01:202:201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Preliminary Hearing

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Criminal Justice
• Course: 01:202:201
• Professor: Dr.Kristen Zgoba

Document Summary

Individual rights activists: seeks to protect personal freedoms within the process of cj. Pu(cid:271)li(cid:272) o(cid:396)de(cid:396) a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)ists: (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e so(cid:272)iety"s i(cid:374)te(cid:396)ests should take p(cid:396)e(cid:272)ede(cid:374)(cid:272)e over individual rights under certain circumstances threating public safety. Guarantee rights of defendants and tries to understand the causes of violence and crime. Now: sees offender as a social predator and not as a victim. (cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1005)(cid:1004): chelsea"s la(cid:449) passed (cid:271)y ca senate. Justice: principle of fairness; the ideal of moral equity. Social justice: right and wrong as defined by cultural beliefs and idea of fairness. Civil justice: under social justice, concerned with fairness in relationship btwn citizens, gov agencies, and businesses in private matters. Criminal justice: under social; concerned with violation of criminal law. Consensus: social product of justice is achieved by all the parts of justice system working together. Conflict: justice results from conflict rather than communication since components of the justice system work to serve their own interests.