system
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-guarantee due process of the law
-prevent crime -protect life and property -uphold and enforce the law -dispense equal justice -apprehend offenders, and -assure victims rights |
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Objectives of the Judicial components of the criminal justice system
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-providing due process of the law
-rendering fair judgments -dispensing just punishments -assuring victims rights |
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organization of CA court system
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1. State supreme court
2. Lower courts -trial courts 3. Higher courts -appellate courts |
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positions in the judicial system
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-judges
-prosecuting attorneys -defense attorneys |
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process in criminal cases
start to end |
-arrest
-arraignment -right to bail -bail -preliminary hearing -indictment -trial -sentencing -grand jury |
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Objectives and responsibilities of corrections
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-confining prisoners
-rehabilitating prisoners -supervising parolees and probationers -assuring victims rights |
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Parole
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conditional release from confinement which allows an individual to serve the remainder of a sentence outside of prison
IN FELONY/STATE PRISON |
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Probation
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sentencing option for an individual convicted of a criminal offense
MISDEMEANOR/COUNTY JAIL/IN LIEU OF JAIL TIME |
