Intro to CJ Exam #2 Review

almost always requires the testimony of the victim

“eye for an eye”; offenders deserve to be punished for criminal behavior​

served as blueprint for current incarceration facilities​

Designed to prevent crime in the general population

law is created to deter people from committing crimes using the threat of punishment

change the legal consequences of behaviors occurring prior to the enactment of the law​

Law that describes which behaviors have been defined as criminal offenses

Wrote On crime and punishment​ est. by Cesare Beccaria​

a person who is forced or coerced into committing a crime​

Cases are between two individuals. ​Sentences involve money damages, not incarceration.

Mandatory Sentence;Criminal Law must emphasize penalties to encourage citizens to obey the law.

First "Written Law" & Follows the eye-for-eye Philosophy.

to deter only the individual offender from committing that crime in the future.

overturned Plessy decision holding that racial segregation violated the equal protection clause

Repayment by an offender for the victim’s injury or loss is essential to notions of justice

separate but equal doctrine

greatest good for the greatest number​

weigh the costs and benefits of their actions in order to maximize pleasure and minimize pain

"Making sure that punishment takes place whenever a criminal act is committed"

“Guilty deed”; Occurs when a person engages in a behavior prohibited by the criminal law

“Guilty mind”​; Present when a person acts purposefully, knowingly, recklessly, or negligently​

Law that says how the criminal justice system is allowed to deal with those who break the law