Overview of the Criminal Justice System

The administrative recording of the arrest. Involving, suspect's name, charges, fingerprints or photographs

Cases that are not resolved through plea bargaining or by a jury trial are decided by a judge in a:

A written order typically issued by a lower court judge directing law enforcement officers to seize a person

A group of citizens who for a specific period of times meets in closed sessions, investigate charges for hearings

Like the family, school, organized religion, the media, and the law, criminal justice is a(n)

A document that charges that an offense has been committed by a person or persons named or described

A(n) ___ is a charging document specifying that an offense has been committed by person named or described

A relatively serious offense punishment by death or confinement in a state or federal prison for more than one year.

A lesser crime that can result in up to a year in jail and /or a $1000 fine.

In the case of a misdemeanor or an ordinance violation, a(n) ___ may be held

A trial before a judge without a jury

About ___ of criminal defendants plead guilty to the charges against them, in an arrangement called plea bargaining.

Usually the violation of the laws of a city or town

A politically defined geographical area.

The booking process typically involves:

The term jurisdiction, as used in your text, means:

When politically conservation values are dominant in society, the principles of __ seem to dominate the operation of CJ

The seizing of a person and detaining him or her in custody by lawful authority

The conditional release of prisoners before they have served their full sentence

If defendants are not satisfied with the outcome of their trials, then they have the right to:

A written accusation by a grand jury that one or more persons have committed a crime.

The practice where the prosecutor, defense attorney, his/her client & judge agree to a charge instead of going to trial

According to a study which of the following types of news stories dominates local TV news shows?

Usually is money deposited with the that is supposed to ensure that suspects or defendants appear at trial

A pretrial stage to hear the indictment and allow a plea.