Introduction to Criminal Justice CJ 111

These notes cover the two routes to persuasion: central and peripheral. Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience are defined and explored.

Pro social behavior is defined, while also exploring differences caused by gender, culture, and the origins of pro social behavior. Social, Interpersonal, and Situational factors are explained.

This chapter introduces the cognition relevant to social psychology by reviewing the ABC's of psychology and describing schema and scripts. Theories of emotion are also explained.

This chapter introduces the two stage model of attribution, two stage model of prejudice, and dual process models for other topics related to social psychology; such as, aggression, persuasion, self esteem, stereotypes, ironic effects of mental control, and priming. It includes a chart that summarizes the findings.

This chapter describes cognitive appraisal, resources for social psychology and health, the will to live, and the role of health behavior.

This chapter introduces basic criminal justice concepts, including: three strikes law, due process model, crime control model, politics, civilian response, sentencing, sanctions, corrections, and the wedding cake model.

This chapter differentiates between common law, criminal law, and civil law. Substantive and Procedural law is also explained. The essential elements of a crime are introduced, as well as the hierarchy of law. Each type of felony and misdemeanor are defined and described.

This chapter introduces ways to research crime statistics; such as, the Uniform Crime Report, National Incident Based Reporting System, and the National Crime Victimization Survey.

This chapter explains the English roots of policing terms, along with the federal agencies in the system, such as the Department of Homeland Security, Justice, etc. State and Local agencies are also introduced.

This chapter describes the transition from a citizen to a patrol officer by teaching about the academy training process and personality types needed for the job.