Justice and Authority paper Discretionary authority in the Criminal Justice system Allen Ray CJA/550 April 11th‚ 2011 Discussions in how discretion is exercised in the legal profession often raises debate in the criminal justice system. Discretion is vastly misused in many of the criminal justice fields. Areas such as youth justice‚ sentencing‚ policing‚ and a host of many other legal fields need better understanding‚ interpretation and communication. As with many practices‚ the object
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Comparative Criminal Justice Systems The goal of socialism is to minimize people’s suffering through public control of industry and social services; socialism rejects class-based society (TheFreeDictionary‚ 2010). Socialism promises prosperity‚ equality‚ and security to the people. However‚ in many cases socialism has brought poverty‚ misery‚ and tyranny to the people; equality is achieved in the sense that everyone is equal in misery (Perry‚ 1995‚ June). Key characteristics of the socialist system
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Women in the criminal justice have been treated unfair. They have become social parasites in America. There are factors that lead to the rise of women being treated unjust‚ this portion of this research paper will examine these factors. According to the Sentencing Project (2007)‚ the last two decades with how women are treated in the justice system has changed. As a result‚ drug sentencing laws‚ increased police officers in troubled communities has an effect on post-conviction‚ and reentry. Thus
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“There can be no justice unless criminals are punished.” Justice can be defined as fair treatment or behavior. For Christians‚ the idea of justice comes from a belief that all people are created in the image of God (imago dei) and should therefore be treated with dignity and respect. Therefore‚ whenever a person commits a crime it is the responsibility of the government to make sure that the issue of justice is addressed. Some Christians believe that punishing criminals is the only way
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For the last 50 years‚ world population multiplied more rapidly than ever before‚ and more rapidly than it is projected to grow in the future. In 1950‚ the world had 2.5 billion people; and in 2005‚ the world had 6.5 billion people. By 2050‚ this number could rise to more than 9 billion (see chart "World Population Growth‚ 1950-2050"). Anthropologists believe the human species dates back at least 3 million years. For most of our history‚ these distant ancestors lived a precarious existence as
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Throughout history in America‚ minorities have been poorly treated in the criminal justice system‚ particularly in cases where darker-skinned people from a diversity of racial backgrounds including African Americans‚ and Latinos—being treated worse than their lighter-skinned folks by whites or even members of their own racial community.Early America‚ blacks were torchered for the slightest violation of informal laws and a lot of times they were blamed for crimes they did not even commit but the
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The American Criminal Justice Process is designed to keep people safe and ensure suspects and criminals are treated in such a way that follows the Constitution accordingly. The federal justice system carries out this process through a list of steps: Investigation: To first start off the process of criminal justice‚ a crime is reported and evidence is gathered from the crime scene to help investigators reconstruct and determine what exactly happened. They will also start to establish a list of possible
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Over the last several decades‚ the topic of abortion has become an increasingly controversial and heated argument in popular culture‚ press‚ and medical fields. The process of the abortion as defined by Meriam-Webster is “the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy‚ resulting in death of the embryo or fetus”. This process has been thoroughly discussed in a number of fields ranging from medical ethics to Christian journalism‚ in which it has both been defended and attacked. The main focus of
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My educational goals and plans involve criminal justice‚ human services‚ and vet science. I went to Niacc for two years to try and get my Criminal Justice degree. I took several classes for it‚ but fell short of money to finish what I needed to graduate. I have always been interested in T.V. shows like Criminal Minds and Law and Order: SVU‚ 48 Hours‚ and Dateline. Those shows give me the idea of what I want to do and who I want to be like. I don’t know the destined occupation in that career field
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“Wedding Cake Model” Michal Bates Intro to Criminal Justice The criminal justice wedding cake is a diagram to show the importance of a crime and where it would be categorized. There are four layers on the cake that signify each of the major types of crimes: (1) misdemeanors‚ (2) less serious felonies‚ (3) serious felonies‚ and (4) celebrated cases. Also‚ the size of these layers depends on the importance of the crimes‚ with misdemeanors being the largest and at the bottom and the celebrated
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