JUST 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, Chicago Crime Commission, American Bar Foundation
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The law enforcement, court, and correctional agencies o that work together to effect the apprehension, prosecution, and control of criminal offenders. These parties are charged with maintaining order, enforcing the law, identifying transgressors, bringing the guilty to justice, and treating criminal behavior o. The decision-making points, from the initial investigation or arrest by police to the eventual release of the offender and his or her reentry into society through which the offender passes. Urbanization in the east expansion in the west led to. Citizens" advocacy groups (chicago crime commission) o the development of more formal criminal justice systems o advocated for justice and oversaw criminal justice agencies o nationwide and found numerous problems o. Research in the 1950s (american bar foundation) found a disjointed system that was largely hidden from public scrutiny of the criminal justice system. Recognized the need to integrate the components o. 1967: president lyndon johnson"s crime commission published the challenge of crime in a free society.
