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JUS331 CH.4 Notes

Lecture notes on chapter 4
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● Empirical validity - describes how closely an idea corresponds to empirical data (what we observe ● Paradigm - a distinct set of thoughts; a school of thoughts ● Free will- acting on one’s own discretion, not believing in fate ● Codified - arranging laws or rules into a systematic code; for example, state laws are codified ● Rules of law - restriction of the arbitrary use of power by established laws ● Deterrence - act of discouraging an action by instilling doubt or fear of the consequences ● Mitigating circumstances - situations and factors that lead to an event, for example, bullying that preceded a student from hitting another student ● Aggravating circumstance- factors that increase the severity or culpability of a criminal act, including, but not limited to, heinousness of the crime, lack of remorse, and prior conviction of another crime ● Forced sterilization - programs or government policies that mandated the surgical sterilization preventing individuals the ability to have children

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JUS331 CH.4 Notes

Course: Juvenile Justice System (JUS331)

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Empirical validity - describes how closely an idea corresponds to empirical data (what we
observe
Paradigm - a distinct set of thoughts; a school of thoughts
Free will- acting on one’s own discretion, not believing in fate
Codified - arranging laws or rules into a systematic code; for example, state laws are
codified
Rules of law - restriction of the arbitrary use of power by established laws
Deterrence - act of discouraging an action by instilling doubt or fear of the consequences
Mitigating circumstances - situations and factors that lead to an event, for example,
bullying that preceded a student from hitting another student
Aggravating circumstance- factors that increase the severity or culpability of a criminal
act, including, but not limited to, heinousness of the crime, lack of remorse, and prior
conviction of another crime
Forced sterilization - programs or government policies that mandated the surgical
sterilization preventing individuals the ability to have children