Chapter 1 Terms in Bold Flashcards
Rules, habits, and customs a society uses to enforce conformity to its norms.
Social Control
When law enforcement detains and holds a criminal suspect or suspects (if one is held by the police and not free to leave)
Arrest
Process by which individuals acquire a personal identity and learn the norms, values, behavior, and social skills appropriate to their society.
Socialization
Action taken by a person or a group of people that violates the rules of society to the point that someone is harmed or society’s interests are harmed.
Crime
Social institution that has the mission of controlling crime by detecting, detaining, adjudicating, and punishing and/or rehabilitating people who break the law.
Criminal Justice
The idea that we must look beyond the obvious to evaluate how our social location influences how we perceive society.
Social Imagination
Small-scale person offenses such as a single-victim homicide, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, and vandalism.
Street Crime
State or federal institution that confines people convicted of crime who are serving sentences for longer than a year.
Prison
Suspension of all or part of a sentence subject to certain conditions and supervision in the community.
Probation
Written request to a higher court to modify or reverse the judgement of a trial court or intermediate-level appellate court.
Appeal
Official of a county or parish who primarily carries out judicial duties.
Sheriff
Court officer responsible for executing writs and processes, making arrests, and keeping order in the court.
Bailiff
Offense punishable by a sentence of more than a year in state or federal prison and sometimes by death.
Felony
Minor criminal offense punishable by a fine and/or jail time for up to one year.
Misdemeanor
Power of a criminal justice official to make decisions on issues within legal guidelines.
Discretion
