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    Distributive justice is the concern for fair treatment towards stakeholders.8 Retributive is the concern that punishment is justified by the offence.9 Corrective is the procedure that stakeholders are compensated appropriately for wrongs that are suffered.10 Procedural is the involvement of impartial application of rules or procedures.11 In this case‚ the distributive property of ethical justice has been violated‚ as Monsanto does not show concern towards

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    Social Contract Theory

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    Social Contract Theory Social contract theory‚ nearly as old as philosophy itself‚ is the view that persons’ moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they live. Socrates uses something quite like a social contract argument to explain to Crito why he must remain in prison and accept the death penalty. However‚ social contract theory is rightly associated with modern moral and political theory and is given its first full

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    talk about ethics in criminal justice and the slippery slope‚ we must first define what ethics is. Ethics is‚ “that branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct‚ with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions” (Dictionary‚ n.d.). Having defined ethics how does it play out in criminal justice? It goes without saying that every department should have ethics training‚ and it should extend beyond just the field of criminal justice. It applies to everyone‚ and

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    The Juvenile Justice Policy Jason Austin The juvenile justice system in dealing with juvenile offenders has cyclically gone from a rehabilitative approach to a punitive approach a number of times since its inception (Jenson & Howard‚ 1998). Research by Bernard (1992)‚ as cited in Jenson and Howard (1998)‚ examined the history of the juvenile justice system from 1820 and found that when juvenile crime is determined to be high‚ the justice system responds with severe punishments and few

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    Justice with Michel Sandel

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    Justice with Michel Sandel Silvia Molina University of Texas at El Paso Justice with Michel Sandel Harvard university professor Dr. Michel Sandel introduces two lecture episodes that discuss a number of philosophy related issues. In the first episode “The Moral Principles” Dr. Sandel begins the lecture with a story of a trolley cart in a path that may lead kill one‚ or five people. The decision to kill the one person in oppose to five‚ is left to a show of hands by participating students.

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    History of Criminal Justice

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    History of criminal justice The modern criminal justice system has evolved since ancient times‚ with new forms of punishment‚ added rights for offenders and victims‚ and policing reforms. These developments have reflected changing customs‚ political ideals‚ and economic conditions. In ancient times through the middle Ages‚ exile was a common form of punishment. During the Middle Ages‚ payment to the victim (or the victim’s family)‚ known as wergild‚ was another common punishment‚ including for violent

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    assignment on the European Court of Justice (ECJ)‚ looking into its role in the European integration process‚ and how its rulings and judgments have affected the business framework. We will also be looking into the effects of its rulings on state sovereignty‚ and how in some cases its rulings have limited states power over certain policy areas and handed them to the European Union. We will start by looking at the radical jurisprudence of the European court of justice‚ and what political reactions have

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    Juveniles in the Justice System Name: Kelly Liberty Instructor: Jerry Glover Course: Criminology Date: 13 July 2013      Juveniles in the Justice System   Introduction Children are not just born delinquents; by law‚ a juvenile delinquent is a person under the age of eighteen who is found guilty in a court of law for committing some sort of crime. Juveniles are normally products of circumstances‚ chance‚ and their surroundings. Juveniles who are in an area of violence and crime

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    Dixon November 9‚ 2012 Justice by Michael J. Sandel Throughout life our morals are questioned numerous times and it is completely up to decide what is morally correct and what is logically correct. From that step it is then up to us to decide which one matters most to us. Merriam-Webster defines utilitarianism as “a doctrine that the useful is the good and that the determining consideration of right conduct should be the usefulness of its consequences; specifically: a theory that the aim of action

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    Classism in Criminal Justice

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    Justice is a word that many of us hear every single day and accept although a lot of us possess skepticism in regards to what it really means. Generally speaking‚ justice is the concept of righteousness and equality. When it comes to society’s thoughts about how “just” the criminal justice system is‚ we usually include the “ism’s”: sexism‚ classism‚ and racism‚ to illustrate a number of the stumbling blocks that this program possesses (Brewer & Heitzeg‚ 2008). Although it is evident that most of

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