in Criminal Justice Paper Joseph Merritt CJA344 July 10‚2011 Melba Ferlow- Herrington Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice Paper This paper will primarily focus on racial disparity in sentencing. While studying the different problems associated with racial disparity we will also look at why racial disparity exsist within sentencing. In society today there are a diversity of citizens‚ offenders‚ and leaders within the court system. However‚ race still plays a big role in the criminal justice
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Careers in criminal justice range from forensic analysts to the K9 units. They all serve a different purposes in protecting the lives of those around us. Without criminal justice careers there would be no structure in society. When you choose the path of going into criminal justice‚ one must know there putting themselves in harm’s way every day. But the feeling of knowing your serving a purpose is like no other. There are many different types of law enforcement jobs out there but the three most intriguing
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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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Minorities are being overrepresented in the criminal justice system with numbers as high as “30% of the probation population (approximately 1.2 million people)‚ 44% of the prison population (est. 586‚300)‚ and over 40% for the parole population (est. 309‚000)” all of which are African American (Taxman‚ Byrne‚ 2005). The numbers continue to grow for the Hispanic population as well “12% of probationers (491‚700)‚ 18% of parolees (136‚000)‚ and 19% of prison inmates (251‚000) are Hispanic” (Taxman‚
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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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Self Reporting - surveys in criminal justice are the best ways to accrue information on new hires‚ victims‚ and someone’s criminal history and among others. There is a positive and negative effect that this method could produce such as biases. If the employer is willing to use this method he will need to take the time to research the person’s answers and keep their feelings and emotions out of the questionnaire. By using the self reporting survey method the employer can get to know the applicant
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but the main purpose of their role is‚ “Sentencing.” Sentencing: is when a criminal is being put on trial‚ and is being told the amount of time he or she is serving. Judges inquire a great power in the decision-making process to pursuit justice. Depending on a case‚ some of the jury may see things in a different perspective. Some may lean toward the liberal side‚ which is more complex and focuses more on why the criminal committed the crime. In addition‚ liberals also focus on the criminal’s history
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Verbal Communication Paper Within the criminal justice and law enforcement communities‚ communication plays a major role on getting information shared between all areas. Making sure all parties have seen or heard all the information about the case is very important‚ along with how the information is sent to them. There are two main sources of communications that are always used within the law‚ oral and written. Depending on who is giving the information is really what makes the difference
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women in policing and it continues in today. I will be discussing this issue and will assess its past‚ present and future implications as they relate to the Criminal Justice System. I will be discussing my assessment of the past history and present circumstances of woman in policing. I will also include my predictions and recommendation of how these issues’ should be addressed by the police and prosecutor in the future. Implications Dating back to the 1970’s sexism was not considered to be a form
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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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