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    CJ123 CRIMINAL LAW Project 2 As we discovered in Project 1‚ Little Louie‚ Billy Bad Boy committed a string of crimes‚ initially resulting in an attempt to rob Commercial Corruption‚ a local bank. The two alleged criminals were apprehended by the police and informed of their rights. Here‚ I will identify the specific role that each played with the particular crime‚ the elements that lead to this conclusion‚ and the potential defenses the defending party might assert and

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    CRIMINALS DESERVED PUNISHED TO TEACH OTHER AGAINST THE REPETITION OF NON HUMAN CRIMES. IF THE CRIMINALS ARE NOT PUNISHED THEN‚ THEY START CRIME AGAIN AND AGAIN. To protect the security of society ‚ they must be punished. if the criminals are not punished for their crimes then it will be an injustic to the victim. criminals deserved punishment as they cannot be reformed without being punished. If the criminals are not punished then people will not differentiated between criminals and non-criminal

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    Forensic science plays a major role in the criminal justice system by getting the evidence of the crime. Investigators can understand how blood splatters‚ drug traces and even having the ability in identifying a body. Each crime has their own challenges and their unique challenges and differences. Trace Evidence Evidence such as hair‚ clothing fibers and microscopic particles id the form of trace evidence. The importance is that criminals leave something of themselves behind which

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    this function is‚ Us vs. them and that we need to control the outsiders. An idea was to put alcoholics‚ people with disabilities‚ victims of rape‚ promiscuous women into a sterilization program because this would prevent those people from bearing children and having children who would become dangerous to society. These laws weren’t based on what is best for you‚ but what is better for the community. Since there was this irrational fear‚ there was a need to put policies into place to protect the community

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    Criminal Justice System CJA/204 INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE Criminal Justice System This first week the assignment was to Define crime‚ its relationship to the law‚ and the two most common models of how society determines which acts are criminal‚ Describe the government structure as it applies to the criminal justice system‚ Identify choice theories and the their assumptions in regards to crime‚ Describe the components of the criminal justice system and the criminal justice process

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    The stages in how the criminal justice system response to a crime‚ is through the police‚ the court system and the form of correction fitted for the crime or crimes. Yale Law Journal states‚ "Police officers patrol the streets‚ investigate cases‚ and makes arrests. Prosecutors handle the adjudication — dismissing charges‚ negotiating pleas‚ and taking cases to trial" (cited by Abel‚2017‚ p. 1732). There has to be a crime that has occurred‚ whether seen by a witness who reports to the police or the

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    BCJ100 – Introduction to Criminal Justice Unit # 1 Question #1. As explained in the textbook‚ list and discuss the five stages or process of American Criminal Justice. The intent of America’s Criminal Justice is to establish and maintain law and order while supporting the ideals of freedom for all citizens. Based on the Constitution of the United States‚ some laws are enacted to protect the innocent‚ but many are also written to protect the accused‚ the guilty‚ and the convicted. Specifically

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    According to James Rachels‚ he concluded the criminal justice system should be designed along the lines of retributivism‚ in much the way it currently is. Rachels comes to the conclusion the overall goal of punishment should be retributivism by examining the four requirements necessary for punishment. The four requirements for punishment are guilt‚ equal treatment‚ proportionality‚ and excuses. These requirements mean only the guilty get punished‚ each criminal who commits the same crime gets roughly

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    The criminal justice system is composed of many parts‚ but the three main parts include: the police‚ the courts‚ and corrections. Without them‚ the world would be thrown into chaos. Each serves their own purpose‚ can work well together‚ and‚ at times‚ can hinder each other. They all are constant forces pushing‚ pulling‚ and working together to meet a common goal. To keep order and protect those who can’t protect themselves. First and foremost‚ there has to be an understanding of what each part

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    discussed their trails‚ how long they been incarcerated when they’ll be released‚ and how often they been in & out the system. There were also some factors that were discussed on why some of them end up back in the system‚ why some of them act out the way they do‚ and why one individual turns to drugs. This video showed me how right I was about how corrupted the criminal justice system is when the narrator said there are more prisoners incarcerated than the number of beds they have to offer. The military

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