A Diamond Personality-Criminal Justice Case Study The individual assignment is to read the Case Study‚ A Diamond Personality‚ and answer the four discussion questions that follow the Case Study. The subject of this personality case study is Oscar Rodriguez. Rodriguez is a 38-year-old entrepreneur who owns an Internet business that sells loose diamonds to various buyers. This paper will summarize the case study and then conclude by answering the personality questions. When Rodriguez moved
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Criminal Justice Authority Evaluation The criminal justice system has always operated under discretionary authority. This includes law enforcement‚ the court system and corrections. Police officers enjoy the benefit of whether to charge for small infractions and whether an incident requires force to be applied. The court system uses discretionary authority in sentencing of the guilty. The department of corrections uses discretionary authority in the everyday running of the prison system‚ as they
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Learning Theories‚ Practical application in Criminal Justice High tech offenders can come in all different shapes and sizes‚ as well as flavors. You can have the guy who works as an accountant for a multi international corporation‚ that’s quietly syphoning money from various accounts into his own offshore retirement fund account. How about the local DMV employee Trish who’s submitting falsified information to get ID’s for various amounts of cash. For minors‚ illegal aliens‚ or say that Russian
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Inequality of the Justice System In the world today‚ there is evidence of inequality in the criminal justice systems. Many African Americans and those of Hispanic descent are the most convicted criminals in the states. According to the U.S Justice Department in 2003 about 10.4% of all African American men between ages 25 to 29 were incarcerated‚ as compared to 2.4% of Hispanic men and 1.2% of Non-Hispanic men. What are the driving factors towards the male Africans involvement in the many criminal activities
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Women and The Criminal Justice System University of Toledo Women represent the fastest growing segment of the criminal justice system (PEW Center‚ 2008). With more than one million women behind bars or under the control of the penal system the incarceration of women has nearly doubled the rate of men since 1985. Most of these female offenders are guilty of nonviolent drug-related crimes and should be held accountable-but for whom prison is an injudicious sentence. Most female offenders
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It is important that all relevant information be disclosed to the accused. Refusal to do so will always bring the administration of justice into dispute. There are circumstances though where that may not be possible. In the events where disclosing certain information could bring harm to the security and safety of persons certain information may be withheld. There are four considerations that must be made by the Crown counsel should the defence request information about witnesses: the first is to
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The Criminal Justice System Myleka Kirkwood CJA/204 April 10‚ 2013 Lenard Wells The Criminal Justice System In today’s society crime does more than expose the weakness in social relationships it undermines the social order itself by destroying assumptions on which it is based (Schnalleger‚ Chapter 1 what is criminal justice‚ 2011). Society has many different definitions of crime. The text states that crime is conduct in violation of the criminal laws of a state‚ the federal government or
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components that make up our criminal justice system in the Unites States. There are three components that make up the criminal justice system in the United States. Law enforcement‚ the court‚ and corrections are the three components. Each component function differently. First‚ there is the law enforcement component. The police functions include taking statements‚ gathering evidence‚ performing investigations‚ arresting offenders and providing testimony in court. In addition‚ when police officers begins to
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(Task 2) Offences against property This refers to a wide range of offences which include dishonest offences as well as other offences such as criminal damage. Offences involving dishonest behaviour‚ include theft‚ robbery and burglary. “Dishonest offences are provided for by legislation‚ Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001. This act contains a wide range of offences. It has taken into account changes in technology creating new offences. It also provides for a number of offences
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walls. I was driven by the fact that I wanted to base my life around helping others. Whether it be helping people physically‚ like a healthcare profession‚ or helping others in a cognitive way. I chose to help protect my community’s safety. I am pursuing a career in the Criminal Justice field for several of reasons. As a child‚ I was raised on the outskirts of Westfield‚ Indiana in a small‚ quaint trailer park. I was well-aware of a policeman
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