Juvenile Crime Issues in Today’s Criminal Justice System
part 5
Special Issues
ISSUES FOR THE FUTURE
The accused has these common law, constitutional, statutory, and humanitarian rights that may be threatened by technological advances and other developments:
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chapter 15
Juvenile Justice
chapter 16
Drugs and Crime
chapter 17
Terrorism and Multinational Criminal Justice
chapter 18
The Future of Criminal Justice
These individual rights must be effectively balanced against these present and emerging community concerns: Widespread drug abuse among youth The threat of juvenile crime Urban gang violence High-technology, computer, and Internet crime (cybercrime) Terrorism and narcoterrorism Occupational and whitecollar crime
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A right to privacy A right to be assumed innocent A right against self-incrimination A right to equal protection of the laws A right against cruel and unusual punishment
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How does our system of justice work toward balance?
ISBN: 0-558-8661 1-5
Criminal Justice Today: An Introductory Text for the 21st Century, Eleventh Edition, by Frank Schmalleger. Published by Prentice Hall. Copyright © 2011 by Pearson Education, Inc.
The Future Comes One Day at a Time o one can truly say what the future holds. Will the supporters of individual rights or the advocates of public order ultimately claim the day? We cannot say for sure. This much is certain, however: Things change. The future system of American criminal justice will not be quite the same system we know today. Many of the coming changes, however, are now discernible—and hints of what is to come appear on the horizon with increasing frequency and growing clarity. Some of the more obvious of the coming changes are already upon us. They include (1) a restructuring of the juvenile justice system in the face of growing concerns about violent juvenile crime and spreading youth gang warfare; (2) the increased bankruptcy of a war against
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drugs whose promises seem increasingly hollow; (3) a growing recognition of America’s
Special Issues
ISSUES FOR THE FUTURE
The accused has these common law, constitutional, statutory, and humanitarian rights that may be threatened by technological advances and other developments:
© © © ©
chapter 15
Juvenile Justice
chapter 16
Drugs and Crime
chapter 17
Terrorism and Multinational Criminal Justice
chapter 18
The Future of Criminal Justice
These individual rights must be effectively balanced against these present and emerging community concerns: Widespread drug abuse among youth The threat of juvenile crime Urban gang violence High-technology, computer, and Internet crime (cybercrime) Terrorism and narcoterrorism Occupational and whitecollar crime
©
©
A right to privacy A right to be assumed innocent A right against self-incrimination A right to equal protection of the laws A right against cruel and unusual punishment
© © ©
© ©
Q
538
How does our system of justice work toward balance?
ISBN: 0-558-8661 1-5
Criminal Justice Today: An Introductory Text for the 21st Century, Eleventh Edition, by Frank Schmalleger. Published by Prentice Hall. Copyright © 2011 by Pearson Education, Inc.
The Future Comes One Day at a Time o one can truly say what the future holds. Will the supporters of individual rights or the advocates of public order ultimately claim the day? We cannot say for sure. This much is certain, however: Things change. The future system of American criminal justice will not be quite the same system we know today. Many of the coming changes, however, are now discernible—and hints of what is to come appear on the horizon with increasing frequency and growing clarity. Some of the more obvious of the coming changes are already upon us. They include (1) a restructuring of the juvenile justice system in the face of growing concerns about violent juvenile crime and spreading youth gang warfare; (2) the increased bankruptcy of a war against
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drugs whose promises seem increasingly hollow; (3) a growing recognition of America’s