Criminal Justice System Paper

Resources: Reference and Citation Examples, located in the Center for Writing Excellence, and CJi Interactive

Complete the following CJi Interactive:

• Ch. 1: Learning Modules 
  • Criminal Justice Goals
  • Criminal Justice Process
  • Due Process vs. Crime Control
• Ch. 1: Myths & Issues Videos
  • Issue 1: Is the Criminal Justice System Really a System?
•  Ch. 2: Learning Modules
  • Defining Crime
  • Violent Crime
  • Property Crime
  • White Collar and Organized Crime 
•  Ch. 2: Myths & Issues Videos
  • Issue 1: Crime v. Deviance

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that includes the following: 

• Define crime, its relationship to the law, and the two most common models of how society determines which acts are criminal.
• Describe the government structure as it applies to the criminal justice system.
• Identify choice theories and their assumptions in regards to crime.
• Describe the components of the criminal justice system and the criminal justice process.
• Identify ethical challenges in criminal justice. 

Include information learned from the CJi Interactive activities in your paper.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.