Cultural Considerations: Survey of Justice and Security
Cultural Considerations
Name
University of Phoenix
Survey of Justice and Security
AJS/502 Version 1
George Gallitano
February 25, 2012
Abstract
Peacekeeping in a multicultural society in the 21st century requires new strategies, skills, tools, and cultural knowledge on the part of those engaged in all aspects of the criminal justice system and homeland security. Compared to a decade ago, contemporary law enforcement has improved resources to meet these challenges resulting from the diversity within communities and the multicultural law enforcement aspects of peacekeeping (Shusta, Levine, Wong & Harris, 2005). This paper will discuss the pervasive influences that race, culture, and ethnicity have on the criminal justice system and multicultural communities.
Cultural Considerations Within the criminal justice system in the United States, there are influences of positive and negative balances in respect to cultural consideration in society. This burden of cultural differences is a result of various cultures’ influx into the United States and the involvement of individuals from these migrating cultures with various players of the criminal justice system and security administration of their practices. In this paper, the author will discuss cultural concerns as it affects the criminal justice system from security administrative practices, contemporary methods used in mixed, considerations and Sir Robert Peel’s principles to organize police departments. Cultural Concerns and Influences Effect on Justice and Security Administration and Practice Various cultural influences can and will have a profound effect on justice, security administration, and its practices in many ways. The society of today requires laws to be rewritten and new laws to be enacted because of the diverse nature of individuals from all parts of the hemisphere residing in the United States. Therefore, it is imperative for our criminal justice to be fair when these
Name
University of Phoenix
Survey of Justice and Security
AJS/502 Version 1
George Gallitano
February 25, 2012
Abstract
Peacekeeping in a multicultural society in the 21st century requires new strategies, skills, tools, and cultural knowledge on the part of those engaged in all aspects of the criminal justice system and homeland security. Compared to a decade ago, contemporary law enforcement has improved resources to meet these challenges resulting from the diversity within communities and the multicultural law enforcement aspects of peacekeeping (Shusta, Levine, Wong & Harris, 2005). This paper will discuss the pervasive influences that race, culture, and ethnicity have on the criminal justice system and multicultural communities.
Cultural Considerations Within the criminal justice system in the United States, there are influences of positive and negative balances in respect to cultural consideration in society. This burden of cultural differences is a result of various cultures’ influx into the United States and the involvement of individuals from these migrating cultures with various players of the criminal justice system and security administration of their practices. In this paper, the author will discuss cultural concerns as it affects the criminal justice system from security administrative practices, contemporary methods used in mixed, considerations and Sir Robert Peel’s principles to organize police departments. Cultural Concerns and Influences Effect on Justice and Security Administration and Practice Various cultural influences can and will have a profound effect on justice, security administration, and its practices in many ways. The society of today requires laws to be rewritten and new laws to be enacted because of the diverse nature of individuals from all parts of the hemisphere residing in the United States. Therefore, it is imperative for our criminal justice to be fair when these
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