CRIM 220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: An Essay On Criticism, Operationalization, National Criminal Justice Reference Service
25 Jan 2018
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Chapter 1: crime, criminal justice, and scientific inquiry. Criminal justice professionals are both consumers and producers of research: the national criminal justice reference service was established in 1972 to archive and distribute research reports to criminal justice professionals and researchers around the world. People in each of the three groups were assigned to home detention for a specified time. They could complete the program in one of three ways: (1) successful release after completing their term (2) removal due to rule violations (being arrested again or violating program rules) (3) ru(cid:374)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g a(cid:449)a(cid:455) (cid:894)(cid:862)a(cid:271)s(cid:272)o(cid:374)di(cid:374)g(cid:863)(cid:895) It was revealed that the elmo equipment was not maintained properly, police not visiting homes of juveniles as planned. This book focuses on how we know what we know. The role of science: an assertion must have both logical and empirical support: it must make sense and it must agree with actual observations. Crim 220: we trust the judgment of individuals who have special training, expertise, etc.
