SOC209H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Loose Coupling, Law, Prison Overcrowding

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Chapter 2 the structure and process of criminal justice. Criminal justice focuses: crime an criminal behavior law. What is the criminal justice system: criminal justice system - all agencies, organizations and personnel involved in prevention of and response to crime and to persons charged with criminal offences and persons convicted of crime. Includes volunteers who work in criminal justice agencies, Ngo (non-governmental organizations), and other non-profit groups who deliver programs and service on contract basis ex. group who supervise offenders on bail. Aboriginal organizations: restorative justice became part of criminal justice process as well. Models of criminal justice administration: due process versus crime control. 2 ways to administer criminal justice: (1) crime control model police and prosecutors have unfettered power to apprehend and prosecute offenders. In pure form, model conflicts with each other but cjs reflect elements of both, model emphasized depends on variety of factors, trying to find balance between the 2 models.

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