Question 1

How do the crime control and due process models differ in their view of mistakes?

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Question 2

Discuss Samuel Walker's wedding cake model of criminal justice. Identify each layer of the model, and provide an example of a crime that fits into each layer. How is this model relevant to our culture of heavy media coverage of crime?

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Question 3

Choose two roles you currently play or would like to play in the criminal justice process. Explain how you fit into these two roles, and include how the decisions you make in these roles are relevant to criminal justice.

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Question 4

Choose one controversial case discussed in the chapter. Describe the case, identify the controversial issue central to the case, and discuss how the case illustrates the complexity of many criminal justice issues.

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Question 5

Identify one actor from each component of the criminal justice system. Discuss how the ethical decision making of these actors can have lasting ramifications for others.

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Question 6

Identify three accomplishments of criminal justice higher education.

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Question 7

According to Samuel Walker, why is it important for officials to weigh the seriousness of a case before proceeding?

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Question 8

Choose one actor in the court subsystem, and identify how this actor promotes public safety.

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Question 9

To what extent is the criminal justice system a system and a nonsystem? Include the four facets of the criminal justice system that argue that it is a system.

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Quiz 1: Introduction to Criminal Justice