Chapter 5 and Chapter 6

Listed below are some of the important* facts throughout Chapter 5 (Criminal Law) and Chapter 6 (The Criminal Justice System).
*(in my opinion they are important)

Chapter 5- Criminal Law

1. Criminal Law is the set of formal rules designed to maintain social control`
2. Substantive criminal law are laws defining the specific behaviors prohibited under the criminal law
3. Procedural law-rules of adjudication of individuals suspected of violating the law
*All states as well as the federal government have both substantive and procedural criminal laws, which vary somewhat among jurisdictions
4. Constitutions are used by society as a major source that guides their enactment of special laws and the application of those laws by courts.
5. Statutes are specific laws passed by legislatures that prohibit or mandate certain acts
6. Court decisions (or case laws) involves the judges' interpreting laws passed by legislatures to determine their applicability in a given case or to clarify their meaning
7. Administrative regulations are rules applied to organizations that are designed to protect public health, safety, and welfare in the market place
* Listed above are the four main sources of Criminal Law.
8. Criminal Justice System are independent government agencies that have been set up to deal with different aspects of crime and treatment of offenders, including law enforcement, the courts, and corrections
9. Due process is a legal protection included in the United States constitution that guarantees all citizens the right to be adjudicated under established law and legal procedures
10. Intention is the conscious purposiveness; a factor in the determination of criminal responsibility

Chapter 6- The Criminal Justice System

*The main types of criminal justice agencies are law enforcement agencies, courts (including trial and appeal courts) and correctional systems. All three types are found at all three levels of government (federal, state, and local).
1. The criminal justice system process acts like a filter in which the agencies of criminal justice each capture a share of law violators.
2. Law enforcement agencies main tasks are: (a) to protect people and their rights (b) apprehend those who violate laws (c) prevent crimes and (d) provide social services; also known as policing
*Courts (both state and federal court system) have three basic types of jurisdiction:
3. Limited Jurisdiction which have narrow legal authority over specific types of matters
4. General Jurisdiction have most trials for felonies also trials in major civil cases
5. Appellate Jurisdiction review specific legal issues raised in trial courts.,
*Corrections, exist at all three levels of government (federal, state, and local)
6. Local jails are facilities used to detain adults awaiting trial and offenders serving sentences of one year or less
7. Probation is a system under which a person convicted of a crime serves a sentence in the community under the supervision of a probation officer
8. Procedural law specifies how people accused of crimes will be treated
9. Probable cause is a reasonable link between a specific person and a particular crime; the legal threshold required before the police can arrest or search an individual
10. Warrant is a sworn statement by police gar attest to the existence of a probable cause in a given case; it is signed by a judge who agrees with the officer's assesment of the facts