ICJ Reading Notes - Chapter 2 Summary - Essentials of Criminal Justice PDF

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Sigel Chapter Car Cloning: Stealing a vehicle, going to the auto dealership (at a neighboring state) and using the identification number of on the exact make a replica of the tag with the VIN (identification number). This makes it appear as if the correct documentation is there since the vehicle has never been reported lost or stole ●

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After the Civil War, there was a rise in crimes. When the war ended, people from both the north and shot headed towards the west where they became violently notorious gunmen. Eastern cities had controlled gang groups, while the south continued to have racially motivated crimes. This developed formal crime control agencies President Hoover (1931) appointed the National Commission or Law Observance and Enforcement President Johnson (1967) appointed the Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice The Criminal Justice System is a form of social control where society considers behaviors, tools or acts dangerous or destructive, these lead into controlling theses behaviors by stating how often it can happen, where it can happen or if it can even happen at all. Society has other ways of maintaining social order, for example, institutions having informal order which is there for moral reasons (school, home, work etc). But only agencies have the authority to formally punish someone for breaking the law Justice system is so expensive to run since there are a lot of employees, casualties, correctional facilities, so it can properly process and treat everyone who goes through the system formally. The crime rate has been at a decline during the past decade, but the justice system continues to grow and yet correctional populations increase as well....