CJ 300 Chapter 1

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CJ 300 Chapter 1

• Criminal Justice Organizations
• And the Administration of Justice

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Criminal Justice
Interdisciplinary Science

• Law
• Sociology
• Psychology
• Political Science
• Public Administration

• History
• Economics
• Physics
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Geography

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Profession?

• Clearly defined body (organized body) of
  knowledge
• Code of Ethics
• Ongoing (Advanced) Education
• Uniform standards of excellence for selection,
  education, and performance
• An unequivocal service orientation
• Professional organizations
• (Shigley, 1987, modified)

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System
Feedback
Input Process Output
Closed vs Open System
CJ LEN CTS CORR
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Research Design
DV
IV
AV
INV
IV Independent Variable DV Dependent
Variable INV Intervening Variable AV
Antecedent Variable (Confounding Variables)
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Causation

• Necessary
• Sufficient
• Order

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Variable vs Constant

• Value
• Measure
• Levels of Measurement
• Nominal
• Ordinal
• Interval
• Ratio

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Population vs Sample

• Population
• Sample Stage
• Sample
• Representative

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Measurement

• Unit of Analysis
• Individual Unit of AnalysisBehaviors and
  attitudes of specific personsPersonality
• Interpersonal Unit of AnalysisGroup interactions
  and processesSyntality (group personality

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Units of Analysis

• Law EnforcementArrests, Convictions, Clearance
  Rate, Tickets, Prevention, Diversion, Complaints,
  Officers, Patrolling, FIs, etc.
• CourtsPersonnel, Cases Filed, Cases Processed,
  Wait Time, Convictions, Non-convictions,
  Diversions, Diversions, etc.
• CorrectionsPersonnel, Inmates, Census, Intakes,
  Releases, Probationers, Parole, Diversions,
  Recidivists, Violent Incidents, Bunking, etc.

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Questions?