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Crim B1 Introduction to Criminal Justice

Crim B1 Introduction to Criminal Justice. Bakersfield College Charles L. Feer, JD, MPA. What is Criminal Justice. Individual Rights vs. Public Order. Individual Rights The right of individuals to be protected from overzealous and intrusive government actions. Public Order

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Crim B1 Introduction to Criminal Justice

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  1. Crim B1 Introduction to Criminal Justice Bakersfield College Charles L. Feer, JD, MPA

  2. What is Criminal Justice • Individual Rights vs. Public Order

  3. Individual Rights The right of individuals to be protected from overzealous and intrusive government actions. Public Order The right of citizens to feel secure from criminal threats. Criminal Justice

  4. Criminal Justice • Can the Criminal Justice System be fair • To the individual while ensuring public safety? • “System” involves victims, defendants, police officers, prosecutors, judges, correctional officers, politicians, all striving for a “balance.”

  5. Criminal Justice System • Subcomponents: • Police (Cops) • Courts • Corrections

  6. Consensus Model A stable system with a high level of cooperation among agencies in the system. Conflict Model Self-serving, fragmented cooperation. Affected by outside influences such as political pressures, media coverage and use of discretion. Criminal Justice System

  7. Crime • Conduct (act of failure to act, when required to do so) that is a violation of the criminal laws of a state, the federal government or local jurisdiction, for which there is no legally acceptable justification or excuse, • With a determined punishment.

  8. Chronological Stages of a Criminal Case • Investigation and Arrest (Warrant) • Booking (Citation) • Bail (O.R.) • Preliminary Hearing / Grand Jury • Trial • Sentencing (Probation Dept.) • Corrections

  9. Justice Defined • Justice is… • The principal of fairness; • The ideal of moral equity.

  10. Criminal Justice vs. Social Justice • Criminal Justice – violations of the criminal law. • Civil Justice – fairness in relationships among citizens, government agencies, businesses in private matters. • Social Justice – embraces all aspects of civilized life and is linked to fundamental notions of fairness and to cultural beliefs about right and wrong.

  11. Profiling • Transporting Drugs vs. • “Driving while Brown”

  12. Profiling • Airport Screening Process • Personal Characteristics to utilize in screening potential dangerous passengers in an airport terminal.

  13. Next Week • Chapter One

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