On our second day of class, we reviewed "the rules" from last class meeting. Such as appearance, Lawtenberg Amendment, and the primacy effect. During this class meeting, he explained this assignment, "blogging." I was very excited because I used to blog during my middle and high school days. The basic rules of this blog are; (a) at least 100 words (b1) explain/discuss the lessons/materials learned in class (b2)list 10 interesting facts for each Chapter covered in class (c) discuss the events of and related to the class. As a class we went over the terminologies of Chapters 1 (Perspectives on Criminal Justice) & 2 (The nature and causes of crime).
Chapter 1 (Perspectives on Criminal Justice)
1. Media Portrayals- Media obscures the truth at some point, because their main goal is to keep us interested, therefor we are sometimes mislead or misinformed
2. Gallup poll on crime- guessing or assumptions on crimes
3. Vigilantism- when citizens take matters into their own hands w/o the permission of a law enforcement personnel
4. Scapegoating- Unfairly blaming others for crimes
5. Felonies- serious crime where the penalty is more than a year or $1,000
6. Misdemeanors- less serious crimes where the penalty is less than a year and under $1,000.
7. Criminalization- making things illegal
8. Decriminalization- changing a crime into a noncriminal act
9. Victimless crimes- where the offender and victim are the same people; or the behavior is consensual
10. Criminal Justice- law and order; management of police, courts and corrections and the study of causes of and treatment for crime
Chapter 2 (Nature and Causes of Crime)
1. Norms- social expectations of good behavior under different circumstances
2. Deviance- violation of the social norm, rudeness, disobedience, or gossiping
3. Mala in se- crimes evil within in themselves (i.e. robbery or murder)
4. Mala prohibitia- crimes that are evil because we believe/say it is so
5. Offenses against morality- crimes such as adultery, prostitution or gambling
6. Over criminalization- "over kill" not clearly defining the differences between inappropriate acts and criminal acts
7. Legalization- to allow certain acts to be practices or removing prohibited law from a criminal law
8. Positivism- individual human behavior is determined by the internal and external influences
9. Ethical view-sees crime as a moral failure in decision making
10. Labeling theory- by assuming someone is a bad person, we are actually encouraging that person to be bad
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