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Solano Community College: Introduction to Criminal Justice

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Solano Community College: Introduction to Criminal Justice

This course introduces students to the characteristics of the criminal justice system in the United States. Focus is placed on examining crime measurement, theoretical explanations of crime, responses to crime, components of the system, and current challenges to the system. The course examines the evolution of the principles and approaches utilized by the justice system and the evolving forces which have shaped those principals and approaches.

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Author
Alison S. Burke, David Carter, Brian Fedorek, Tiffany Morey, Lore Rutz-Burri, & Shanell Sanchez
Publisher
Southern Oregon University
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-SA
Language
EN
Category
Business Administration
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Contents· 126 sections
  1. 01: Crime Criminal Justice and Criminology
  2. 1.01: Crime and the Criminal Justice System
  3. 1.02: Deviance Rule Violations and Criminality
  4. 1.03: Social Norms- Folkways Mores Taboo and Laws
  5. 1.04: Interactionist View
  6. 1.05: Consensus View and Decriminalizing Laws
  7. 1.06: Conflict View
  8. 1.07: The Three Cs- Cops Courts and Corrections
  9. 1.08: The Crime Control and Due Process Models
  10. 1.09: How Cases Move Through the System
  11. 1.10: Media Coverage of Crimes
  12. 1.11: Wedding Cake Model of Justice
  13. 1.12: Street Crime Corporate Crime and White-Collar Crime
  14. 1.13: Different Types of Crimes and Offenses
  15. 1.14: Victims and Victim Typologies
  16. 1.15: Victim Rights and Assistance
  17. 02: Defining and Measuring Crime and Criminal Justice
  18. 2.01: Dark or Hidden Figure of Crime
  19. 2.02: Official Statistics
  20. 2.03: Victimization Studies
  21. 2.04: Self-Report Statistics
  22. 2.05: Misusing Statistics
  23. 03: Criminal Law
  24. 3.01: Functions and Limitations of Law
  25. 3.02: Civil Criminal and Moral Wrongs
  26. 3.03: Sources of Criminal Law - Federal and State Constitutions
  27. 3.04: Sources of Criminal Law - Statutes Ordinances and Other Legislative Enactments
  28. 3.05: Sources of Law - Administrative Law Common Law Case Law and Court Rules
  29. 3.06: Classifications of Law
  30. 3.07: Substantive Law - Defining Crimes Inchoate Liability Accomplice Liability and Defenses
  31. 3.08: Substantive Law - Punishment- Incarceration and Confinement Sanctions
  32. 3.09: Substantive Law - Physical Punishment Sentences
  33. 3.10: Substantive Law - Monetary Punishment Sentences
  34. 3.11: Substantive Law - Community-Based Sentences
  35. 3.12: Procedural Law
  36. 04: Criminal Justice Policy
  37. 4.01: Importance of Policy in Criminal Justice
  38. 4.02: The Myth of Moral Panics
  39. 4.03: The Stages of Policy Development
  40. 4.04: Importance of Evidence Based Practices
  41. 4.05: Re-Evaluating Policy
  42. 05: Criminological Theory
  43. 5.01: What is Theory
  44. 5.02: What Makes a Good Theory
  45. 5.03: Pre-Classical Theory
  46. 5.04: Classical School
  47. 5.05: Neoclassical
  48. 5.06: Positivist Criminology
  49. 5.07: Biological and Psychological Positivism
  50. 5.08: The Chicago School
  51. 5.09: Strain Theories
  52. 5.10: Learning Theories
  53. 5.11: Control Theories
  54. 5.12: Other Criminological Theories
  55. 5.13: Spare the Rod Spoil the Child Myth
  56. 5.13.01: Spare the Rod Spoil the Child Myth
  57. Controversy
  58. 06: Policing
  59. 6.01: Policing in Ancient Times
  60. 6.02: Sir Robert Peel
  61. 6.03: Policing Eras
  62. 6.04: Levels of Policing and Role of Police
  63. 6.05: Recruitment and Hiring in Policing
  64. 6.06: Recruitment and Hiring Websites for Future Careers
  65. 6.07: Police Misconduct Accountability and Corruption
  66. 6.08: Current Issues - Police Shootings
  67. 6.09: Current Issues - Use of Force and Vehicle Pursuits
  68. 6.10: Current Issues- Stereotypes in Policing
  69. 6.11: Current Issues - Accountability
  70. 6.12: Current Issues - Internal Affairs and Discipline
  71. 6.13: Current Issues - Body Cameras
  72. 6.14: Myth - Police Only Write Speeding Tickets to Harass Citizens and it is Entrapment
  73. 07: Courts
  74. 7.01: Introduction to the U.S. Court System
  75. 7.02: Jurisdiction
  76. 7.03: Structure of the Courts - The Dual Court and Federal Court System
  77. 7.04: Structure of the Courts- State Courts
  78. 7.05: American Trial Courts and the Principle of Orality
  79. 7.06: The Appeals Process Standard of Review and Appellate Decisions
  80. 7.07: Federal Appellate Review of State Cases
  81. 7.08: Courtroom Players - Judges and Court Staff
  82. 7.09: Courtroom Players - Prosecutors
  83. 7.10: Courtroom Workgroup- Defense Attorneys
  84. 08: Corrections
  85. 8.01: A Brief History of The Philosophies of Punishment
  86. 8.02: Retribution
  87. 8.03: Deterrence
  88. 8.04: Rehabilitation
  89. 8.05: Prisons and Jails
  90. 8.06: A Brief History of Prisons and Jails
  91. 8.07: Types of Jails
  92. 8.08: Who Goes to Jail
  93. 8.09: Growth of Prisons in the United States
  94. 8.10: Types of Prisons
  95. 8.11: Prison Levels
  96. 8.12: Who Goes to Prison
  97. 09: Community Corrections
  98. 9.01: Diversion
  99. 9.02: Intermediate Sanctions
  100. 9.03: Probation
  101. 9.04: Drug Courts
  102. 9.05: Halfway Houses
  103. 9.06: House Arrest
  104. 9.07: Community Residential Facilities
  105. 9.08: Restorative Justice
  106. 9.09: Boot Camps
  107. 9.9.01: Boot Camps
  108. Shock Incarceration
  109. 9.10: Parole
  110. 9.11: Current Issues in Corrections
  111. 9.12: Current Issues in Corrections - Mass Incarceration
  112. 9.13: Current Issues in Corrections - War on Drugs and Gangs
  113. 9.14: Current Issues in Corrections- Aging and Overcrowding
  114. 9.15: Current Issues in Corrections- Reentry and the Future of Corrections
  115. 10: Juvenile Justice
  116. 10.01: Youth Crime
  117. 10.02: Juvenile Justice
  118. 10.03: History of the Juvenile Justice System
  119. 10.04: Delinquency
  120. 10.05: Juvenile Justice Process
  121. 10.06: Due Process in the Juvenile Court
  122. 10.07: The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974
  123. 10.08: Getting Tough - Initiatives for Punishment and Accountability
  124. 10.09: Returning to Rehabilitation in the Contemporary Juvenile Justice System
  125. 10.10: The Structure of the Juvenile Justice System
  126. 10.11: Juvenile Institutions