Criminal Justice Chapter 1

Stages of the Criminal Justice System?

• CPC

• Arrest, drive to jail, go to punishment

• Policing, Courts, and Corrections

• Prison, death penalty, and sentenced 10 years

Police:

• preserve and collect evidence

• eat donuts at Dunkin donuts

• arrest just because they want to

District Attorney (Prosecutor)

• Reviews information and determine what charges against defendent

• must have probable cause

• Plea Bargain, arraignment, or sit in jail longer

• All of the above

A plea bargain allows the defendant to enter a guilty plea for a lesser charge or reduced sentence.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Discretion is NOT the most powerful tool in the criminal justice system.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Ethics:

• Refers to the understanding good or bad behavior

• Law Enforcers use ethics everyday on the job

• ethics help to guide the discretion process

• Coming to school today was a good ethical choice

What is the wedding cake model?

• Bottom layer is the most important media cases

• The second layer on the cake is the non-violent felonies

• the first layer is the misdemeanor cases

• The third layer is NOT the violent felony cases

Crime control model

• To suppress and control crime

• The continue to have crime

• The individual rights of an individual

• The wedding cake model

Due Process Model

• Protection of individual rights and freedoms

• Protection for the officer

• To get the defendant back in jail

• Using the discretion