CCJS 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Excessive Bail Clause, Model Penal Code, Ex Post Facto Law
9 Mar 2015
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Chapter 1: the criminal justice system (sept 4) Federalism and the justice system: federalism, a system of government in which power is divided between: Regional (state) governments: the majority of criminal laws are enacted and enforced at the state level. Mutual transfer between: ex: plea bargains, ethical issues, less than 10% of all cases make it to trial (other 90% charges to being dropped, take a plea) Police: four major duties, keeping the peace, apprehending violators and combating crime, preventing crime, providing social services. Courts- is guilty: dual court system, courts are responsible for adjudication- determining whether or not a defendant. 1 in every 33 are under supervision: less than 30% incarcerated, most are under community corrections, most popular form of correction is on probation. The flow of decision making in the criminal justice system: at each stage, decisions are made, filtering occurs throughout the process. The flow of decision making in the criminal justice system:
