Sociology 2253A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Populism, Canadian Indian Residential School System, Adversarial System
17 Dec 2016
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Chapter 2: the structure and process of criminal justice. Criminology: the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior. Criminal justice: the study of social control and the agencies that are involved in the apprehension, prosecution, defence, sentencing, incarceration, and supervision of those suspected or charged with or convicted with criminal offences. Both share similarities the study of law and legislation, the study of crime trends and patterns, and the formulation and application of the criminal law. Criminal justice is not a sub-field of criminology (see box 2. 1) The failure of agencies sharing information can have significant consequences for victims, offenders and the community. Criminal justice system: all agencies, organizations, and personnel that are involved in the prevention of, response to, crime and to persons charged with criminal offences and persons convicted of crimes. Models of criminal justice administration: due process vs crime control.
