Description should include the
- various changes in punishment/sentencing throughout the history of the criminal justice system
- evolution of police, the courts, and corrections in England
- concept of common law
- concept of mala in se and mala prohibita
- concept of precedent and stare decisis
- influence of Sir Robert Peel on modern policing
- progression of substantive American criminal laws from their bases in common law
- emergence of procedural law (case law) from substantive law.
Process/Skill Questions:
- What was a significant event in the history of the criminal justice system? How did that event affect the system?
- What is a situation in which societal pressure changed the criminal justice system in the United States?
- Where do most of the United States’ criminal justice laws come from?