Intro to Criminal Justice Project Interview with Corrections Officer X On May 20‚ 2007‚ I met with X. Mr. X is a Corrections Officer 1 at the Camp Hill State Prison and has been working there for 7 years. He has a military background consisting of 3 years in the Marines and has been in the Air Force Reserve for the past 12 years. I asked Mr. X the following questions during our time together and his responses follow: What made you decide to get into the corrections field? I had
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Victims’ Rights paper Sandee Maige CJA 313 Contemporary Issues In Criminal Justice Professor Hale May 20‚ 2010 As Americans in the United States we [Use "we‚" "us‚" or "our" to mean yourself and coauthors‚ not general humanity (or yourself and the
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It is important that all relevant information be disclosed to the accused. Refusal to do so will always bring the administration of justice into dispute. There are circumstances though where that may not be possible. In the events where disclosing certain information could bring harm to the security and safety of persons certain information may be withheld. There are four considerations that must be made by the Crown counsel should the defence request information about witnesses: the first is to
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Throughout our readings‚ it became clear that police are forced to deal with the burdens of our society’s inequalities‚ while politicians often ignore them. The politics of criminal justice are put in place in order to fix society and reduce crime‚ yet we are constantly seeing legislation‚ such as legislation to do with the War on Drugs or the War on Poverty‚ that seems to increase crime and even worsen racial and class divides‚ while the intention was the exact opposite. With the legislation still
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JOURNAL I have made a lot of bad choices in my life some of them I am still paying for. That was who I was not who I am. The Lord has healed me and taken away many shackles. One of the memories of the start of my life changing was sitting in the Criminal Justice Center here in Colorado Springs in 2005. I knew scripture thou I did not know Jesus. Let alone have a personal relationship with Jesus. Sitting in lone of them women’s wards I recall sitting at a couple of the women’s doors and reading scripture
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Criminal behaviors‚ Punishments and Sentencing in the Criminal Justice System Abstract This paper will give the reader an understanding of criminal behavior and how it can greatly impact the offenders punishment‚ and sentencing in the criminal justice system. There are many mechanisms of criminal behavior‚ and many forms of punishing offenders. The background of an offender‚ will impact the decision of how long the offender will be sentenced‚ which will lead to the beginning of the correctional
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Consultant Scenario Paper ‚ Jarred Penn GEN/480 Interdisciplinary Capstone Course February 14‚ 2011 De ’borah D. Reese Consultant Scenario Paper Introduction Summary of Team Member Skills Consulting
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resolve for many people living in America. The field of Criminal Justice has the unique problem of trying to coral the issues involved with disparity and discrimination on both sides of a fence. There is the workplace side of the justice system where it can still be said that due to race‚ gender‚ religion‚ etc… professionals are not earning the same money that other professionals are‚ doing the same job. Then there is the criminal element of the justice system to consider. Many citizens are not giving a
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Psych 412 Penn State Dr. Love I believe that adolescents should definitely be held to the adult standard for criminal behavior. Because if we don’t hold them to the same standard then adolescents will start to think that they can do whatever they want without the punishment being severe. It’s also not fair to adults that commit the same crime as an adolescent. I believe that all adolescents are capable of mature thought they just choose to or not to do the things that they do despite understanding
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References: Policing America: Methods‚ Issues‚ Challenges (Custom Edition) by Kenneth J. Peak Justice Administration: Police‚ Courts‚ and Corrections Management (Custom Edition) by Kenneth J. Peak
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