CC100 Chapter 2: Criminal Justice - Chapter 2.docx (CC102)
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An orientation to criminal justice in which the protection of the community and the apprehension of offenders are paramount (more important that anything else; supreme: primary purpose of the cjs is protection of the public through deterrence and incapacitation of offenders, right of the victim, the administration should be swift, certain, and efficient, there is a strong presumption of guilt, reflects conservative values. An orientation to criminal justice in which the legal rights of: primary purpose of the cjs is to ensure equal justice for all citizens regardless of wealth, social status, or political connections, right of criminal defendants, administration of justice must be deliberate and ensure procedural fairness, presumption of innocence, reflects liberal values. Increasing centralization of authority: informal control gives way to formal control, responsibility for justice concentrated into the hands of the state and highly trained criminal justice professionals, such formal controls are, in some cases, less effective, than the informal community controls they supplant.
