CCJS 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Malum Prohibitum, Due Process, Wedding Cake
3 Oct 2017
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Mala in se or mala prohibita are punishable acts. Forms the basis for the rules, procedures, and institutions. Requires the effort of citizens and justice system officials. Justice system officials rely on social science research to develop evidence to increase their effectiveness in addressing problems and challenges. The responsibilities of federal and state criminal justice operations. National and state systems of criminal justice enforce laws, try cases and punish offenders. Federal agencies like the fbi are more important post 9/11. Most criminal laws and cases are under the authority of the state. Criminal justice is composed of many organizations which are interdependent. Primary subsystems of criminal justice are police, courts and corrections. Key characteristics of the criminal justice system: discretion, resource dependence, sequential tasks, and filtering. Authority and relationships of the main criminal justice agencies, list the steps in the decision making progress. Processing of cases in the criminal justice system involves a series of decisions.
