Exam 3: The Criminal Justice System

Using race or ethnicity as a sign of potential trouble-making behavior or dangerousness is called:

A type of discrimination that occurs within some contexts of criminal justice, or only in some places, is called:

The __________refer to losses suffered by inmates in prisons, including loss of freedom, but also being subjected to violence, sexual harassment and assault, and similar negative treatments by both other inmates and guards.

This is the term for crimes committed by crimes committed by people during the course of their job (e.g., embezzling money from a company):

This is the term for crimes committed by an organization incorporated to achieve some outcome (e.g., building a road, manufacturing a product):

According to your text, this is the minimum lost due to white-collar and corporate crimes every year.

Another form of culpability for criminal behavior occurs when a person harms another by doing something carelessly or without regard to human life or property. Such a crime would be committed:

The criminal law is ideally aimed at goals consistent with social justice,

__________are used by courts to produce fair sentences based on legal variables such as offense seriousness and prior record rather than extra-legal factors such as race and gender.-------------------------------

One form of culpability for criminal behavior occurs when a person harms another on purpose. Such a crime would be committed:

Which of the following is true of the courts, according to your text?

In what ways is criminal justice practice consistent with social justice? Use examples.