Key Terms
for
JUSTICE BLIND?
(By Dr. Matthew
Robinson)
www.justiceblind.com
Forward
crime
crime control model
homicide
terrorism
Uniform Crime Reports (UCR)
Chapter
1
adversarial
appeal
arraignment
arrest
bail
beyond a reasonable doubt
booking
clearing a case by arrest
corrections
corrective justice
courts
crime
crime control
crime control model
crime prevention
criminal justice network
criminal justice system
dark figure of crime
doing justice
due process
due process model
grand jury
indictment
information
initial appearance
jail
justice as a process
justice as an outcome
lady Justitia
parole
police
plea bargaining
preliminary hearing
preliminary investigation
preventive detention
prison
probable cause
probation
procedural justice
reducing crime
release on recognizance (ROR)
secondary investigation
sentencing
system
Themis
trial
Chapter 2
calculability
control
going rate
efficiency
ideology
mandatory sentencing
McDonaldization
police profiling
politics
population control
power
predictability
problem-oriented policing
pyrrhic defeat theory
serving limited interests
social reality of crime
supermax prison
three strikes laws
victimless crime
zero-tolerance policing
Chapter 3
acquittal
administrative law
beyond a reasonable doubt
case law
civil law
collective conscience
common law
conflict view of the law
consensus view of the law
constitutional law
criminal conviction
criminal law
due process
habeas corpus petition
hard money
interest group
law
liability
mala in se crime
mala prohibita crime
natural law
political action committee (PAC)
positive law
preponderance of the evidence
procedural criminal law
social contract
soft money
statutory law
substantive criminal law
Chapter 4
act
actus reus
agreement to act
alibi
attempt
conspiracy
corporate violence
crime
crime by any other name
crime trend
crimes known to the police
culpability
dark figure of crime
deregulation
elite deviance
Group A Offense
Group B Offense
excuse
failure to act
intentionally
International Crime Survey (ICS)
justification
knowingly
legal definition of crime
means rea
National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
National Incidence Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
natural definition of crime
negligently
Part I Index Offense
Part II Index Offense
procedural defense
property crime
self-report study
serious crime
street crime
Uniform Crime Reports (UCR)
victimization
violent crime
white-collar crime
white-collar deviance
without defense or justification
Chapter 5
Chicken Little Phenomenon
imitation
inner ring of the media
manipulative model
market model
media
middle ring of the media
moral panic
organizational model
outer ring of the media
social control theories
social learning theories
Chapter 6
arrest
community policing
crime analysis
Department of Homeland Security
discretion
enforcing laws
exclusionary rule
field training officer (FTO)
formal social control
incident-driven policing
informal social control
innocent bias
jurisdiction
Law Enforcement Code of Conduct
police corruption
police profiling
police subculture
preserving the peace
preventing crime
probable cause
problem-oriented policing
providing services
stealth racism
totality of circumstances
typical police officer
upholding rights
war on crime
Chapter 7
adjudicator
administrator
affirmative defense
alibi
appellate court
assigned counsel
bail
charge bargaining
challenge for cause
circuit court
closing arguments
coercion
community defender organization
contracting attorney
courthouse regular
courtroom workgroup
defense attorney
directed verdict
district court
dual court system
general jurisdiction
going rate
horizontal bargaining
house counsel for police
hung jury
indictment
indigent
information
initial appearance
judge
jurisdiction
jury instructions
limited jurisdiction
mistrial
nationally known attorney
negotiator
opening statements
panel attorney
peremptory challenge
plea bargaining
precedent
presumption of innocence
pre-trial phase
preventive detention
private attorney
prosecutor
public defender
reasonable doubt
rebuttal witness
representative of the court
specific jurisdiction
stare decisis
trial counsel for police
vertical bargaining
voir dire
Chapter 8
aggravating factor
certainty of punishment
collective incapacitation
criminal sanction
determinate sentence
deterrence
escalation
federalization of incarceration
fixed sentence
general deterrence
general incapacitation
incapacitation
incarceration
indeterminate sentence
intermediate sanction
jail
mandatory sentence
minimum maximum sentence
mitigating factor
nurturant strategies
parole
prison
probation
punishment
recidivism
rehabilitation
retribution
selective incapacitation
sentence
sentencing guidelines
special deterrence
specific deterrence
supervised release
truth-in-sentencing laws
utilitarianism
vengeance
Chapter 9
collateral damage
college of crime
community corrections
Convict Criminology
Convict School of Criminology
deprivation of goods and services
deprivation of heterosexual relationships
discretionary release
disparity
felony disenfranchisement
imprisonment
intermediate sanctions
institutional corrections
jail
labeling theory
loss of autonomy
loss of dignity
loss of liberty
loss of security
loss of voting rights
mandatory release
pains of imprisonment
parole
prison
prisonization
probation
reintegrative shaming
social disorganization
stability of punishment
stigmatization
supermax prison
technical violation
Chapter 10
aggravated murder
aggravating factor
anecdotal evidence
arbitrary
best bet hypothesis
brutalization effect
Capital Jury Project
capital punishment
death-qualified jury
deterrence
discrimination
general deterrence
geographic disparity
incapacitation
just desserts
lex talionis
mitigating factor
moratorium
retribution
special deterrence
specific deterrence
super due process
vengeance
Chapter 11
analgesic
Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM)
asset forfeiture
consumer country
crime associated with a drug-using lifestyle
crime tariff
criminal subculture
crop eradication
decertification
decriminalization
depressant
displacement model
drug
drug abuse
Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN)
drug-defined crime
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
drug-related crime
drug use
economic compulsive homicide
hallucinogen
harm reduction
inhalant
institutional discrimination
interdiction
legalization
methadone maintenance
Monitoring the Future Survey (MFS)
moral panic
narcotic
National Household Survey of Drug Abuse (NHSDA)
needle exchange program
neurotransmitter
Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
opiate
physical dependence
producer country
psychological dependence
psychopharmacological homicide
replacement model
Schedule I drug
Schedule II drug
Schedule III drug
Schedule IV drug
Schedule V drug
secondary crime
sedative
stimulant
street level drug enforcement
subterfuge model
Survey of Health Related Behavior Among Military Personnel
systemic homicide
tolerance
transporter country
war on drugs
withdrawal
Chapter 12
Chicago School of Criminology
chivalry hypothesis
contextual discrimination
criminalblackman
cultural perspective
differential opportunity
environmental racism
evil woman hypothesis
income
income inequality
innocent bias
innovation
institutional discrimination
institutional racism
paternalism hypothesis
poverty wage
retreatism
social disorganization
strain theory
structural perspective
systemic discrimination
theory of focal concerns
underclass
underemployment
unemployment
wealth
Chapter 13
planned change
social justice
unplanned change