Criminal Justice
An Overview of the System
ADAM J. MCKEE
Section 1.1: The Criminal Justice System
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Learning Resources
| Learning Objectives | |
| 1.1(a) | Describe the differences between the individual rights and public-order perspective. |
| 1.1(b) | Describe the need for a system of order maintenance within society, and explain the role of law within that system. |
| 1.1(c) | Explain the structure of the criminal justice system in terms of the three major components using the vocabulary of criminal justice. |
| 1.1(d) | Understand the goals of the criminal justice system. |
| 1.1(e) | Describe how justice can be defined from various perspectives. |
Slide Presentations
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Key Terms
- Adversarial (legal system)
- Bench Trial
- Bill of Rights
- Civil Liberties
- Corrections
- Courts
- Crime
- Criminal Justice System
- Defendant
- Defense Attorney
- Discretion
- Due Process
- Due Process Clause
- Equality (in Justice)
- Equity (in Justice)
- Exclusionary Rule
- Fifth Amendment
- Finder of Fact
- Fourteenth Amendment
- Incarceration
- Individual Rights
- Jail
- Judge
- Jury
- Just Deserts
- Justice
- Lex Talionis
- Parole
- Police
- Prison
- Probation
- Procedural Justice
- Prosecutor
- Retributive Justice
- Rule of Law
- Sheriff
- Sheriff’s Deputies
- Statute
- Trial by Jury
- United States Code
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Last Updated: 04/21/2021