Criminal Justice Theory
The law and theory of criminal justice
Jessmine Matthews
CJA/204
September 9, 2014
Julius Burns
The law and theory of criminal justice
Defining crime can come from many different perspectives such as psychological, legalistic, sociological, and even political views. Crime is defined as according to (Multi- Media) the conduct in violation of the criminal laws of the state, federal, government, or local jurisdiction, for which there is no legally acceptable justification or excuse. Crime is an act proscribed by law and subject to punishment. It can also be an omission instead of an act, namely a failure to act where the law imposes a duty to that particular act (Dressler, 2002). When it comes to defining some of the different …show more content…
Thee legislatures branch is the fix sentencing, providing monies for all the agencies that works for the criminal justice system. One of those main agencies is called the police department. This branch which is the first branch defines what exactly could and shall be called a crime. The judiciary branch is the second branch which basically is the trial courts. This branch gives the thumbs up on being able to evaluate the legislative acts in terms of if those head individuals are conforming to the constitutions. The third branch is the top of them all which I would say should be the first branch of the government structure is called the executive branch. This branch consists of the major, the president, and the governor within the United States. These individuals in particular can appoint who they want to be in the judge’s chambers, the head of criminal department agencies, and also who they want to be as …show more content…
One of those theories are the biological theory and its assumptions is that the basic determinants of human behavior, including criminality, may be passed on from generation to generation in the criminal environment (Schmalleger, 2011). The second is the psychological theories and this theory assumes that the defective or the abnormal mental process may have a variety of causes, including mind and inappropriate learning conditions that sometimes – occur in early child hood development (Schmalleger, 2011) . The final theory is the sociological theory and it assumes basically that the society and environment has a major impact on the person mind set to commit the
Jessmine Matthews
CJA/204
September 9, 2014
Julius Burns
The law and theory of criminal justice
Defining crime can come from many different perspectives such as psychological, legalistic, sociological, and even political views. Crime is defined as according to (Multi- Media) the conduct in violation of the criminal laws of the state, federal, government, or local jurisdiction, for which there is no legally acceptable justification or excuse. Crime is an act proscribed by law and subject to punishment. It can also be an omission instead of an act, namely a failure to act where the law imposes a duty to that particular act (Dressler, 2002). When it comes to defining some of the different …show more content…
Thee legislatures branch is the fix sentencing, providing monies for all the agencies that works for the criminal justice system. One of those main agencies is called the police department. This branch which is the first branch defines what exactly could and shall be called a crime. The judiciary branch is the second branch which basically is the trial courts. This branch gives the thumbs up on being able to evaluate the legislative acts in terms of if those head individuals are conforming to the constitutions. The third branch is the top of them all which I would say should be the first branch of the government structure is called the executive branch. This branch consists of the major, the president, and the governor within the United States. These individuals in particular can appoint who they want to be in the judge’s chambers, the head of criminal department agencies, and also who they want to be as …show more content…
One of those theories are the biological theory and its assumptions is that the basic determinants of human behavior, including criminality, may be passed on from generation to generation in the criminal environment (Schmalleger, 2011). The second is the psychological theories and this theory assumes that the defective or the abnormal mental process may have a variety of causes, including mind and inappropriate learning conditions that sometimes – occur in early child hood development (Schmalleger, 2011) . The final theory is the sociological theory and it assumes basically that the society and environment has a major impact on the person mind set to commit the