Crime & Punishment Terminology

Word Meaning --------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Violent crime A crime where someone uses or threatens force. Trauma : Serious physical or emotional harm. Crime mapping...

Word Meaning --------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Violent crime A crime where someone uses or threatens force. Trauma : Serious physical or emotional harm. Crime mapping Using maps to study crime locations. Hot spotting Identifying areas with frequent crime. Stop and frisk Police temporarily stopping and searching people. Franklin D. Roosevelt Democrat Harry S. Truman Democrat Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican John F. Kennedy Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson Democrat Richard Nixon Republican Gerald Ford Republican Jimmy Carter Democrat Ronald Reagan Republican Ideological shift A major change in political beliefs Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 A law taxing and restricting marijuana. punitive Focused on punishment Mass incarnation Jailing large numbers of people. Prison Industrial Complex Businesses profiting from inmates Reasonable solution A fair and logical fix. Self-fulfilling prophecy A belief that causes itself to come true. disproportionate impact Unequal effects on certain groups. Criminal justice reform Improving the legal and prison systems. Pre-trial diversion Programs to avoid trial for minor crimes. Boggs Act 1952 law increasing drug penalties. Narcortic Control Act 1956 law with stricter drug punishments. Rockafeller Drug Laws : Harsh New York drug penalties (1973). Terry V Ohio (1968) Court case allowing stop-and-frisk if reasonable suspicion exists.