Exam 22: Community Justice

Community policing attempts to identify and work to make crime less likely to occur in them.

List and discuss the main arguments for and against the use of community justice strategies.

justice attempts to develop standardized approaches to crime problems that can be applied uniformly across the entire legal jurisdiction.

Traditional criminal justice employs strategies.

Community justice approaches always respect individual rights.

Which of the following is an argument against community justice?

In your opinion, is community justice likely to be more effective than traditional criminal justice? More economical? Be sure to fully explain your answers.

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below. a. Willingness to intervene on behalf of the common good b. Concentration of social problems c. Neighborhoods where arrests and going to prison are common d. Gives back to the community through justice e. Based in a state or local jurisdiction f. Seeking to repair wrongs done to a victim g. Focuses on resolving the problem behind a crime h. Focuses on guilt and fair punishment i. Analysis of why and where crimes tend to concentrate j. Seeking to improve and strengthen communities -Spatial concentration

Community justice is a philosophy of justice but does not specify strategies.

Research has shown that problems of violence stem directly from problems of .

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below. a. Willingness to intervene on behalf of the common good b. Concentration of social problems c. Neighborhoods where arrests and going to prison are common d. Gives back to the community through justice e. Based in a state or local jurisdiction f. Seeking to repair wrongs done to a victim g. Focuses on resolving the problem behind a crime h. Focuses on guilt and fair punishment i. Analysis of why and where crimes tend to concentrate j. Seeking to improve and strengthen communities -Collective efficacy

Traditional justice attempts to develop standardized approaches to crime problems that are applied uniformly across the entire legal jurisdiction.

List and describe the ways in which community justice differs from criminal justice in its philosophy, strategy, and programs.

The term describes mutual trust among neighbors combined with willingness to intervene on behalf of the common good.

The community justice strategy of seeks to change the places where crime occurs.

are those areas where crime seems constant; community policing attempts to change the dynamic of those areas.

The approach to crime prevention begins with an analysis of why crime tends to concentrate in certain locations and certain times.

Traditional criminal justice is oriented toward .

is mutual trust among neighbors combined with a willingness to intervene for the common good.

Traditional criminal justice is .