and sophisticated. Criminal law and civil law A crime is a offense against the state.To prevent our society against antisocial behavior criminal law is created‚ the police enforce these criminal laws. Then society will prosecute that person for that crime. Other crimes involve other enforcement agencies but again it will be the community or society which punishes the offender and which pays for the detection and prosecution of the offender. The prosecution of a criminal conviction must establish
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Clinical Social Work Composition Team Extraordinaire Tyrone Hawkins Executive Director for Clinical Social Work November 13‚ 2013 With the continued increase in our population‚ Large City has been forced to re-evaluate and update our prison system since the three facilities that we currently have are outdated. As the Executive Director for Clinical Social Work‚ I want to effectively create a plan of action along with the guidance of the Large City Mayor‚ Attorney General‚ Chief of Police and
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Over five million people are under the supervision of the criminal justice systems in the United States. Approximately‚ 1.6 million are incarcerated in local‚ state‚ and federal institutions. The remaining‚ or almost 70 percent of those under the responsibility of the criminal justice system‚ are being supervised in the community on probation or parole. This means that at any one time a large number of U.S. citizens are in the community under correctional supervision. For example‚ nearly 2 percent
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1. Based on the opening paragraph of the article “What is Justice?” the main difference between philosophical and legal laws is their origin. Legal laws are created and changed to reflect the needs of society which are ever changing. They are put in place by a governing body to ensure the security of all the members of the state and the wellbeing of the state. On the other hand‚ philosophical laws differ in the sense that they focus less on the wellbeing of a society in terms of its politics and
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ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION PROCESS AS A MEANS OF ACHIEVING JUSTICE The law defines what a crime is and whether a particular act constitutes an offence. But laws alone would be ineffective without any means enforce them. The responsibility for enforcing criminal laws and ensuring they are adhered to lies with the police‚ thus it is the actions and findings of the police that are evaluated in terms of achieving justice in the criminal investigation process. Police may
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Restorative Justice 1 Running Head: RESTORATIVE JUSTICE Restorative Justice and the Criminal Justice System Jeffrey A. McGhee PSF5002 Survey of Public Safety Issues‚ Theory and Concepts 501 West Northern Parkway Baltimore‚ Maryland 21210 Telephone: 410-323-7452 Email: jmcghee6@gmail.com Instructor: Kenneth Szymkowiak Restorative Justice 2 The modern field of restorative justice developed in the 1970’s from case experiments in several communities with a proportionately
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Chapter 3 - Why do people from other cultures conflict with each other? Different cultures around the world have opposing standards of what they consider to be right. This sometimes becomes a problem‚ when people from one culture meet with people from another; there is a chance that they may not agree on a subject. This does not result in a problem… most of the time. That Americans use feet and Europeans use meters is one of these things. They may be inconvenient‚ but won’t create a conflict. A more serious
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The criminal justice is separated into three branches which all supports each other. What is each branch responsible for? The law enforcement branch is responsible for enforcing the law‚ investigating crimes that were committed‚ making arrest and providing safety. The courts responsibility is to uphold the law‚ settle disputes and make sure each party is giving a fair chance to provide evidence‚ facts to support their case. The corrections branch enforces punishment whether its jail‚ prison‚ probation
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What is the Criminal Justice System? The criminal justice system is the set of agencies and processes established by governments to control crime and impose penalties on those who violate laws. There is no single criminal justice system in the United States but rather many similar‚ individual systems. How the criminal justice system works in each area depends on the jurisdiction that is in charge: city‚ county‚ state‚ federal or tribal government or military installation. Different jurisdictions
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1. Briefly outline the components of the CJS system and explain their relationship to each other and to the community. The criminal justice system has four main components‚ law enforcement‚ prosecution‚ Judiciary and corrections. The first of the four which is law enforcement has the duty of upholding the law and protecting the rights of those within the community. Many law enforcement officers don’t necessarily see it that way‚ primarily because municipalities focus more on infractions rather than
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