Comparing The Systems Associated With The Criminal Justice System
Question 1
Given the amount of crime that occurs in society, it is essential to both study and compare the systems associated with criminal justice. There are a variety of approaches that have been implemented in order to shift the amount of crime prevalent in society. Criminal justice ideas and concepts were created with the hope of providing some context for why individuals do the things they do and how individuals affected can find or have some resolution as a result of the events that are executed. Criminal law is meant to be a form of enforcement and in essence, provide and offer justice to a variety of components in society. Those who opt to study criminal justice with its many systems and perspectives are seeking to thoroughly understand …show more content…
the inner workings of the justice system and its infrastructure.
When discussed, the criminal justice system is typically broken down into components that include law enforcement, which are those who consider investigating criminal acts and issues.
The court system is another component that consists of both the judges and juries that take on cases and render verdicts on the guilty. A third component is corrections, which operates with the intention of enacting punishment on the criminals and hopefully reforming them. Those who take a liking to the criminal justice systems and viewpoints on issues extensively study it with the hopes of having not only the knowledge, but the know-how to utilize what they have learned.
For example, should an individual be stopped by police and be treated unfairly as has been done in some cases, if they understand the legal system and what law enforcement can and cannot do, then if something occurs that is contrary to what they have learned, then law enforcement will not be able to carry on with what they have done. An example of this nature tends to result in some kind of legal amendment or change to an existing law or policy associated with criminal …show more content…
justice.
Another example if the criminal justice system at work is the advancement of ways that evidence can be not only collected but evaluated. Given the quantity of crimes that occur within society, it becomes necessary for all components of the criminal justice to not only collect evidence, but critically evaluate it when bringing a case to the courts. With the numerous individuals that work to diligently discover the validity of evidence in a criminal case, this assists the criminal justice system as a whole in becoming much more effective in curtailing crime on a nationwide – and to a certain extent, national scale. Understanding issues and the systems within criminal justice is important then not only for change, but in making sure the current operational infrastructure in managed effectively and efficiently. As with all systems, there are problems that are in need of fixing, but for the most part – the criminal justice system currently in place does what it can to keep crime to a minimum and exact justice whenever it is needed to.
Question 2 One of the many transnational crimes that affects the community is cybercrime. While other transnational crimes like human smuggling and torture are discussed on a significant level, cybercrime is an extensive problem in local communities such as my own. Since cybercrime is such a prominent crime on a transnational level, there are strategies that have been recommended to combat it. Cybercrime attempts to exploit through the Internet mainly to gain substantive influence in a variety of areas that may range from commerce to government to political arenas. How can cybercrime be dealt with?
On one level, individuals need to have the proper security software on their computers when using the Internet to prevent issues from occurring. This means installing software like McAfee or Norton that can protect one's computer from issues like malware. This software has removal tools that keep out other issues that can be problematic if not dealt with accordingly. Cybercrime can affect individuals on a mental, physical and/or financial level and because of this, other strategies are often taken to prevent it. Other strategies that can be used by individuals on a local level is to ensure that passwords that are established are done so with a strong amount of number, letter and special character combinations - and changing them frequently. Individuals like myself can secure mobile devices and become much savvier about the Internet and the protection needed. At the local level, organizations can be created that can assist in monitoring issues related to cybercrime that are separate from those at the federal level and those like Norton that have to be purchase din order to effectively prevent it.
Since cybercrime operates across a network via many countries and individuals seeking to do harm, this means that there is a collective need for something to be done. There are organizations like the National Crime Prevention Council that seek to combat criminal activity that takes place both in the public and private sectors, but this is on a national level - not a local level. As such, there needs to be more of collective emphasis on creating groups that seek to handle cybercrime at the communal level. This seems to be lacking despite the growing amount of issues that cybercrime causes - and the fact that it is a transnational problem that needs solving. In addition to this, local law enforcement agencies can become involved in dealing with this transnational issue in order to ensure that cybercrime is stopped as quickly as possible. The onus is also on individuals like myself in reporting when cybercrimes occur or there is a significant risk that one is likely to
happen.
