CRI 100 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Rape, Ford Focus, United States Constitution
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Crime: conduct in violation of criminal law for which there is no legally acceptable justification or excuse: deviant behavior falls outside the norm of society, process of adjudication: time of arrest, processing, to time of punishment. 1850-(cid:883)88(cid:882): civil war, immigration problems from asia, social upheaval and there(cid:495)s a mass. System of criminal justice is meant to balance personal freedoms and public safety. 1920-33: prohibition created a market for mass organized crime, gangs in new york and bootleggers smuggling in and distributing alcohol. 2000s: focus on terrorism, tsa: closing prisons takes away a large amount of jobs, corporate interest is tied up in the prisons. Explicit and implicit rights both enumerated and else. Since the 8(cid:882)s, we(cid:495)ve blown up the size, budget, reach and power of the criminal justice system. Federal funding got states to buy into the prison system. Ideas of justice vary from person to person, country to country, culture to culture, religion to religion.
