Melanie Wilson Psychology and the Law Criminal Behavior The four general approaches to explaining criminal behavior are sociological theories‚ biological theories‚ psychological theories‚ and social-psychological theories. (Greene & Heilbrun‚ 2011) Sociological theory is which maintain that crime results from social or cultural forces that are external to any specific individual; exist prior to any criminal act; and emerge from social class‚ political‚ ecological‚ or physical structures
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Kathrin Jones Professor Odem Criminal Justice Do you consider the criminal justice system fair to all: minorities‚ genders‚ socioeconomic classes‚ and people of different sexual orientations? Explain either why you do or why you do not. QB The Criminal Justice system was made to be fair to all‚ but throughout the years the Criminal Justice System has changed in my eyes. I do not agree that the Criminal Justice System is now fair to all minorities; gender and socioeconomic class. I feel it unfairly
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into their own hands not thinking twice about the consequences. Crime is not a joke‚ especially when it involves innocent civilians who can end up hurt‚ with no protection of their own. This is why criminal justice is so important‚ it is their for the people. It is their to protect and get justice. It is there for knowledge and for people who dont necessarily feel the need to know about the law and how important it is to understand its meaning. In the first few chapters‚ I learned that there
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Criminal law is the body of law concerned with what constitutes a criminal offence and how it is dealt with when it comes to court in terms of sentence. Criminal procedure law is linked with the law of evidence and is concerned with how the defendant is charged‚ brought to court‚ asked to enter pleas‚ and the whole business of conducting a trial in accordance with the established principles of procedure and evidence. Criminal law versus civil law All law other than criminal law is known as civil
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Council Bluffs‚ IA CJ 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice Caption Robert L. Miller September 13‚2010 Introduction The Miranda warning as prescribed by the landmark ruling Miranda V. Arizona is designed to do at least two things. One to ensure the rights of those who are held in custody from incriminating themselves per the fifth amendment of the United States without any forceful or undue treatment and to safeguard the process of justice. Justice has been sacrificed several times because
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the U.S. gangs. According to the 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment‚ the gang-cartel link is most highly seen in El Paso between the Barrio Azteca gang and the Juarez drug cartel‚ but similar alliances are emerging in various parts of the country‚ (Barrio ‚n.d.). Most street gangs in El Paso don ’t deal directly with Mexican cartels‚ but the alliance between the Barrio Azteca gang and the Juarez drug cartel is well documented. The Barrio Azteca gang was started in 1986 by five street gang
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found in the men’s prisons did not have an equivalent found in the women’s prisons. Rather than the cohesive subculture found in the men’s prisons‚ the women’s prisons have small‚ intimate family type groups that are centered around homosexual relationships that tended to their affectionless starvation. Women tend to break down over stress more than men do‚ which drives them to hurt themselves and make suicide attempts. Women also tend to group up as social. I don’t believe that there is a better
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defense in Arizona. What purpose do you think this defense was intended to serve? Do you think the "insanity defense" should exist? Use your module readings to support your answer. Arizona uses a modified version of the M ’naghten rule (A test for criminal insanity). The defense team is responsible for proving that. The state of Arizona also uses the "Guilty but insane" verdict as well. I believe the reason the insanity defense is in place is to protect those that are mentally ill and commit crimes
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the rule. The law of bails has become an important branch of the criminal justice administration system. The concept of bail emerges from the conflict between the police power to restrict the liberty of a man who is alleged to have committed a crime and the presumption of innocence in his favour. The police has been conferred with powers of arrest and custody of accused by the state for the protection of its citizens from the criminals. It would be grossly unjust to keep an accused person under arrest
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Letter From Birmingham Jail by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Background - In the spring of 1963‚ Martin Luther King Jr. and his organization‚ the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)‚ targeted Birmingham‚ Alabama‚ with a series of peaceful demonstrations aimed at the ending segregation. The police reacted violently with attack dogs and high-pressure fire hoses. Hundreds of protesters‚ including King‚ were jailed. At first‚ King was criticized for taking on Birmingham; eight white
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