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    The third contact of the criminal justice system is the corrections. Corrections form of discipline of punishment can range from jails‚ prisons‚ probation‚ parole‚ house arrest‚ etc. Jails are ran by local government and law enforcement‚ which is intended to hold inmates awaiting trial or serving a short sentence. The short sentence is usually no more than above one year. Jails operate work release programs‚ educational‚ drug prevention programs and others. These programs are created to help the

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    Associate Level Material Appendix A Prisoners Worksheet Complete the worksheet by writing short responses to the questions in each row. How would you differentiate male and female prisoner backgrounds? Is there a better solution to prisoner background classification? Explain. When the social roles of men and women prisoners are compared‚ the convict roles found in the men’s prisons did not have an equivalent found in the women’s prisons. Rather than the cohesive subculture found in

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    this function are made to protect the community. The mentality of this function is‚ Us vs. them and that we need to control the outsiders. An idea was to put alcoholics‚ people with disabilities‚ victims of rape‚ promiscuous women into a sterilization program because this would prevent those people from bearing children and having children who would become dangerous to society. These laws weren’t based on what is best for you‚ but what is better for the community. Since there was this irrational fear

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    The role of the defense counsel in the court system is to argue on behalf of the defendant‚ the person or persons being accused of the crime.

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    In the criminal justice system the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups. These groups include the police who investigate the crime and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. When there is a trial‚ a selective number of individuals are called before the court known as the jury. It is not only the right and duty of juries to judge the facts‚ but also what is the law. To ultimately determine a verdict‚ the jury must take all information into consideration

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    Assessment reaffirmed most of the areas that I would be most intrigued in entering. The Interest Assessment revealed that “Investigative and Inspection” field would be the most fitting. The second category after Investigative and Inspection was the Social Service field. The career fields that stood out the most to me were the Federal Bureau of Investigations Agent‚ Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent‚ and Bureau Of Alcohol‚ Tobacco‚ and Firearms Special Agent. I find the Federal Bureau

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    and tries to understand the cause of the incident. It also observes society’s reaction to the event. Victimology leads to the belief of personal vulnerability‚ because the victim may allow themselves‚ in certain cases‚ to be involved in the victimization by not preventing it from occurring. Andrew Karmen defined victimology as "The scientific study of victimization‚ including the relationships between victims and offenders‚ the interactions between victims and the criminal justice system -- that is

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    Meg Houbolt April 19‚ 2013 “Paradise Lost” Criminal Justice 101-A Law Enforcement 102-A Jessie Misskelley’s signed a Miranda waiver on tape before he was interrogated by Detective Ridge. His confession is not admissible under Iowa law on “Miranda” voluntariness‚ but I do not believe that the evidence supports his confession. In the case of State of IOwa‚ Appellee v. Jimmie Lee HODGES page 347‚ Hodges confessed to the crime that he was accused of after the police officer “suggested that by

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    Dartanya Bruin CJ100 Preparing for a Career in Criminal Justice Prof: Gibbons Unit 9 Assignment How the Criminal Justice System Affects Different Populations The Criminal Justice field is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world.  Working is corrections‚ trust‚ honor‚ integrity‚ and determination has to be in play.  The role of a criminal justice professional is to protect and serve the society in implementing the laws that rule the nation.  In order to fight crime‚ it takes integrity‚ which

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    Part 1: In sociology‚ we talk a lot about how our reality is socially constructed. We consider race‚ status‚ gender‚ and beauty (just to name a few socially constructed categories) to be social constructions. What is meant by the phrase ‘social construction’? How is race‚ for example‚ socially constructed? Social constructions of reality means the process of developing jointly constructed understandings‚ thoughts or concepts of the world by a society. Meaning‚ notion or connotations placed on an

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