“in making sentencing decisions” (Bergman‚ n.d.). A well written presentence report will have the following information to help a judge in making his or her decision‚ “circumstances of the offense”‚ a “defendant’s personal history” as well as any criminal background available‚ and a “victim impact statement” (Bergman‚ n.d.). In the end‚ a well-written report (of any kind) will help the person making a decision to make the best one possible.
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the Choice Theory states. As A child I pictured my brothers and I growing up to have great jobs in a career that we loved and worked hard for. Its crazy how one move can change your whole life? My brother is now 25yrs old and is still committing crime. On the other hand‚ what about people from poor families who have not fallen into criminal behavior? I have a friend who was raised in Chicago Illinois‚ to a drug abusing mother. My friend was taught that you have to do whatever it takes to survive
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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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book Utilitarianism‚ is that utilitarianism has all the sanctions of other moral systems. Events or excuses that people accept as permission to continue with a choice. These sanctions derive from a wide spectrum of different approvals‚ usually built upon moral preference. Mill is able to categorize every human license into exist internal and external sanctions‚ and believes that it is possible to change your moral selection. External sanctions exist outside of the individual‚ independent of his mind
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Course Syllabus College of Criminal Justice and Security CJA/394 Contemporary Issues and Futures in Criminal Justice Copyright © 2010 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course examines both the principle issues in contemporary criminal justice as well as the extrapolation of such issues toward possible futures within the criminal justice field. Students will focus upon relevant research in policing‚ courts‚ and corrections
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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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Criminal Justice Trends Evaluation CJA/394 Deborah Blanch November 26‚ 2013 Abstract This paper will evaluate the past‚ future‚ and present trends in the interface between components of the criminal justice system and criminal justice connections with surrounding society. In this paper I will also evaluate‚ identify‚ and access the following in my paper: Recent and future trends and contemporary issues affecting
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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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someone else which is murder. The intent of the person was definitely not to hurt anyone‚ but the incident took the life of an innocent person. Should that driver‚ who had no control of the vehicle‚ be punished for murder even though there was no criminal intent? These are things that prosecutors of the state have to deliberate and attempt to prove
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Criminal Law Outline Justifications of Punishment 1. Consequentialist Theory a. Actions are morally right if and only if they result in desirable outcomes b. Rely on theory of utilitarianism to justify punishment: Forward looking effects of punishment. General deterrence‚ specific deterrence‚ rehabilitation‚ incapacitation 2. Nonconsequentialist Theory c. Actions are morally wrong in themselves‚ regardless of the consequences d. Theory of Retributivism: look back
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