CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS - SOCL 227

TEST 1 REVIEW

Spring 2011

Different types of data: Official, victims surveys, self reports

            Most used form of each

            Characteristics and major criticisms

Different forms of data collection: Survey, cohort data, life history, etc.

UCR:

            Index Crimes

            “Clearing” crimes

            What is measured?  How?

National Crime Victimization Survey

Perspectives on Criminal Justice: Crime control, Rehabilitation, Due process, Restorative justice, Non-interventionist

Situational crime prevention

Biological theories on criminal behavior

Sources of criminal law

Chronic offenders: What are they?  Who first advanced this concept?

Age Crime Curve: Age peaks for violent and property crime

Gender and crime: Changing rates

Most reported crimes occur during which season?

The “dark figure of crime”

Procedural and substantive law

Decriminalized and legalized

Negligence as a criminal act

Why do victims NOT report crimes to the police?

What percentage of criminal cases is generally disposed of without a criminal trial?

Self report surveys are conducted most often on which group?

What are the major findings of Self Report Surveys?

Stare Decisis

Corpus Delecti:

            Mens Rea

            Actus Reus

            The relationship between Mens Rea and Actus Reus

            The three elements of a crime

Different sources of power in the criminal justice system (Legislature, Judiciary, and Executive): What does each do?

How many people are currently under the control of the correctional system?

Common Law

Civil and Criminal Law

            Different types of civil law

Consent as a criminal defense

Insanity defense: Durham rule, Irresistible impulse test, M’ Naghten Rule, Substantial capacity, Current Federal law

The 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 8^th, and 14^th Amendments

What is the purpose of police patrols?

Results of KC patrol experiment

% of officers’ time spent on crime related calls

Different types of patrol

How are police agencies organized?

On average how many arrests do officers make (Per year? Per month?)

Community Oriented Policing

            How does it work?

            What is its purpose?

            What is effective community policing?

            History of Community Oriented Policing