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| The ultimate goal of the criminal justice system in America is | achieving crime control through due process. |
| The theme of this book is | one of individual rights versus public order. |
| List the stages of case processing that characterize the American system of criminal justice, and describe each stage. | 3 |
| What is meant by the term due process of law? | 4. |
| Where in the American legal system are guarantees of due process found? | 3. |
| What is the role of research in criminal justice? | 4 |
| What is meant by the term evidence- based practice? | 5 |
| How can research influence crime- control policy? | 6 |
| What is multiculturalism? | 7 |
| What is social diversity? | 8 |
| What impact do multiculturalism and diversity have on the practice of criminal justice in contemporary American society? | 11 |
| Describe the American experience with crime during the last half century. What noteworthy criminal incidents or activities can you identify during that time, and what so-cial and economic conditions might have produced them? | 12 |
| What is the theme of this book? | 13 |
| According to that theme, what are the differences between the individual- rights perspective and the public- order perspective? | 14 |
| What is justice? | 15 |
| What aspects of justice does this chapter discuss? | 16 |
| How does criminal justice relate to social justice and to other wider notions of equity and fairness? | 17 |
| What are the main components of the criminal justice system? | 18 |
| How do they interrelate? | 19 |
