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ICriminal
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Crime | conduct that violates criminal laws of a state, federal government, or local jurisdiction, without a justifiable excuse |
| Procedural Fairness | the process where decision that feel fair to those involved are made |
| Individual Rights Advocates | they seek to protect the personal freedoms within society and the criminal justice process |
| Public Order Advocates | they believe that under certain circumstances where there is a criminal threat to the public, the interests of society take precedence over individual rights |
| Justice | the principle of Fairness; the ideal of moral equity |
| Social Justice | an ideal embracing all aspects of civilized life; linked to notions of Fairness and cultural believe about right and wrong |
| Civil Justice | concerned with fairness in relationships between citizens, government agencies, and businesses in private matters |
| Criminal Justice | the aspects of social justice that concern violations of the criminal law |
| Administration of Justice | the performance of basic activities within the criminal justice system |
| Consensus Model | assumes justice system components work together to achieve justice |
| Conflict Model | assumes justice system components function to serve their own interests; justice results from conflict rather than cooperation |
| Due Process Model | emphasizes individual Rights at all stages of justice system processing |
| Evidence based practice | crime-fighting strategies that have been tested and are based on social science research |
| Multiculturalism | society containing diverse groups that maintain unique cultural identities while accepting the larger political systems |
| Social Diversity | difference between individuals and groups in the same society |
| Cultural Competence | the ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures |