SOC 325L Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Warren Court, Juvenile Court, Burger Court
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Administration of justice goal was to study problem and structure of cjs and established presidents commissions on law enforcement and: 7 goals that shaped cjs, 1. Criminal justice as a system: 3 separate organized parts, police, courts, corrections, all with own tasks affect each other on crime. The law enforcement assistance administration (leaa: leaa: org to develop new devices, techniques, and approaches to law enforcement, created programs to educate, since then cj been a field of study. Major themes in modern criminal justice: 6 important trends in criminal justice procedures. The war on drugs: cj process is drug driven shaped laws and policies, creation of new drug courts and treatment programs. Gender, crime, and criminal justice: more women an cjs than ever, now same offences as men. The criminal justice (cid:498)nonsystem(cid:499: 2 competing perspectives of the organization of the cjs, consensus model: orgs that make up cjs work cooperatively, conflict model (nonsystem): orgs that make up cjs work competitively.
