Exam 1: Introducing Crime and Criminal Justice

Talk About: -Lethal violence

If you perceive that there is a process through which all cases progress, defined by a series of steps or activities that must occur in each case, then you perceive that

Talk About: -Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)

No laws or rules can be violated when making discretionary decisions, but criminal justice professionals usually have fairly wide latitude.

Emergency management involves identifying and responding to threats to national security.

Talk About: -Criminal justice system

Typical crimes

The primary advantage to the nonsystem perspective of criminal justice is that it does outline the basic criminal justice process, with a common vocabulary that professionals within the criminal justice system do indeed use.

This requires a common educational background, generally associated with a college degree, and the members engage in specialized tasks that cannot be accomplished by those outside of themselves.

Deciding that something is a crime does not automatically put a stop to the behavior in question, nor does it guarantee that the law will be enforced as it was intended.

Talk About: -Criminology

There is no need for a profession to adopt an ethical code to guide its professional practices.

Burglary (i.e., breaking and entering), larceny (i.e., stealing another person's property, such as shoplifting), and motor vehicle theft are included in the

Professionals are the experts upon whom others must rely when their professional services are required.

Crimes labeled mala prohibita are viewed as inherently bad and most people agree they are crimes.