CJS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Preliminary Hearing, Crime Prevention, Misdemeanor

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Overview of the criminal justice system (lecture notes): Law enforcement, court, and correctional agencies that work together to uphold the law and to apprehend . Defining crime: behavior, violate social rules, that have been codified into law, by persons with political power, violation is punishable by government authority (state, consensus view, conflict view. Overview of criminology: emotionality, social bonds (bonds to family and prosocial bonds, early child development (early events, attachment, parental warmth, reasons why people commit crime. *police discretion: service, order maintenance, discretion in the law enforcement function, misconduct, corruption, criminal behavior. *handling misconduct cases and police legitimacy: cover up, police shootings, reinstatements, transparency. *community policing: police role- increase crime prevention activities, police community relations, decentralization, foot patrol. Evidence based practice: *measurable outcomes?- crime and victimization, fear of crime, neighborhood disorder, trust in the police, police legitimacy , citizen cooperation with police. Broken windows policing- signs of disorder in a neighborhood brings more crime.

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