Question 3 The International Crime Victims Survey is a particular type of survey that was created in order to reduce the amount of crimes on a national and international level. The International Crime Victim Survey provides a measure of crimes that are common to societies and can include minor offenses also. There is a comparative dynamic that occurs with the survey between countries that are both developing and already developed. The survey has been repeated in a variety of countries in order to establish and compare trends in the area of crimes over a certain amount of time.
The International Crime Victims Survey is a type of questionnaire that has specific questions about certain types of crimes and the respondent associated with the responses has to be detailed in their responses in order for there to be a gleaning of the specifics about the criminal trends in that particular country. The questionnaire lists out the type of offenses that are major and minor and covers other types of topics such as the details about the crime (i.e. when, where and how the crime occurred, any type of police reporting and the offender's identity). In terms of the amount of countries that are contained in the survey statistical wise, this is based on the nations wanting to understand the problems of crime as well as the ways in which to improve the knowledge that currently is in operation across multiple law enforcement agencies both on a national and international level. In addition to providing an extensive amount of information on both the city and state levels, the ICVS also contributes in compounding this data to where criminal statistics can be said to be heavily in one country (i.e. the Netherlands) and light in another (i.e. France). The ICVS is then a type of storytelling survey that speaks on crime, statistics related to crime and how to assess and subsequently, control the ways in which crimes are committed. It is extremely informative to law enforcement agencies and thus, provides an outlet for curbing problems and issues that may arise in the future. The ICVS is comprehensive over a span of years. For example, it may span for 10-15 years in terms of statistical data that it provides. As such, it is significant in the sense that it can help to determine the best recourses for handling crime over a certain period – and then allow for a comparison to see how far and wide the combatting of crime has come since the last survey. An example of this is comparing a survey from the 1980s with that of the late 1990s to determine if combatting petty theft has been dealt with properly across several different countries. The survey comparison can also allow for one country to learn how another dealt with a certain type of criminal offense so that the next time a survey is done, the same statistical data on robbery is not reflected.
Given the amount of crime that occurs in society, it is essential to both study and compare the systems associated with criminal justice. There are a variety of approaches that have been implemented in order to shift the amount of crime prevalent in society. Criminal justice ideas and concepts were created with the hope of providing some context for why individuals do the things they do and how individuals affected can find or have some resolution as a result of the events that are executed. Criminal law is meant to be a form of enforcement and in essence, provide and offer justice to a variety of components in society. Those who opt to study criminal justice with its many systems and perspectives are seeking to thoroughly understand …show more content…
the inner workings of the justice system and its infrastructure.
When discussed, the criminal justice system is typically broken down into components that include law enforcement, which are those who consider investigating criminal acts and issues.
The court system is another component that consists of both the judges and juries that take on cases and render verdicts on the guilty. A third component is corrections, which operates with the intention of enacting punishment on the criminals and hopefully reforming them. Those who take a liking to the criminal justice systems and viewpoints on issues extensively study it with the hopes of having not only the knowledge, but the know-how to utilize what they have learned.
For example, should an individual be stopped by police and be treated unfairly as has been done in some cases, if they understand the legal system and what law enforcement can and cannot do, then if something occurs that is contrary to what they have learned, then law enforcement will not be able to carry on with what they have done. An example of this nature tends to result in some kind of legal amendment or change to an existing law or policy associated with criminal …show more content…
justice.
Another example if the criminal justice system at work is the advancement of ways that evidence can be not only collected but evaluated. Given the quantity of crimes that occur within society, it becomes necessary for all components of the criminal justice to not only collect evidence, but critically evaluate it when bringing a case to the courts. With the numerous individuals that work to diligently discover the validity of evidence in a criminal case, this assists the criminal justice system as a whole in becoming much more effective in curtailing crime on a nationwide – and to a certain extent, national scale. Understanding issues and the systems within criminal justice is important then not only for change, but in making sure the current operational infrastructure in managed effectively and efficiently. As with all systems, there are problems that are in need of fixing, but for the most part – the criminal justice system currently in place does what it can to keep crime to a minimum and exact justice whenever it is needed to.
