Running Head: YCJA Act Policy Analysis: Youth Criminal Justice Act Issues and Perspectives in Social Welfare Abstract The Youth Criminal Justice Act is a federal legislation that deals with deviance among youth. This policy is the third legislation to come into existence that separate criminal laws and courts for youth and adults. The purpose of this policy is to protect the public‚ issue purposeful consequences to the offenders‚ meet the needs of the victims‚ and distinguish between youth
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Lab 1 Do you think violent criminals deserve to "feel more serene" as the speaker suggests? Not really‚ they are in prison not on vacation‚ they don’t really deserve “special treatment.” How might the prison benefit from prisoners who are calmer? Well‚ that prisoner might not get beat up if the others are more calm‚ so he’s pretty lucky there. Lab 2 What is the prisoners’ primary demand? The hunger strike is the prisoner’s primary demand. Why are many of the prisoners put in solitary confinement
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Definitions of Justice like “giving individuals what they deserve” or “equal distribution of resources” cause tension with utilitarianism concept because it states that what people ‘deserve’ is not essential as maximizing the overall well-being. The concept of utilitarianism is to maximize happiness or minimize suffering and none of these concepts bears a direct relationship with the concept of justice. So‚ a decrease in suffering or increase in happiness will not correlate with an increase in justice. The
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In the past ten years the way we consume media has changed exponentially. This change has been brought about through the rise of the modern‚ high speed‚ easy access internet and companies whose business models are to bring content directly to your living room. Looking at case studies of two companies Netflix and Blockbuster allows for an easy understanding of how and why this industry has changed. At its peak Blockbuster Rentals employed 60‚000 people and had more than 8000 stores worldwide in 2004
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1 The aims and values of ‘criminal justice’ Let no-one be in any doubt‚ the rules of the game are changing. (Former Prime Minister Tony Blair‚ 5 August 2005). Key issues: • The structure of the criminal justice system • Blurring civil and criminal boundaries: ASBOs and similar • Proving guilt and innocence: burden and standard of proof • Adversarial and inquisitorial approaches • Recent trends in crime and criminal justice • Packer’s ‘due process’ and ‘crime control’ models • The human
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Improving the Criminal Justice System Ivy B. Danforth University of Phoenix Public Policy Issues CJA/580 Jeffery P. Codner March 29‚ 2010 Improving the Criminal Justice System Senator Jim Webb crusades against prison overcrowding citing a need to repair the criminal justice system by recalculating “who goes to prison and for how long” (Webb‚ 2009‚ p. 4). The U. S. Justice Department and Senator Webb agree that drug abuse and addiction results in an overburdened justice system. According
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Class: Criminal Justice Administration Date: 9/10/2012 Importance of Criminal Justice Administration The role of a Criminal Justice Administrator is to manage a criminal justice system. She/ He direct the administration of the day-to-day operations‚ participates in administrative decision making‚ enforce policies and procedures‚ and sets work flow priorities. Criminal justice administrators also oversee agencies’ budget‚ policies and program requirements. Each public agency‚ according to its primary
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exonerates innocent individuals through the use of DNA testing. Moreover‚ they work to reform the criminal justice system in order to prevent further injustices that will occur. The United States criminal justice system is centuries years old and does not live up to the same standards as it once did. The American people are not equal. Minorities and the lower classes are not treated equally in our justice system. There have been far too many advancements in our world today to still be wrongly accused
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calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=psycd_fac Summary: This journal discusses the influence of power on the policy making process. Power and money are major motivators in the policy making process. This journal claimed that a prediction could be make on the outcome of a public policy based on the known motivations of political leaders and policy think tanks. An experiment was conducted to see how power can influence the decision making process. In the experiment groups of people
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Criminal Justice Trends: Corrections J.J. Myers CJA484 March 3‚ 2014 D.R. Mailloux Criminal Justice Trends: Corrections The relationship between the criminal justice system and society has always been up and down. Some individuals think that the system needs to be overhauled‚ and some that think the system is doing well and does not need to be replaced. In some areas of policing‚ policies have led to corruption and substandard policing practices. The first drastic change that we seen in the way the
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