Course Syllabus College of Criminal Justice and Security CJA/344 Version 3 Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice Copyright © 2012‚ 2010‚ 2009 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course offers a comprehensive‚ critical and balanced examination of the issues of crime and justice with respect to ethnicity. Procedures and policy in a pluralistic and multicultural society are examined relative to law enforcement‚ courts and corrections environments. Policies
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“The fate of millions of people—indeed the future of the black community itself—may depend on the willingness of those who care about racial justice to re-examine their basic assumptions about the role of the criminal justice system in our society.” This quote from Michelle Alexander gives realization that our justice system is not perfect. While sentencing people to death may seem like the best option when in morn‚ we neglect the fact that innocents is still at hand. This goes in regards to the
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narrative will be illustrated into three sections. The three sections will be classified as: Law Enforcement‚ Corrections‚ and Courts. Of these sections I will be discussing the politics‚ stressors and attitudes found within these elements of the criminal justice system. A recent political event that has created national conflict and debate‚ are the immigration laws that have been established in the state of Arizona. This will be the topic of all three sections in the narrative and how these laws have
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The Criminal Justice System responsibility is to protect the public against any act of crime that threatens the lives and personal interest of any such person. In do saying it also carries the responsibility to balance the safety of the people against individual rights. The balance of protecting the community against individual rights has become one of the hardest tasks that the Criminal Justice System has encountered. In the United States the law requires that law enforcement can use force to restrict
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I believe that prejudice exists in the criminal justice system. Numerous studies have evidence that have shown prejudice on defendants of color. Social scientists conclude that compared to white defendants‚ minority groups face a greater chance of prison and severe sentences for identical offenses (Killing With Prejudice). Nearly 51 percent of individuals in a study conducted in Philadelphia‚ believe that police are more likely to use excessive force against black or Hispanic suspects than white
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in Criminal Justice Paper Joseph Merritt CJA344 July 10‚2011 Melba Ferlow- Herrington Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice Paper This paper will primarily focus on racial disparity in sentencing. While studying the different problems associated with racial disparity we will also look at why racial disparity exsist within sentencing. In society today there are a diversity of citizens‚ offenders‚ and leaders within the court system. However‚ race still plays a big role in the criminal justice
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Criminal Justice Integration Paper Joyce Cagnon‚ Dora Frazier‚ Joseph Okonkwo‚ Shontelle Shelton AJS/504 July 6‚ 2015 Deana Bohenek Criminal Justice Integration Paper Introduction This paper is intended to elaborate on the main points encompassing the criminal justice integration project. Agency policies include a criterion of conduct‚ code of conduct‚ policy discernment‚ and inhibition against racial profiling and unreasonable application of forces. This paper will explain how the budgets are utilized
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women in the criminal justice system . Sexism still exists in the United States. Sexism against women is shown in the media and indicates that sexism still pervades in our society. Another key issue is the overrepresentation and disparities among minorities in the criminal justice system. After the act of September 11‚ racial profiling and other acts of racial hate crimes suggests that racism occurs. Another key issue that indicates that racial disparities occur in the criminal justice system is the
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Minorities are being overrepresented in the criminal justice system with numbers as high as “30% of the probation population (approximately 1.2 million people)‚ 44% of the prison population (est. 586‚300)‚ and over 40% for the parole population (est. 309‚000)” all of which are African American (Taxman‚ Byrne‚ 2005). The numbers continue to grow for the Hispanic population as well “12% of probationers (491‚700)‚ 18% of parolees (136‚000)‚ and 19% of prison inmates (251‚000) are Hispanic” (Taxman‚
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Policing Functions Paper Criminal Justice Trends The crossing point between components of the criminal justice system and criminal justice connections with surrounding society is constantly changing. For this assignment I will evaluate the past‚ present‚ and future trends. In addition I will discuss the recent and future trends and contemporary issues affecting the criminal justice system‚ and the value of the criminal justice system in a changing society. For instance there has been a
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