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    When you look up synonyms for the word justice‚ or ask someone what they think the word means‚ they will spew out nouns such as: neutrality‚ fairness‚ impartialness‚ etc. I believe justice in terms of the criminal system is the collaboration of three different entities‚ police‚ court‚ and corrections. That have to work together to form an illusion of one single entity; and in doing this‚ they have to still maintain a check and balance system amongst themselves. So‚ no one system should be able to

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    Intro to Criminal Justice Project Interview with Corrections Officer X On May 20‚ 2007‚ I met with X. Mr. X is a Corrections Officer 1 at the Camp Hill State Prison and has been working there for 7 years. He has a military background consisting of 3 years in the Marines and has been in the Air Force Reserve for the past 12 years. I asked Mr. X the following questions during our time together and his responses follow: What made you decide to get into the corrections field? I had

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    I believe that prejudice exists in the criminal justice system. Numerous studies have evidence that have shown prejudice on defendants of color. Social scientists conclude that compared to white defendants‚ minority groups face a greater chance of prison and severe sentences for identical offenses (Killing With Prejudice). Nearly 51 percent of individuals in a study conducted in Philadelphia‚ believe that police are more likely to use excessive force against black or Hispanic suspects than white

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    retribution in the United States criminal justice system. The value for this round will be: justice‚ where everyone gets what they are due. In order to provide a criterion for which to judge the value‚ as well as a way to achieve my value‚ the value- criteria shall be: retribution‚ where the punishment of an individual is more often than not weighted by the gravity of the crime that they committed. This is not to say that the justice system is justified in putting our criminals through excruciating torture

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    Applied Criminal Justice Ethics This has to be one of my favorite assignments since becoming a student at Kaplan. I have been interested in the Criminal Justice since I was a small child. I come from a long line of military‚ however‚ my passion has always been Criminal Law. I remember even as a young girl in the 2nd grand‚ I had dreams and aspirations of becoming a lawyer. Now that I have an ex husband‚ and two children of my own and find the justice system a little “Leewayish”

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    Juvenile Justice Process and Corrections Terri Jinks CJA/374 October 15‚ 2012 Jerry Kilgo Juvenile Justice Process and Corrections The juvenile justice system contains a thorough selection of systems and combined facilities intended to assist the youths that enter the system and the community‚ by extension (Champion‚ 2010). Nevertheless‚ the age limits are defined by federal laws and characteristically consist of juvenile wrongdoers seven-18‚ states regulate the methods of judgment‚ juvenile

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    CRIMINAL JUSTICE REVIEW FOR FINAL 1) Three strikes and you’re out… legislation in California has a negative effect it didn’t deter crime it didn’t help anything 3 felonies and you earn a life sentence. 2) The get tough stance against criminals presumed that crime will decrease. 3) Habitual Offender laws target criminals with three or more felony convictions. 4) Radical trials of the 60s and how they challenged the courts? They did not respect the judges‚ they read papers during trial. 5) Three

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    Corrections Trend Evaluation Contemporary Issues and Futures in Criminal Justice Today 8 million people are behind bars around the world‚ 2 million in the United States alone. Some are house in high tech maximum security facility fortresses others are in more medieval looking structures. Inmates are also secured behind prison walls through a variety of sophisticated technology. Correctional officers need the tools necessary to

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    Careers in criminal justice range from forensic analysts to the K9 units. They all serve a different purposes in protecting the lives of those around us. Without criminal justice careers there would be no structure in society. When you choose the path of going into criminal justice‚ one must know there putting themselves in harm’s way every day. But the feeling of knowing your serving a purpose is like no other. There are many different types of law enforcement jobs out there but the three most intriguing

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    In The Collapse of the American Criminal Justice‚ William Stuntz (2016) discloses‚ Legislators will define crimes too broadly and sentences too severely in order to make it easy for prosecutors to extract guilty pleas‚ which in turn permits prosecutors to punish criminal defendants on the cheap‚ and thereby spares legislators the need to spend more tax dollars on criminal law enforcement. constitutional law can reduce the risk of this political collusion by limiting legislators’ power to criminalize

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