CJ 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Homeland Security
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Federalist system: powers shared by state and federal governments. 3 major sub-systems: law enforcement, courts, corrections. Formal process: routine operations which move a case/defendant from beginning to end in a smooth and orderly fashion. Informal process: resulting from system-actor discretion; a system that does not operate within rigid confines of law. Discretion must be exercised with ethical decision-making and critical thinking skills. Crime control model: most important function of the cj process is to punish and repress criminal conduct. Should be quick and efficient with few restrictions on law enforcement. Due process model: focus on protecting the rights of the accused by legal restraints on poli(cid:272)e, (cid:272)ourts, a(cid:374)d (cid:272)orre(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s. makes it (cid:373)ore diffi(cid:272)ult to prove guilt. It is (cid:862)(cid:373)ore desira(cid:271)le(cid:863) that 99 guilty people go free tha(cid:374) 1 i(cid:374)(cid:374)o(cid:272)e(cid:374)t is wrongly convicted. Guns, gangs and illegal drugs violent and property crime have decreased in last 10 years.