Question 2 One of the many transnational crimes that affects the community is cybercrime. While other transnational crimes like human smuggling and torture are discussed on a significant level, cybercrime is an extensive problem in local communities such as my own. Since cybercrime is such a prominent crime on a transnational level, there are strategies that have been recommended to combat it. Cybercrime attempts to exploit through the Internet mainly to gain substantive influence in a variety of areas that may range from commerce to government to political arenas. How can cybercrime be dealt with?
On one level, individuals need to have the proper security software on their computers when using the Internet to prevent issues from occurring. This means installing software like McAfee or Norton that can protect one's computer from issues like malware. This software has removal tools that keep out other issues that can be problematic if not dealt with accordingly. Cybercrime can affect individuals on a mental, physical and/or financial level and because of this, other strategies are often taken to prevent it. Other strategies that can be used by individuals on a local level is to ensure that passwords that are established are done so with a strong amount of number, letter and special character combinations - and changing them frequently. Individuals like myself can secure mobile devices and become much savvier about the Internet and the protection needed. At the local level, organizations can be created that can assist in monitoring issues related to cybercrime that are separate from those at the federal level and those like Norton that have to be purchase din order to effectively prevent it.
Since cybercrime operates across a network via many countries and individuals seeking to do harm, this means that there is a collective need for something to be done. There are organizations like the National Crime Prevention Council that seek to combat criminal activity that takes place both in the public and private sectors, but this is on a national level - not a local level. As such, there needs to be more of collective emphasis on creating groups that seek to handle cybercrime at the communal level. This seems to be lacking despite the growing amount of issues that cybercrime causes - and the fact that it is a transnational problem that needs solving. In addition to this, local law enforcement agencies can become involved in dealing with this transnational issue in order to ensure that cybercrime is stopped as quickly as possible. The onus is also on individuals like myself in reporting when cybercrimes occur or there is a significant risk that one is likely to
happen.
Question 3 The International Crime Victims Survey is a particular type of survey that was created in order to reduce the amount of crimes on a national and international level. The International Crime Victim Survey provides a measure of crimes that are common to societies and can include minor offenses also. There is a comparative dynamic that occurs with the survey between countries that are both developing and already developed. The survey has been repeated in a variety of countries in order to establish and compare trends in the area of crimes over a certain amount of time.
The International Crime Victims Survey is a type of questionnaire that has specific questions about certain types of crimes and the respondent associated with the responses has to be detailed in their responses in order for there to be a gleaning of the specifics about the criminal trends in that particular country. The questionnaire lists out the type of offenses that are major and minor and covers other types of topics such as the details about the crime (i.e. when, where and how the crime occurred, any type of police reporting and the offender's identity). In terms of the amount of countries that are contained in the survey statistical wise, this is based on the nations wanting to understand the problems of crime as well as the ways in which to improve the knowledge that currently is in operation across multiple law enforcement agencies both on a national and international level. In addition to providing an extensive amount of information on both the city and state levels, the ICVS also contributes in compounding this data to where criminal statistics can be said to be heavily in one country (i.e. the Netherlands) and light in another (i.e. France). The ICVS is then a type of storytelling survey that speaks on crime, statistics related to crime and how to assess and subsequently, control the ways in which crimes are committed. It is extremely informative to law enforcement agencies and thus, provides an outlet for curbing problems and issues that may arise in the future. The ICVS is comprehensive over a span of years. For example, it may span for 10-15 years in terms of statistical data that it provides. As such, it is significant in the sense that it can help to determine the best recourses for handling crime over a certain period – and then allow for a comparison to see how far and wide the combatting of crime has come since the last survey. An example of this is comparing a survey from the 1980s with that of the late 1990s to determine if combatting petty theft has been dealt with properly across several different countries. The survey comparison can also allow for one country to learn how another dealt with a certain type of criminal offense so that the next time a survey is done, the same statistical data on robbery is not reflected.