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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Within the criminal justice organization‚ the political process is an accepted mechanism to address issues according to Stojkovic. Criminal justice workers are left with incredibly undesirable commands while trying to attain a marginally desirable outcomes. Power exists among the units of the organization as well as at a collaborative level. Within all organizations differentiating authority and power is described as a transposable term. Power is used to gain compliance from the subordinate. In
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My next class is Foundations of Criminal Justice Systems. I am pursuing my Bachelors in Criminal Justice. I am looking forward to completing this goal in my life and continuing on to my Masters. Being a mother to a three year old little boy and more than half way through another pregnancy with a little girl‚ my schedule is already very busy. Which brings me into what I believe will be the important concepts in my future courses. One being time management. Time management is a hit and miss for
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Analyzing training leads to the application of recruitment‚ retention‚ as well as mentoring appeared from human resource officers within the criminal justice profession. Top law enforcement leaders are considering new and improved methods for leadership training that will develop future law enforcement leader. Organizational analyzation leads to the overall successful by creating a sense of confidence that encourages leadership growth resulting in retention of future leaders. 12 Through the implementation
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and criminal equity specifically‚ to a gigantic degree. Also‚ since legislators are affected by all way of variables‚ including the media‚ their constituents‚ contributors‚ business‚ and lobbyists‚ the criminal equity framework is impacted by each one of those aspects. Since the year of 1900’s the most vital way that the vote based political framework shapes criminal equity is through the lawmaking procedures. Politics impacts the laws that governing bodies establish. Amid the 1990s‚ state lawmakers
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interesting in Justice 251 this semester is the trait theories. The glossary in our textbook describes trait theory as “The view that criminality is a product of abnormal biological and/or psychological traits” (Siegel 564). I found this theory to be very interesting because it talks about all of these factors that could increase the likelihood of someone becoming a criminal. When looking at this this theory it suggests that maybe the driving factor in someone making them do criminal activities is
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race‚ ethnicity‚ age‚ gender‚ ETC. One of the most prominent however‚ is socioeconomic status. The rich will always have an advantage in the justice system in comparison to people with low socioeconomic status. This is mostly due to three key factors; corrections‚ courts‚ and poor defense attorneys. The United States government needs to reform the criminal justice system in order to ensure that every case is equal to one another. First off‚ the corrections system is completely unfair to those who can
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Dept of justice‚ law enforcement and other first responders to crime scenes have important role. These responders have the responsibility of
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Powers of the States versus the Powers of the Federal Government Allison Whitaker Harrison College American Government January 24‚ 2012 Abstract There is an ongoing debate between centralists and decentralist about state‚ local and government law regulation. This paper will show what the arguments would be between centralists and decentralists on The Medicaid funding of Planned Parenthood‚ Energy assistance for low-income families and the sentencing reform for offenders convicted of crack-cocaine
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standard of proof for such cases to be “preponderance of evidence”‚ rather than “beyond a reasonable doubt”. If “preponderance of evidence” is not a high enough standard for our judicial system‚ then it should not be an acceptable standard for cases of criminal nature within our schools; Furthermore‚ it leaves open countless possibilities for defamation of innocent parties and internal system
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