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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interactions between victims and the criminal justice system -- that is‚ the police and courts‚ and corrections officials -- and the connections between victims and other societal groups and institutions‚ such as the media‚ businesses‚ and social movements."(Victimology Theory‚ 2003) Victimology is a branch of criminology. In criminology there are four subfields: penology‚ comparative criminology‚ victimology‚ and delinquency (Victimology Theory‚ 2003). Victimology consists of six types of victims. The innocent
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Racial Disparity is defined as ¬¬¬existing in the criminal justice system when the proportion of a racial/ethnic group within the control of the system is greater than the proportion of such groups in the general population. Basically racial disparity is the inequity of arrests and sentencing for certain groups of people which seem to be a huge problem. In order for the racial disparity policy to be successful we must first identify the components that have led to the current level of incarceration
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Criminal Justice Process John Wright CRJ100 Richard L. Foy Ph.D. Strayer University In the United States there is a process that protects the accused of a crime against abuse of investigatory and prosecution powers (Carp 2011 pg. 217). This process is known as the criminal justice process. Before a suspect can be convicted of a crime‚ the justice process must take place
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under the criminal justice system: law enforcement‚ courts and institution based corrections. However‚ for this paper there are two more components that also interrelates with the criminal justice system which is community based corrections and private security. Without all the components of the criminal justice system the others do not work efficiency. Each of these components focus on the laws and dealing with criminals while they are being processed through the criminal justice system until they
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The Criminal Justice System CJA/204 August 8‚ 2012 The Criminal Justice System The word crime is defined as conduct in violation of the criminal laws of a state‚ the federal government‚ or a local jurisdiction for which there is no legally acceptable justification or excuse (Schmallager‚ 2011‚ p. 7). In other words crime is an action taken that violates local‚ state‚ or federal laws that is not legally justified or excused. Crime is related to the law because crime is in itself defined
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Michelle Davis Criminal Procedure and Evidence 1/15/17 Homework Assignment One 1) The fifth amendment prohibits double jeopardy (del Carmen‚ 2014). The concept behind prohibiting double jeopardy is to protect the defendant from being tried and punished twice for a single crime‚ but this doesn’t mean that after a verdict is handed down the process ends (del Carmen‚ 2014). They can try and get an appeal so that their case and verdict will be reviewed (del Carmen‚ 2014). 2) Justices and judges have
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Dylan J. Lovas. HIST 3401. Professor Warren. Bill of Rights Report. · The Fourth Amendment protects American citizens’ “houses‚ papers‚ and effects‚ against unreasonable searches and seizures.” This means that if a government official or police officer wants to search your person or your property‚ he/she cannot do so without a judicial warrant and/or probable cause. · Back during the colonial era‚ King George would often give British soldiers “writs of assistance.” These were
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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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Can force be used to resist arrest? Common law - yes! Based on theory there were no other safeguards Texas- no! Unlawful used of force by police- Tazers- must be "reasonable and necessary" against unlawful act Handcuffs- when an arrest is made--yes! Investigative stop--sometimes! The use of force in discipline children A parent or person in loco parentis(in place of) When it is reasonable! Dempsey‚ J. S.‚ & Forst‚ L. S. (2013). Police ethics
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