CCJS 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Malum Prohibitum, Wedding Cake, Indictment

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Criminology & Criminal Justice
• Course: CCJS 100
• Professor: Justine Madoo

Document Summary

Chapter 1: 3 goals of the criminal justice system. Preventing crime: mala in se behaviors that are wrong in themselves. Ex: murder: mala prohibita behaviors that society decides are wrong. Ex: gambling: factors that have caused the expansion of federal laws and involvement in the criminal justice system. International criminal activities: 3 subsystems of the criminal justice system. >>the us has a dual court system a separate judicial system for each state in addition to a national system. Each case is tried in a court of the same jurisdiction as that of the law(s) broken. >>responsible for adjudication the process of determining whether the defendant is guilty. >>less than 30% of convicted offenders are in prisons and jails the rest are under supervision in the community: 4 major characteristics of the workings of the criminal justice system. Discretion the authority to make decisions without reference to specific rules or facts, instead of using one"s own judgement.