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    Today‚ as a nation we are seeing a comeback of racial discrimination in modern society. Recently we have been seeing this problem in the criminal justice system. In America‚ we are celebrating our 40th year of the return of the death penalty after it was ruled out by the supreme court in 1981‚ resulting as a form of “cruel and unusual punishment.” However‚ the first use of lethal injection followed in 1982‚ after much debate by the Supreme Court over the constitutionality of the new “death shot

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    role has its benefit for the criminal justice system as a whole. It is understandable that each role plays a part in the sentencing with the hope that justice is being served but with much intentions and seen all too well that everyone is not satisfied with the sentencing phase and may feel that justice has not been served and some may feel that it has. In the courtroom the roles of each person happens to be a part of case and the prosecutor‚ defense attorney‚ criminal‚ and victim all play a role

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    Criminal Justice System Introduction Criminal justice system is a phrase used to express the interdependent components of the courts‚ police‚ and correctional facilities in the government. The term also describes the criminal justice agencies found within states in a federal government. As a whole the criminal justice system is thus made up of the three aforementioned interdependent components. Law-making has often been added by some as the forth criminal justice component‚ since all legitimate

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    every aspect giving them basically no rights at all. Although slavery days are long and gone some may say that the White American race still has an upper hand on the African Americans by using the criminal justice system against them. This topic of racial inequality within the criminal justice system of the United States also known as “the land of the free” has become more and more relevant based upon the rising number of arrests and the highly populated penal institution mostly occupied by African

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    The goal of the criminal justice service is to protect the public‚ handle convicted offender in a proper way and give equal treatment. The United States has the largest incarceration rate in the world compared to other countries. More taxpayer is having to waste more money because of how much it cost to run the criminal justice system. The criminal justice system is ineffective because of bias law enforcement‚ mass incarceration and unfair court system             Many Police Department in the United

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    The Criminal Justice Career Day was a great event where many professions in the criminal justice field relied an abundance amount of valuable information to Penn State Berks students. Being the major I chose to dedicate my time and education on‚ it was essential for a bigger understanding of the type of work possible in the three main components of the criminal justice system. Law/Courts‚ Corrections/Probations‚ and Law Enforcements are the three main components of criminal justice system and many

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    The Criminal Justice System in the United States of America has a concept called the Courtroom Workgroup. This consists of the Judge‚ the Prosecutor and the Defense Attorney on the first level and it consists of the Bailiff‚ the Clerk and the Court Reporter and others associated with the daily functioning of details in a court on the second level. This Workgroup is a set of people who meet regularly on a daily basis to discuss various crimes. According to them the only variant is probably the name

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    Dartanya Bruin CJ100 Preparing for a Career in Criminal Justice Prof: Gibbons Unit 9 Assignment How the Criminal Justice System Affects Different Populations The Criminal Justice field is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world.  Working is corrections‚ trust‚ honor‚ integrity‚ and determination has to be in play.  The role of a criminal justice professional is to protect and serve the society in implementing the laws that rule the nation.  In order to fight crime‚ it takes integrity‚ which

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    Law[5] is a system of rules usually enforced through a set of institutions. The purpose of law is to provide an objective set of rules for governing conduct and maintaining order in a society. The oldest known codified law is the Code of Ur-Nammu‚ written in the Sumerian language circa 2100 BC-2050 BC. The preface directly credits the laws to king Ur-Nammu of Ur. In different parts of the world‚ law could be established by philosophers or religion. In the modern world‚ laws are typically created

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    The United States (U.S.) Criminal Justice System (CJS) consists of three interconnected branches that rely on communication and collaborative efforts to function and meet the needs of society. The three CJS branches of law enforcement‚ courts‚ and corrections can appear autonomous but it is common for all three branches to share responsibilities and rely on information collected from various areas of the CJS. Some examples of necessary collaboration and communication situations between CJS branches

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