Intro Criminal Justice Systems

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Across
  1. 2. The process by which procedures that feel fair to those involved are made.
  2. 7. A period of conditional supervised release in the community following a prison term
  3. 8. A state or federal confinement facility that has custodial authority over adults sentenced to confinement
  4. 10. Supported by the results of rigorous scientific research
  5. 13. The rights guaranteed to all members of American society by the U.S. Constitution
  6. 16. One who seeks to protect personal freedoms
  7. 17. The process or policy of reducing the number of persons in prisons, jails, and other confinement facilities
  8. 18. In violation of the criminal laws of a state, the federal government, or a local jurisdiction for which there is no legally acceptable justification or excuse.
  9. 20. The cessation of offending or other antisocial behavior.
  10. 21. A sentencing alternative that requires offenders to spend at least part of their time working for a community agency.
  11. 23. A policy that seeks to protect society by incarcerating individuals deemed to be the most dangerous
  12. 24. The existence within one society of diverse groups that maintain unique cultural identities while frequently accepting and participating in the larger society’s legal and political systems
Down
  1. 1. A sentence of imprisonment that is suspended
  2. 3. emphasizes individual rights at all stages of justice system processing
  3. 4. The number of inmates a prison can handle according to the judgment of experts
  4. 5. A sentence explicitly requiring the convicted offender to serve a period of confinement in a local, state, or federal facility, followed by a period of probation
  5. 6. Perspective that emphasizes the efficient arrest and conviction of criminal offenders
  6. 9. Characterized by social integration, consensus, smooth functioning, and lack of interpersonal and institutional conflict
  7. 11. Approach to the criminal justice system and to social justice treats violence and crime like infectious diseases, and analyzes risk factors to identify how they are spread
  8. 12. The implementation of fair and equitable procedures in the administration of justice.
  9. 14. Group is faced with social change, uneven development of culture, maladaptiveness, disharmony, conflict, and lack of consensus
  10. 15. The principle of fairness
  11. 18. According to this theoretical framework, justice is more a product of conflicts among agencies within the system than it is the result of cooperation among component agencies
  12. 19. System’s components work together harmoniously to achieve the social product we call justice
  13. 22. A court requirement that a convicted offender pay money or provide services to the victim of the crime