A Different Perspective on the Law The United States has had an effective law enforcement system for hundreds of years‚ which has revolutionized itself starting with the implication of the Constitution to the lawless west and effectively to where it is today. The American criminal justice system has many branches and occupations‚ all of which focus on a common goal of keeping our nation as safe as possible. In the following paragraphs‚ I will discuss an interview with a San Diego Police Officer
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Xiaoqing Shi Dr. Henry Bayerle Classics 102Q 25 November 2011 Does Antigone Deserve to Be Punished? Antigone has been acclaimed as a model that challenges authority and insists on just acts. However‚ according to Aristotle‚ a tragedy requires a man’s harmartia‚ which means error. Therefore‚ as a main character of a great tragedy‚ Antigone must possess flaws. Antigone’s self-certainty is one of her mistakes that contribute to her tragic fate. She regards burying dead people
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supervision. Electronic monitoring is another type of probation supervision which requires convicted offenders to wear a monitoring device as part of their community sentence. Typically part of a house arrest order‚ this enables the probation department to ensure that offenders are complying with court-ordered limitations on their freedom. Most of the time these devices are placed on the offenders’ leg like a bracelet. If the offender goes within a certain distance away from the house‚ the probation officer
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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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[pic] CJA/204 – March‚ 2011 (update) College of Criminal Justice and Security Introduction to Criminal Justice CJA/204 Version 2 Course Syllabus Program Council The Academic Program Councils for each college oversee the design and development of all University of Phoenix curricula. Council members include full-time and practitioner faculty members who have extensive experience
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prosecutor. What about the other important participants? Court administrators are key factor participants as well‚ such as the bailiffs‚ court clerk‚ court reporters‚ and witnesses. Every one of these participants plays a key role in the criminal justice system and contributes to the effectiveness of the courts existence. The judge is a public officer who hears and decides cases in a court of law. The defendant is the person being accused of a crime and his or attorney (defense attorney) is the
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Criminal justice issues among individuals with mental health and substance use conditions is a growing problem. This paper examines mental health issues as it relates to the criminal justice system and specifically how mental health and the mentally ill can play a role in the crime. Different factors can become a problem with mental health illness and the criminal justice system. Mental health illness can contribute to jail and prison overcrowding‚ high crime rates‚ drug addiction‚ and many other
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defined as a set of tool and techniques used for describing‚ organizing‚ and interpreting data? statistics If your professor tells you‚ "if you don’t start with reliable data‚ you’ll end up with unreliable results‚" what does he/she mean? garbage in‚ garbage out What will you need to complete most statistical analyses? most statistical analyses no longer require access to a huge and expensive mainframe computer. Instead a simple personal computer can do it. In what century‚ was the simplest test
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Sentencing a. Determinate- pros and cons b. Indeterminate- pros and cons c. Mandatory- pros and cons d. Specific or general deterrence Determinate sentencing a. Time- Each punishment is set person to person regardless b. Punishment- does not discriminate c. Community- deter people from committing it again Indeterminate Sentencing a. Courts and judges role in helping the offender b. Community outlooks c. Fines and minimums Mandatory sentencing a. Maximum fines and set
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on it (example: drugs) Respond: talk about all methods of policing‚ then show how they worked or didn ’t. “Basically the crackdown occurs when authorities flood a specific area that is known for problems and seek to remove the criminal element from the area” its called weed and seek. “a study of an April 1999 crackdown on drugs in seven Virginia neighborhoods showed a 92 percent reduction in reported crime during the crack down period with no apparent displacement of the problem
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