Hurricane Katrina: The Justice System in Peril XXXXX Hurricane Katrina: The Justice System in Peril Introduction President George W. Bush described Hurricane Katrina as “One of the worst natural disasters in our nation’s history.” In 2005‚ Katrina rampaged over the Gulf coast and several states‚ but completely devastated Louisiana and the city of New Orleans in particular. It formed over the Bahamas on August 23rd and continued its historic devastation through August 30th
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The youth justice system is a crime prevention system in England and Wales for ‘children and young people under the age of 18’ 1. Due to common belief and principle that children and young people who offend ‘should be dealt with separately from adults’ (Goldson and Muncie 2015)‚ the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 was put into place. According to the House of Commons‚ ‘the youth justice system has been successful in reducing the number of criminal offences committed by young people over
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Women and The Criminal Justice System University of Toledo Women represent the fastest growing segment of the criminal justice system (PEW Center‚ 2008). With more than one million women behind bars or under the control of the penal system the incarceration of women has nearly doubled the rate of men since 1985. Most of these female offenders are guilty of nonviolent drug-related crimes and should be held accountable-but for whom prison is an injudicious sentence. Most female offenders
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Comparative Criminal Justice Systems September 1‚ 2011 With so many different cultural and historical perspectives‚ it can change the way the criminal justice system works. Two types of criminal justice systems in which bring a lot of historical and cultural perspective include Iraq and Italy. Both countries also have legal tradition in which help in the way the criminal justice system works. In addition‚ both politics and legal issues can also cause the criminal justice system to change. However
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Throughout history in America‚ minorities have been poorly treated in the criminal justice system‚ particularly in cases where darker-skinned people from a diversity of racial backgrounds including African Americans‚ and Latinos—being treated worse than their lighter-skinned folks by whites or even members of their own racial community.Early America‚ blacks were torchered for the slightest violation of informal laws and a lot of times they were blamed for crimes they did not even commit but the
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Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Crime The word “delinquency” is a strong word and when people hear it they get scared. Juvenile delinquency is occurs when a juvenile’s behavior is in violation of criminal law‚ juvenile status offenses‚ and other juvenile misconducts. On the other hand‚ status offenses are those misconducts committed or engaged by a juvenile and that can be presented in a juvenile court. Status offenses are those offenses illegal for a certain group of people‚ in
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1. Briefly outline the components of the CJS system and explain their relationship to each other and to the community. The criminal justice system has four main components‚ law enforcement‚ prosecution‚ Judiciary and corrections. The first of the four which is law enforcement has the duty of upholding the law and protecting the rights of those within the community. Many law enforcement officers don’t necessarily see it that way‚ primarily because municipalities focus more on infractions rather than
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hideout and he might be on for another hit job. To our esteemed jurors and moderator‚ my fellow debaters‚ ladies and gentlemen‚ A pleasant morning to all. Santino is one of the many juvenile delinquents savoring the bounties of our bizarre justice system. According to RA 9344 or The Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006‚ minors aged 15 and below are exempted from criminal liability and minors aged 16 to 18 were declared exempt if they acted without discernment and allowed modification
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Issues in California’s Juvenile System ______________________________________________________________________________ Berkeley‚ California Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice August 16‚ 2012 At the moment California is unable to meet the needs of juvenile’s with mental health issues in the criminal justice system. While California does have a significant amount of resources to help the youth‚ it does stop the growth in mentally ill children in the justice system that is growing at an
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The justice system in today’s society is not bias. People today‚ just like to say that they are. If you have committed a crime white or black you will pay a price for it. The way I see it is‚ you get what you get no matter what race. People today‚ just want to believe what they see on tv. Which is clearly not true in some aspects of the news media. The news does not show how the whites are treated by police. The media only shows what they want you to see. If you look at the per capita for the united
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