SOC 1500 Lecture 1: Key Terms Chapter 2
2 Mar 2018
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Criminology: the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior. Criminal justice: the study of social control and the agencies that are involved in the apprehension, prosecution, defence, sentencing, incarceration, and supervision of those suspected or charged or convicted of the criminal offences. Criminal justice system: all agencies, organizations, and personnel that are involved in the prevention of, and response to, crime and to persons charged with criminal offences and persons convicted of crimes. Crime control: an orientation to criminal justice in which the protection of the community and the apprehension of offenders are paramount (giving the criminal justice officials (ex. police), the power to apprehend and prosecute offenders) Due process model: an orientation to criminal justice in which the legal rights of individual"s citizens, including crime suspects, are paramount (protecting citizens from the potential abuse of the power of (cid:498)crime control(cid:499))
