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CSCI 130 Criminal Justice Notes

CSCI 130 Criminal Justice Notes. I. CJS Components a. The CJS consists of the police, courts, and corrections b. the Juvenile Justice System is usually set apart but is included as part of it. c. It is part of the Executive branch of government

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CSCI 130 Criminal Justice Notes

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  1. CSCI 130Criminal Justice Notes

  2. I. CJS Components • a. The CJS consists of the police, courts, and corrections • b. the Juvenile Justice System is usually set apart but is included as part of it. • c. It is part of the Executive branch of government • d. It has several levels: federal, state, and local

  3. II. The Rediscovery of the CJS (James Inciardi) • a. Inciardi claims that the CJS was rediscovered in the 1960’s • b. Leading up to this were several happenings in the previous decades. • c. 1800’s: the beginning of cities and their corruption; close ties of police and local political machines. • d. 1920’s: continued corruption but some attempts to reform local government by the Progressive Party; Some crime commission activity; no national attention to crime • e. 1930’s: national attention on Depression; some attention to “gangsters” who enjoyed some popular support; still no national concern with crime

  4. f. 1940’s: nation concerned with WW II and its aftermath • g. 1950’s: nation concerned with Communism (“Red Scare”); Korean War; McCarthyism; development of interstate road system enhanced mobility • h. 1960’s: Decade of the criminal justice revolution; due to wide-spread urban unrest (college students, civil rights advocates); war in Viet Nam; increased illicit drug use; actual rise in crime; national attention directed to crime issues • i. Presidential election of 1964 and the Goldwater law and order theme

  5. j. President Johnson’s President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice, (1965); “Challenge of Crime in a Free Society (1967), first real mention of a criminal justice system; recommendations for more effective system • k. Selective Incorporation of parts of the Bill of Rights by Warren Court; applied some of the Bill of Rights to the states • l. 1968 Omnibus Crime Control Bill created, among other things, LEAA; LEEP; impact of both • m. National attention on crime today varies; continued concern with due process vs. public safety; impact of technology

  6. III. Discretion and the CJS • a. Sequence of events in the criminal justice system encompasses a number of points where decisions are made to keep or discard defendants; importance and impact of discretion in system • b. CJS and the wedding cake model • c. CJS as a funnel

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