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    The Criminal Justice Career Day was a great event where many professions in the criminal justice field relied an abundance amount of valuable information to Penn State Berks students. Being the major I chose to dedicate my time and education on‚ it was essential for a bigger understanding of the type of work possible in the three main components of the criminal justice system. Law/Courts‚ Corrections/Probations‚ and Law Enforcements are the three main components of criminal justice system and many

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    Like majority of the world‚ the Canadian criminal justice system consists of three main parts: the police‚ the courts and the corrections. These three main parts are responsible for the smooth operations of our criminal justice system. However‚ there are other factors that can affect the fluency of our system; factors such as the legislations‚ the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom‚ the mass and ever-growing public media‚ and human behaviours and emotions. It is the intension of the writer of

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    The Criminal Justice System in the United States of America has a concept called the Courtroom Workgroup. This consists of the Judge‚ the Prosecutor and the Defense Attorney on the first level and it consists of the Bailiff‚ the Clerk and the Court Reporter and others associated with the daily functioning of details in a court on the second level. This Workgroup is a set of people who meet regularly on a daily basis to discuss various crimes. According to them the only variant is probably the name

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    Dartanya Bruin CJ100 Preparing for a Career in Criminal Justice Prof: Gibbons Unit 9 Assignment How the Criminal Justice System Affects Different Populations The Criminal Justice field is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world.  Working is corrections‚ trust‚ honor‚ integrity‚ and determination has to be in play.  The role of a criminal justice professional is to protect and serve the society in implementing the laws that rule the nation.  In order to fight crime‚ it takes integrity‚ which

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    1. The three components of the criminal justice system are the police‚ correctional agencies‚ and the courts. The three components work as a system reaching towards a common goal. The systems model explains how the three components relate as a system. An example of the working system model is arrest‚ prosecution and sentencing. The systems model also shows conflict within the criminal justice system. A system work as unit toward the same goal. However‚ different agencies and originations have

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    The criminal justice system begins with a report that a crime has occurred. A Law enforcement investigation of a crime may begin in a number of ways. For instance‚ an officer may arrive to a crime scene to determine the motive of the crime. During an officer’s investigation‚ they may cross-examine witnesses and potential suspects to further their case. If an investigating officer acquires a sufficient amount of evidence at a particular location‚ they may make an effort to obtain a search warrant

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    In my opinion‚ I believe that the media distorts the process of criminal justice system. According to David Sugg‚ “the media keeps the public stay up-to-date on current events within the courts‚ as it relates to sentencing for high profiled cases.” When the media brings the information to the public‚ they use headlines that will make for better television‚ in order to have good ratings. The higher the ratings are the more profit‚ because crime sells. Often times‚ news reporters such as Nancy Grace

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    Health disparities have an overwhelming influence on not just individuals and families but also the society as a whole. These are variations that transpire in the delivery and access to health care across diverse ethnic‚ racial and socioeconomic groups. According to Mandal (2014)‚ health disparities are population-specific differences in the presence of disease‚ health outcome or access to healthcare. Ethnic and racial disparities can be complex‚ comprising of social circumstances‚ lifestyle actions

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    women in the criminal justice system . Sexism still exists in the United States. Sexism against women is shown in the media and indicates that sexism still pervades in our society. Another key issue is the overrepresentation and disparities among minorities in the criminal justice system. After the act of September 11‚ racial profiling and other acts of racial hate crimes suggests that racism occurs. Another key issue that indicates that racial disparities occur in the criminal justice system is the overrepresentation

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    There many different criminal justice systems in the world today. Some that consists of many of the same policies and some that are considerably different. In the case of France and the U.S. there are a lot of similarities‚ but I will be focusing on the differences between each of their systems. The aspects that I will be comparing are police‚ courts‚ the legal profession‚ legal education‚ criminal procedural law‚ corrections‚ and juvenile justice and the advantages and disadvantages of each. The

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