Discretion plays an indispensable role in the criminal justice system (CJS). Discretion is the judgment or decision implemented through values‚ facts‚ and principles. In the CJS‚ it is the authority given to a decision maker to decide between alternatives or no alternatives. Discretion can be used by police in the area of the criminal investigation process. Its role is continuous from sentencing judgments to the point of detaining offenders in prison past their sentencing period. Discretion also
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Critical Issue Analysis: Issue 15 Does Exposure to Media Violence Promote Aggressive Behavior? Kevin Thomas PSYCH/515 1.What are at least two facts presented by each side of the critical issue? Yes: Glenn Ellis and Francis Sekyra (1972) and O. Ivar Lovaas (1961) found that children exposed to media violence behaved aggressively shortly after seeing violence. Yes: (Husemann‚ Moise-Titus‚ Podolski‚ and Eron 2003) found that watching violence‚ identification with same-sex aggressive characters
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The Future of Policing Christina Johnson CJS/210 September 14‚ 2014 Ronald Rucker University of Phoenix Policing in the United States has changed dramatically since it was first brought to the thirteen colonies from England. However‚ some of the issues faced then are being faced in policing today. There are also new trends that are prevalent‚ and these trends will continue to have lasting effects on the future of policing. Even though new trends improve policing overall‚ they
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Predictive Policing By Jamia Yant April 13th‚ 2012 In order to effectively compare and contrast the application of information technology (IT) to optimize police departments’ performance to reduce crime versus random patrols of the streets‚ we first have to look at exactly what information technology is available to police today. The term predictive policing is the name given to “any policing strategy or tactic that develops and uses information and advanced analysis
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Future of Policing University of Phoenix CJS/210 4/27/2013 The field of police work is constantly being forced to develop and improve its protocols‚ procedures‚ and practices in an effort to keep pace with the ever-changing society in which it operates and criminal behavior it seeks to eradicate. While the history of policing has been marked by substantial changes throughout time‚ the work of modern-day police officers and officials demonstrate some of the most substantial adaptations
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Aggressive Enforcement -Police resources should be focused on serious crime -The link between disorder‚ fear‚ and crime is uncertain -Aggressive policing against those using public spaces in attacking the poor‚ not helping them -Civil liberties of the poor are infringed when the police aggressively enforce public order offenses Community Policing (Four Components) -Decentralizing decision making to include residents -Making police more accountable to the public -Changing the focus of patrol
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Arrays: Lists and Tables Although the value of a variable may change during execution of a program‚ in all our programs so far‚ a single value has been associated with each variable name at any given time. In this chapter‚ we will discuss the concept of an array—a collection of variables of the same type and referenced by the same name. We will discuss one-dimensional arrays (lists) at length and focus briefly on twodimensional arrays (tables). You will learn how to set up and use arrays to accomplish
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Policing Policing aroused in the 1800’s; over 200 years ago it all started with a man on foot patrolling with no experience or legal weapons in hand to provide security to others. The average officer had little education and no training or experience; that was also not in the best of health. In the 1900’s‚ the average officer had a high school education and was predominantly male. Adhering to a police manual‚ the officers did not have laws in place for inappropriate conduct. The officers did
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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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Quizlet study cards:http://quizlet.com/22983674/cj-305-police-ethics-flash-cards/ Final Review: CJ 305 Bring Green Scantron! police required to read the citizen their rights who are arrested by police -Miranda was convicted of rape. Gideon v Wainright (case): -Courts are required to provide counsel. -Ordered states to provide lawyers for those unable to afford them in criminal proceedings which could jail or imprison the defendant; warren court’s judicial activism in criminal rights
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