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is there crime in every society - ✔✔yes. there is crime in every society.
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which type of crime is our biggest problem - ✔✔violent crime
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what are norms - ✔✔behavioral expectation
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what is crime - ✔✔an intentional act or omission to act, neither justified nor excused, that is in
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violation of the criminal law punishable by the state || || || || || || || ||
what differentiates one society from the next - ✔✔it is the behavior it defines as normal,
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appropriate, and law abiding and behavior it labels deviant, inappropriate, and criminal || || || || || || || || || || ||
what is the criminal justice system change with - ✔✔protecting the public, maintaining order,
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enforcing laws, identifying offenders, bring the guilty to justice, and treating and punishing
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convicted persons, steps in || || ||
is crime functional - ✔✔yes, it helps a society to progress, and it may lead to needed social
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change
since 1968, name the six pieces of legislation the u.s. congress passed as crime fighting legislation
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- ✔✔omnibus crime control bill and safe street act of 1968, comprehensive crime control act of
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1984, crime control act of 1990, violent crime control and law enforcement act of 1994, usa
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patriot act of 2001, usa patriot improvement and reauthorization act of 2005
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what was the purpose of the crime fighting legislation - ✔✔the purpose of each act was to prevent
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crime, particulary as it spireled out of control between 1960 and 1991 and with the growing
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concerns about terrorism in the years following the september 11, 2001, attacks on the world trade
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center and pentagon
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is passing sentencing legislation a function of the criminal justice system - ✔✔no, it is the
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what does the u. s. criminal justice system consist of - ✔✔three major parts law enforcement,
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courts, corrections ||
what does the law enforcement at the federal level consist of - ✔✔federal bureau of investigation,
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drug enforcement administration, secret service, and u. s. marshals
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what does the law enforcement at the state level consist of - ✔✔state police, highway patrol, state
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fish and game || ||
what does the law enforcement at the local level consist of - ✔✔municipal police, county police,
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and town constables
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what does the courts at the federal level consist of - ✔✔u. s. supreme court, u. s. courts of appeal,
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u. s. district courts, and federal magistrates
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what does the courts at the state level consist of - ✔✔state supreme court, and state court of
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appeals
what does the courts at the local level consist of - ✔✔criminal court, city or town court, justice of
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the peace court, traffic court, and juvenile court
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what does the corrections at the federal level consist of - ✔✔federal bureau of prisons, federal
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probation, and federal parole || || ||