INDIGENOUS OVERREPRESENTATION IN THE CANADIAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM The increasing status of Indigenous overrepresentation is a clear indication of the failures of the Canadian Criminal Justice System. When analyzing the historical and current situation of the relationship between Indigenous persons and the CJS it becomes apparent why the Supreme Court of Canada refers to this situation as the ‘Crisis in the Canadian Justice System’. Correctional Service Canada statistics have indicated
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Rehabilitation vs. Punishment‚ which one is more effective in Juvenile Matters? It has long been debated which method of deterrence works best within the criminal justice system‚ rehabilitation or punishment. In the past‚ the two mechanisms have been used together and separately in both adult and juvenile courts. Both rehabilitation and punishment are similar in their goals and purposes. However‚ the debate between which method is more successful continues year after year. The consensus of
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Juveniles Tried As Adults Many kids age sixteen and under are considered juveniles by the court of law. In my opinion juveniles should be tried as adults for committing unlawful actions. Juveniles are mostly troubled kids who need psychological help but it leaves no room for excuses regarding their actions. There are many reasons why they should be tried as adults starting with the fact that they have already committed a crime and chances are they will do it again‚ because they shouldn’t be let
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we begin with a brief history of the evolution of four primary criminal justice officers—sheriff‚ constable‚ coroner‚ and justice of the peace—from early England to the twentieth century in America (Ken‚ 2006). English and Colonial Officers the Law: All four of the primary criminal justice officials of early English-the sheriff‚ constable‚ coroner‚ and justice of the peace there was a lack of established practice in the United State. Accordingly‚ it is important to have a basic understanding of
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A detached juvenile justice system was recognized in the United States around 100 years in the past with the objective of averting childish criminals from the damaging chastisements of felonious courts of law and reassuring reintegration based on the single adolescent’s desires. This organization was to diverge from grownup or felonious court in a sum of means. It was to stress on the teenager or juvenile as an individual in need of support‚ not on the act that carried him or her afore the court
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The juvenile justice system was originally set up to be a rehabilitative and preventative approach‚ and to assess the needs and rights of children…the ultimate goal of the juvenile justice system was to divert youth from formal punitive processing of the adult justice system (Underwood and Washington‚ 2016). Mental illness in the juvenile justice system has become a complicated process when determining how to proceed in each step of the process. It may not be the only way into the juvenile justice
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solve society’s problems‚ a system specially designed to provide people with peace and order. Within the Canadian legal system‚ there is the Canadian criminal justice system‚ which is meant to guarantee the safety of citizens within the country and is used to sustain social control and deliver justice for a society. In the year of 2011‚ the Conservative Party government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper introduced Bill C-10‚ titled The Safe Streets and Communities Act under the impression that Canada
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Teenagers should not be treated as adults when they are mentally undeveloped and are not capable of thinking twice about the consequences to their actions. Teenagers are at a sensitive stage in their life where thinking twice about a decision is not taken seriously‚ they become numb to what people advice and act solely on natural impulses. In “Startling Finds on Teenage Brains” by Paul Thomson‚ a research group at the University of California has noticed a “pattern of brain growth in individual children and teenagers
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Juvenile and Adult Courts The juvenile justice system shares many of the same components of the adult justice system. Historically both adults and juveniles were tried in the same courts and if convicted they both served out their sentences in the very same facilities. Over time‚ the system changed for youths however; there remain as many similarities as there are differences between
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A characteristic of an effective criminal justice system is the ability to change in response to changes in society. The criminal justice system has been successful in balancing the rights of victims‚ offenders and society during the criminal investigation process from new legislations constructed reflecting society’s demands and enhancing justice. A crime is an act or omission committed against the community at large that is punishable by the state. An offender is a person who commits an offence
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