Criminal Justice Process John Wright CRJ100 Richard L. Foy Ph.D. Strayer University In the United States there is a process that protects the accused of a crime against abuse of investigatory and prosecution powers (Carp 2011 pg. 217). This process is known as the criminal justice process. Before a suspect can be convicted of a crime‚ the justice process must take place
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The Criminal Justice System: Unfair to Minorities and the Less Social Elite The criminal justice system of the United States is said to be a fair system. The system is not supposed to discriminate against different races‚ religious groups or social classes‚ everyone is supposed to get the same equal treatment. Unfortunately that’s not the case. Many different types of people including African American’s‚ Hispanics and the poor are getting unfair treatment in the criminal justice system. The
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DISCRETIONARY POWER The power to punish a delinquent conferred on the disciplinary authority and the appellate authority is a discretionary power and the question what is adequate punishment is a question of discretion. According to Black’s Law Dictionary (5th Edition) discretionary power means "one which is not imperative or‚ if imperative‚ the time‚ manner or extent of execution of which is left to donee’s discretion." Discretion‚ when applied to public or statutory functionaries‚ means a power
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RE: Assignment 2.1 - What is Justice? The ideological score I received on the brainstorming worksheet was 7. Now that can mean different things depending on how people look at different scenarios and situations when it comes to justice. Justice in my own definition would be giving each person what he or she deserves or in other terms‚ giving each person his or her due. However‚ many people relate the terms fairness and justice. Justice has usually been used with the reference to
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the American Criminal Justice System: Rates of Incarceration of Blacks vs. Whites No Equal Justice in the American Criminal Justice System Shawn Y. Williams Troy University-Fort Benning CJ 5571 Probation‚ Pardon‚ & Parole Instructor’s: Dr. Ronald Craig April 28‚ 2007 Abstract Racial inequality is growing. Our criminal laws‚ while facially neutral‚ are enforced in a manner that is massively and pervasively biased. My research will examine the U.S. criminal justice policies and
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number of people arrested spiked. By ninety-ninety‚ there was over one million‚ one hundred thousand‚ one hundred‚ seventy-nine thousand‚ two hundred prisoners. Federal law’s set a trend that was overdone; he was wrong for his ninety-ninety-four criminal bill. Many of our prisoners begin incarcerated for many small misdemeanor crimes that had longer sentences‚ mandatory minimums to spend a long time in jail. If they do not have money to bail out of jail or have someone that is willing to bail
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I would like to present two problem areas in the criminal justice field‚ Confessions and Interrogations. Did you know that people confess to crimes that they did not commit. Pressure and interrogations have got some people to soak up a false confession leading them to jail. You’d think that innocent people would never confess to something that they did not do. I once believed that a confessions trumped all evidence. I assumed that once a confession was made‚ that it is the ending factor to the case
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is well known that police officers have broad discretionary powers. This applies equally to delinquencies as well as juvenile crimes. The action a police officer will take depends on various factors such as the behavior of a juvenile and/or the officers observations of suspicious activities and so on. Law enforcement officers are encountering a number of delinquent behaviors among children. Offenses can range from small status offenses to serious crimes. Officers’ discretionary power is allowing them
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College Of University of Phoenix In what ways could this new terminology and knowledge be applied to a career in criminal justice? It will help during research and also by knowing the correct terminology the work being performed will be assisted in any criminal justice career by aiding those performing the task giving them the ability to understand how the criminal justice system works and what research is and how research is done. This would give anyone a better ability to comprehend the research
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS Generally speaking‚ the concept of the legal system can often seem very complex‚ confusing‚ and intimidating. However‚ to assist in comprehending the system‚ the state of Kansas has defined a sequence of events in processing criminal cases where each action encompasses a specific function. Whether it is the police officer who investigates the crime‚ the prosecutor who must gather the facts for action‚ the defendant who must obtain a lawyer and prove their case
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