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JUS331 CH.4 Notes
Course: Juvenile Justice System (JUS331)
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University: Southern New Hampshire University
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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