Challenges Facing the Youth in Today’s Society Most of the problems facing today’s youth are not restricted to any one ethnic or religious group‚ but affect young people generally. Most discussions on youth have focussed on issues such as drug abuse‚ crime‚ violence‚ sexuality and poverty. In addition to these‚ today’s youth are afflicted by new challenges. These include: 1. An Identity Crisis: Who am I? 2. Lack of self confidence and low self esteem: I am worthless 3. A sense of hopelessness:
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Many areas of the criminal justice system require new and improved technologies to protect public safety‚ ensure the officers in the field are safe‚ and improve the efficiency of justice. Technology has given criminal justice systems the ability to make informed decisions. Standards have been set and compliance testing has been implemented to ensure the effectiveness of the equipment that public safety agencies use has set performance standards. One of the newer automated systems that have been implemented
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process is very important to the criminal justice system because without it the criminal justice system would grind to a halt. Plea-bargaining is important because if every case went to a trial it would take years for criminals to get from the time of arrest till the time of trial. The video we saw showed an example of how the process works to get criminals who plea guilty to committing minor crimes through the system faster so that the courts can concentrate on those criminals who commit major
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survive. I believe my persona knowledge and skills could be very beneficial to country. FBI.gov states‚ “Each special agent must have the knowledge‚ skills‚ commitment‚ and intestinal fortitude to investigate terrorists‚ spies‚ and a raft of dangerous criminals—all while wielding their law enforcement powers with compassion for those they encounter and respect for the U.S. Constitution and the laws they enforce”. The statement here clearly implies the seriousness and commitment that it would require to
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detectives walk into a gruesome scene of a partially naked woman hanging halfway into a water filled bathtub; her head submerged and covered up by the bed comforter‚ and then walk away casually and never have it declared a homicide? If they had‚ it would today be an official cold case‚ but it isn ’t----it is forgotten. Christine Casilio is forgotten----that is why I wrote my book. About the Author: I’ve been writing in various capacities all my life. Having been a four time entrepreneur and small business
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Social issues have plagued the women and minorities of our country for decades upon decades‚ degrading them as if emotions and morals were not evident amongst them. The article entitled "Affirmative Action" states that as representation of minorities and women became more and more necessary‚ a movement called "affirmative action" became an important issue. Affirmative action is not limited to the uplifting of certain genders and races‚ but it focuses on establishing standards of certain ethical
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The Criminal Justice System CJA/204 August 8‚ 2012 The Criminal Justice System The word crime is defined as conduct in violation of the criminal laws of a state‚ the federal government‚ or a local jurisdiction for which there is no legally acceptable justification or excuse (Schmallager‚ 2011‚ p. 7). In other words crime is an action taken that violates local‚ state‚ or federal laws that is not legally justified or excused. Crime is related to the law because crime is in itself defined
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legal justice system. This is because it is often assumed that indeed there are several persons that are underage that at the time of the crime did not have the proper mental reasoning to appreciate that indeed they were committing a crime. For this reason‚ there has been several problems regarding Juvenile incarceration and it has been argued that there is a need to re-evaluate and ensure that indeed the problems that affect the system are given the proper judicial involvement and justice. . This
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Today‚ as a nation we are seeing a comeback of racial discrimination in modern society. Recently we have been seeing this problem in the criminal justice system. In America‚ we are celebrating our 40th year of the return of the death penalty after it was ruled out by the supreme court in 1981‚ resulting as a form of “cruel and unusual punishment.” However‚ the first use of lethal injection followed in 1982‚ after much debate by the Supreme Court over the constitutionality of the new “death shot
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role in the subordination of blacks and still do today (Feagin‚ 2000‚ pp. 147-152). Slavery was maintained through the enforcement of acts of intimidation‚ subjugation‚ and violence (Sola‚ 2014). Much like how black bodies were subjected to the whims of white slave masters and slave patrols‚ black bodies today are subjected to the whims of abusive police officers. There is hardly a difference between slave patrols of then and police officers of today in regard to black individuals. They do not exist
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