CRJU 300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-4: National Crime Victimization Survey, Uniform Crime Reports, General Strain Theory
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Criminal justice 300 exam 1 chapters 1-4: book guide. Those who deviate from the norms are punished. Federalism: a form of government where powers are shared between states and federal. Law enforcement: ideas of federalism are show here through the. Local: split between counties and municipalities, most chief is the sheriff, bulk of police employed here. There responsible for the nuts and bolts of the system: state: two kinds- state police and highway patrol, federal: national antiterrorism, guns, drugs, violent crime laws. Work with state and local levels sometimes: courts: us has dual court system- state and federal which then equals 52 different court systems, corrections: after conviction they go to appropriate system where they could be placed in/on: Formal criminal justice process: involves a series of routinized operations with end goal of getting defendant from point a to point b. Law enforcement relies on discretion as to not punish every person every time a crime is committed.
