CJS/200 Checkpoint #6 November 4‚ 2012 According to the textbook the courtroom work group is the professional courtroom actors‚ including judges‚ prosecuting attorneys‚ defense attorney‚ public defenders and others who earn a living serving the court. The jobs of the courtroom work group vary from person to person. The courtroom work group interacts in many ways on a daily basis. All of the different professionals have their specific jobs to do. First I will start off with the one
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Checkpoint: Jails and Prisons Response When one observes the prison system in the present day there seems to be a considerable amount of facilities that contain inmates. The location that a criminal is stationed in becomes agreed upon by whatever was carried out wrongly or upon the type of crime perpetrated along with the individual’s mental stage. The collective four penitentiaries that will be presented are county and local jails‚ federal prisons‚ private prisons‚ and state prisons. The main
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D. Marie Wong Check Point 1 CJS/200 Craig Levins The crime control model and due process model are from my understanding of our reading materials this week a safety net of sorts. I say this because one protects the innocent from the criminals‚ while the other one protects the criminals from the system. In theory this makes sure that if you have done something wrong you will have to face up to it‚ while causing as little harm as possible to the innocents involved. It also was put in place to
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The purpose of the major crime-reporting programs is to provide an overview of criminal activity. These programs seek to gain information about the frequency of crimes being committed‚ the victims impacted by such crimes‚ and also the type of crime committed. When these programs are used successfully an accurate picture of crime (through statistics) can be presented‚ therefore allowing such programs to aid lawmakers and other government officials. Such statistics aid in creating crime control
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Jails and Prisons CJS/200 Earlier forms of prisons were inhumane and focused on punishing prisoners for a crime no matter how small the crime was. Schmalleger (2011) stated “In an important historical development‚ around the year 1800‚ imprisonment as punishment replaced the notion of imprisonment for punishment.” (pg 485). This notion best describes the vast evolution of the various programs such as probation and parole that are now available to help criminals
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Jail and Prison Kyle T Klusacek March 11‚ 2013 Jail and Prison During the last three decades‚ prisons and jails have become full to capacity because of an increase in drug laws and repeat offenders. Before prisons took control‚ early punishments were brutal and not humane. There are two different cultures when discussing jails and prisons. Jails can be seen as short term whereas prisons are long term. Crime has been an increasing factor in today’s society‚ prisons and jails hold the offenders
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Jails And Prisons Adam Putnam CJA/204 February 18‚ 2014 Leroy Hendrix Jails And Prisons In the following paragraphs comparisons between the Rappahannock Regional Jail in Stafford County‚ Virginia and Federal Corrections Institution Petersburg Medium in Hopewell City‚ Virginia. The types of prisons will be identified. The major differences between the Rappahannock Regional Jail and FCI Petersburg Medium will be examined. Jail and prison culture and subculture as well as the violent behavior that
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Jails and Prisons Nicholas Davis CJA/204 - INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE University of Phoenix Christopher Cannon May 13‚ 2013 Jails and Prisons Have you ever sat back and thought about what prison or jail is like? Is it just like in the movies or do inmates really not get that much free time? What is the difference between prison and jail? When talking about different kinds of prisons and the level at which they are labeled the three that come to mind are minimum‚ medium‚ and high
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Jails are the washbasins of the correctional system. They are the oldest of the correctional components and yet it still has a difficult mission and role while having to be diverse. Jails hold a variety of inmates‚ those who have been arrested‚ detained pending trial‚ sentenced to short terms of confinement for minor crimes‚ and those being held for administrative transfer to another unit. These facilities face issues such as dealing with unknown offenders‚ managing medical problems and detoxifications
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Prisons and Jails Jordyn Elby CJA/204 University of Phoenix Abstract The criminal justice system in itself is wide and covers many aspects. The most important part of those aspects is the jails and prisons around the nation. These are the places that are going to separate those who offend away from the community and keep our community overall pretty safe. Even though there is a funnel system within the criminal justice system‚ it should be noted that jails and prisons
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