Legal Defenses JB August 19‚ 2013 CJS/220 ESTANISLAO ROSAS In the readings that I have done I have found that there are three different types of legal defenses‚ they are: self-defense‚ insanity‚ and provocation. In a case where a person is charged with first degree premeditated murder‚ if they were to use one of the three defenses the punishment would not be the maximum that is normally imposed depending on the crime and type of defense that is used. If reasonable force
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Case Attrition CJS/220 March 28‚ 2012 The exercising of discretion by all system actors‚ public and private‚ and from the nature of the criminal process itself is a result of case attrition. Basically‚ case attrition is when an arrest does not end in a trial conviction‚ which happens quite often in the court justice system. This is not new experience‚ nor one limited to the United States; several other Western countries and in the early parts of the twentieth century
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Check Point Court System Structure The federal courts system is made up of two types of courts; the first type is known as the Article III court. In the article III courts it includes the U.S District Courts‚ the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal and the U.S. Supreme Court. It also has two special courts the U.S. Court of Claims and the U.S. Court of International Trade. The judges in the federal court are appointed by the President of the United States‚ with the advice and consent of the Senate
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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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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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Introductions to Corrections Heather Cunningham CJS/230 April 3‚ 2013 Viviyonne Lee Punishment is the infliction of an unpleasant or negative experience on an offender in response to an offense. Today‚ punishment includes rehabilitation‚ deterrence‚ retribution‚ incapacitation‚ and reparation. Punishment is a penalty that results as a rule or law violation. Once a criminal has been punished through physical or economic sanctions then the criminal is considered square with his victim along
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Checkpoint History of State and Federal Prisons Krysta Nasce CJS/230 1/09/2013 Instructor: Richard Angelozzi What is the history of state and federal prison? Prisons‚ unlike jails‚ confine felons sentenced to longer then a year to serve their sentence within the facilities. They are operated by state governments but the Federal Bureau of Prisons also houses federal offenders in Federal penitentiaries. Since its establishment of prisons within the United
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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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American Prisons Pam Harvick CJS/230 December 7‚ 2013 Theresa Degard American Prisons In the late 1700’s prison was an idea that had not taken on form. Serving time was a set idea of principals and many saw the need for change. As time went on a penitentiary became a more solid idea that began to take shape. Ideals of a penitentiary A penitentiary was meant to be secular and spiritual (Foster‚ B.‚ 2006). A penitentiary was supposed to be a clean‚ healthy place for inmates to serve their
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2-18-10 Aggressive Enforcement -It reduces’ residents’ fear -Dealing with low-level offenders leads to serious offenders -Quality of life is improved by not having to deal with “street people” -Cooperation/assistance in community increase when serious crime erupts -Encourages citizens to uphold neighborhood standards for behavior in public spaces Against Aggressive Enforcement -Police resources should be focused on serious crime -The link between disorder‚ fear‚ and crime is uncertain
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