Individual Rights vs. Public Order
Individual Rights vs. Public Order Introduction
To understand individual rights and public order there must be an understanding on what the advantages and disadvantages are. Many individuals don’t understand the power these two topics hold. They are also at times misinterpreted; some don’t now what their rights are and some think they know. On occasion some may try to abuse them when public order is in forced for example when making an arrest an officer reads you your rights, some individuals think if your rights are not read to you they may not make an arrest. This is were they feel as though their individual rights have been violated. Many are confused as to what they mean, and is why their needs to be an understanding of what the advantages and disadvantages are. Along this paper it will be discussed and given a view of what they mean and a conclusion about the issues at hand.
Added to the constitution in 1791, the Bill of Rights limits power to the government, sort of like a protection of our individual rights. The first amendment protects our freedom of expression, speech, press, assembly and religion. Secondly our right to bear arms, third no quartering of troops with out consent. The fourth amendment, a very important individual right that make not be abused in law enforcement. This amendment protects us from unreasonable searches and seizures. Protection of being forced to testify against us in a criminal trial is enforced in the Fifth Amendment. This also includes the double jeopardy law, stating that no one can be charged twice for the same crime (Rights of the People, 2008). Furthermore as the list goes on the eighth amendment is an individual right that is very important. This amendment protects us from any cruel and unusual punishment; something should be acknowledged and appreciated. In other countries they do believe in cruel and unusual punishment, depending on the crime, but it could be something as simple as theft. In America
To understand individual rights and public order there must be an understanding on what the advantages and disadvantages are. Many individuals don’t understand the power these two topics hold. They are also at times misinterpreted; some don’t now what their rights are and some think they know. On occasion some may try to abuse them when public order is in forced for example when making an arrest an officer reads you your rights, some individuals think if your rights are not read to you they may not make an arrest. This is were they feel as though their individual rights have been violated. Many are confused as to what they mean, and is why their needs to be an understanding of what the advantages and disadvantages are. Along this paper it will be discussed and given a view of what they mean and a conclusion about the issues at hand.
Added to the constitution in 1791, the Bill of Rights limits power to the government, sort of like a protection of our individual rights. The first amendment protects our freedom of expression, speech, press, assembly and religion. Secondly our right to bear arms, third no quartering of troops with out consent. The fourth amendment, a very important individual right that make not be abused in law enforcement. This amendment protects us from unreasonable searches and seizures. Protection of being forced to testify against us in a criminal trial is enforced in the Fifth Amendment. This also includes the double jeopardy law, stating that no one can be charged twice for the same crime (Rights of the People, 2008). Furthermore as the list goes on the eighth amendment is an individual right that is very important. This amendment protects us from any cruel and unusual punishment; something should be acknowledged and appreciated. In other countries they do believe in cruel and unusual punishment, depending on the crime, but it could be something as simple as theft. In America
References: Patriot Act. (2008). Retrieved Oct. 2008 from http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/patriotact/ Public Order Act. 2008 Retrieved October 25, 2008 from: http://www.publicorderact.com Schmalleger, F. (2007). Criminal justice today (9th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson – Prentice Hall. ISBN: 0131719505. Personal experiences of certain team members. (2008). Retrieved from the internet October, 2008: Rights of the People: Individual Freedom and the Bill of Rights, 2008 usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/rightsofindividuals