Unit 9: Interview Analysis Lisa Bowser Kaplan University CJ340: Applied Criminal Justice Ethics Prof: Joseph (Joey) Reynolds August 31‚ 2012 My interviewee was Commander Hamry‚ of the Milton police department in Washington. When interviewing Commander Hamry‚ I found the following to be his impressions of the police force in general: Why are ethics and character so important in the field of law enforcement? Because we represent everything we believe in‚ not only in local and state
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within the criminal justice system (Alexander‚ 2010; Austin‚ et al.; Georges-Abeyie‚ 2006; González & Chang‚ 2011; Lynch & William‚ 1997; Mauer‚ 2007; Mauer & King‚ 2007; Spohn‚ 2000 (Alexander‚ 2010‚ Associated Press‚ 2007‚ Mauer M. 2009; Mauer M.‚ 2008; Spohn‚ 2000) Mass incarceration functions more like a caste system than a system of crime prevention serves the same purpose as pre-Civil War slavery and the post-Civil War Jim Crow laws: to maintain a racial caste system: a system designed to
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The Minority Community vs. Criminal Justice System The criminal law(s) have always been an issue with Black America in the United States. The criminal justice system has evolved into a negative effect on minority races. This has continued to annihilate the African-American community from the Jim Crow Laws established after slavery in 1800s to now in the 2000’s. The government elites established theories to keep blacks from opportunity and equality. Marxist theory explains this‚ how minorities can
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second group involved in this system is the working class (also known as the lower classes)‚ which involves the powerless individuals that have no choice but to sell their labor to the higher class in order to make a living and survive in the real world. I like to see this system as the boss and the ones that work for the boss. The elite are able to maintain power over the working class because the higher class is seen as having more power than the
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Seven Essential Interview Skills Kathy Thomas Criminal Justice Communications September 28‚ 2012 You are a probation officer who was conducting a home visit for probationer Bobby Jean. You walk up to the door‚ she answers‚ and you notice a bag of marijuana sitting on the kitchen table. She promises that it is not hers. You provide her with a urine screen and it is clean. Based on the above scenario‚ please respond to the following questions: * What would you do? * Would this scenario
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Disparities for People of Color: In the United States‚ the shadows of the justice system‚ more often than not‚ obscure the path to equality‚ which casts a wall over the lives of people of color‚ who find themselves caught in a system of inequality. As individuals try to navigate this complicated labyrinth of the American Legal System‚ they encounter multiple barriers. These barriers can obstruct access to fair and equal justice. They show systemic flaws that cannot be ignored. There are clear signs
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Wrongful convictions can happen‚ they should be looked at more by the system as more of a tragedy‚ but they do happen. In the criminal justice system there are so many different aspects and loop holes that effect the outlook on crime‚ let alone the convictions that happen. If we can look at all of the good that this system brings. All of the restitution paid‚ all of the criminals who committed a crime and have served what they deserve. I feel as if we can look so strongly at all of the good‚ we need
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Council Bluffs‚ IA CJ 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice Caption Robert L. Miller September 13‚2010 Introduction The Miranda warning as prescribed by the landmark ruling Miranda V. Arizona is designed to do at least two things. One to ensure the rights of those who are held in custody from incriminating themselves per the fifth amendment of the United States without any forceful or undue treatment and to safeguard the process of justice. Justice has been sacrificed several times because
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The criminal justice system in America is what helps to keep the population safe from harm‚ but it seems to be driven by racial biases. With over 2.2 billion people behind bars‚ mass incarceration is an issues facing the correctional system in America (Smith‚ 2015). These individuals have been sentenced to non-violent drug crimes and are mostly people of color. It is estimated that the likelihood of a black felon being sentenced to prison is 26 percent higher than that white individual found guilty
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results in the assaulter’s death. On the other hand it is considered a crime if you kill someone out of anger. To decide on what is or is not a crime there are two common models of how society determines which acts are criminal. The consensus model deals with how the majority of people within a society have the same beliefs and value as to what is right and wrong‚ such as the right to bare arms or freedom of speech. The conflict model deals with an economic or political
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