ADMJ 0500 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Preliminary Hearing, Individual And Group Rights, Intercultural Competence
10 Jun 2019
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Crime: conduct of violation of the criminal laws or a state, federal, or local jurisdiction for which there is no legally acceptable justification or excuse. Individual rights (important to criminal defendants during processing) Procedural fairness: the process by which procedures that feel fair to those involved are made. Social disorganization: exists when a group is faced with social change, uneven development of culture, maladaptiveness, disharmony, conflict, and lack of consensus. Social justice: embraces all aspects of civilized life and is linked to the notion of fairness and cultural beliefs about right and wrong. Civil justice: fairness of relationship between citizens, government agencies, and businesses in private matters. Criminal justice: violations of criminal law: administration of justice: performance of activities to obtain criminal justice. Consensus model: assumes system s components work together to achieve justice. Conflict model: each component of the system serves its own interest, each component is self-serving and have pressures for success.
