[CRIM 100] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (48 pages long)
Document Summary
Tax dollars support federal, state, and local governments. Foundation of criminal justice system is the criminal law: criminal law: laws that define criminal acts and how such acts will be punished, law enforcement enforces these laws and sets criminal justice process in motion. Maintain order and punish those who violate rules: law is not static. Laws and charges to laws change due to social, political, and economic changes. Three-strikes-law: 3 strikes and you"re out: given 25 to life on 3rd strike. Maintaining order: consensus theory: all parts of the system work toward a common goal. John locke"s second treatise on civil government. Justifies acts of government based on social contract theory: people join together to form governments where they surrender their rights of self-protection in exchange for governmental protection of their lives, property, and liberty. Government receives loyalty and obedience from people. Government"s main purpose = protection of property: properties form commonwealth and then they cannot withdraw or remove land.
