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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Our justice system today can be unfair in the way we decide who is guilty for what crime and how to punish them for that crime. There are many factors that play into how we decide what’s best to do with a criminal. There are also many factors that have nothing to do with the crime but they play a part in deciding your fate. Depending on what time of day it is could mean you could go to prison. If it’s late in the day the judge and jury could be ready to go home so they are willing to decide
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Access to justice is a fundamental right and principle of democracy and rule of law. Equal access and protection under the law require that individuals have legal representation when before the court in serious matters. This is reinforced by the Charter and the justice system through formal equality. However‚ the justice system in Canada does not make accessibility easy and is limited‚ especially in regards to those living in poverty. People living in poverty face many obstacles to accessing the
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Distributive justice concerns the proper and equal distribution of goods and attention‚ mostly from a monetary basis such as taxes‚ compensation and re-imbursement. This distribution is most often based on the needs and merits of individuals and organizations. The difficulty lies in deciding how and to whom allocations are dispersed as well as fairness of disbursement of funds based on individual and organizational entitlements. It mainly deals with what is fair monetary compensation for labor
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the Criminal Justice System Ivy B. Danforth University of Phoenix Public Policy Issues CJA/580 Jeffery P. Codner March 29‚ 2010 Improving the Criminal Justice System Senator Jim Webb crusades against prison overcrowding citing a need to repair the criminal justice system by recalculating “who goes to prison and for how long” (Webb‚ 2009‚ p. 4). The U. S. Justice Department and Senator Webb agree that drug abuse and addiction results in an overburdened justice system. According to
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The Criminal Justice System (CJS) is one of the major public services in the country. Across the CJS‚ agencies such as the Police‚ the Courts‚ the Prison Service‚ the Crown Prosecution Service and the National Probation Service work together to deliver the criminal justice process. The work of these agencies is overseen by three government departments: the Home Office‚ the Attorney General’s Office‚ and the Department for Constitutional Affairs. These departments and agencies are working together
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The criminal justice system has been altered in several ways to make it a fair system for all races‚ religions‚ and genders. Though this was the goal since the beginning‚ the system has not fully accomplished this. The justice system has become corrupt and incredibly unfair‚ especially to those of color. People of color are stereotyped and scrutinized excessively during their sentences. There are several cases that show how corrupt the justice system really is. The cases of Adam Bollenback‚ Brock
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them jealous. Excuse is making up reasons as to why you did something. Mitigation is reducing the punishment after the behavior. Culpability is wether someone is responsible for something they did or not. The author’s opinion on the juvenile death penalty is that juveniles should not be punished as harshly as adults because their brains are still going through change and maturity and therefore they should not be culpable for their crimes‚ since it’s their influences that influenced them. They also believe
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“According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics‚ which is a division of the U.S. Department of Justice‚ 1 in 3 black men can expect to be incarcerated in their lifetime. For Latino men the imprisonment rate is 1 in 6‚ and for White men it’s 1 in 17”(2015‚ Top 8 Most Surprising Facts about Race and the US Criminal Justice System). Racism has tainted our history books for centuries and continues to plague our world to this very day . The Bureau of Justice statistic worries me‚ because even though that
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1) When Josh went home during his spring break he wanted to convince his family to support his decision on joining the fraternity. After his second day in town after he ate dinner he brought up the topic to his father. A form of Ineffective Listening that was evident in this communication was monopolizing which is hogging the stage by continually focusing communication of ourselves instead of on the person who is talking (Wood‚ 2014‚ p.121). His dad keeps brings the topic back on himself and what
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