“Wedding Cake Model” Michal Bates Intro to Criminal Justice The criminal justice wedding cake is a diagram to show the importance of a crime and where it would be categorized. There are four layers on the cake that signify each of the major types of crimes: (1) misdemeanors‚ (2) less serious felonies‚ (3) serious felonies‚ and (4) celebrated cases. Also‚ the size of these layers depends on the importance of the crimes‚ with misdemeanors being the largest and at the bottom and the celebrated
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In The Collapse of the American Criminal Justice‚ William Stuntz (2016) discloses‚ Legislators will define crimes too broadly and sentences too severely in order to make it easy for prosecutors to extract guilty pleas‚ which in turn permits prosecutors to punish criminal defendants on the cheap‚ and thereby spares legislators the need to spend more tax dollars on criminal law enforcement. constitutional law can reduce the risk of this political collusion by limiting legislators’ power to criminalize
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September 8‚ 2010 English Class The field of Criminal Justice has so many different career paths that anyone can succeed in and it’s for that reason I have picked the Forensic Science path to explore. There are a number of reasons why I have chosen to explore and get an education in this career. The specialization of Forensic Science within the Criminal Justice is right for me because I feel that families should have closure‚ I feel that people who don’t
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afford these things‚ he began to do what other kids his age were doing‚ such as robbing and stealing. Even though he knew what he was doing was wrong‚ the reward outweighed the consequences as the Choice Theory states. As A child I pictured my brothers and I growing up to have great jobs in a career that we loved and worked hard for. Its crazy how one move can change your whole life? My brother is now 25yrs old and is still committing crime. On the other hand‚ what about people from poor families
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Hobbies/Values/Goals Speech Have you ever thought about what you love to do‚ what you want to do and the things you feel obligated to or to not do? Has it ever occurred to you that your values‚ hobbies and goals coincide? For instance‚ our values‚ in some way‚ determine how we live‚ what we enjoy and where we want to go in life. Three values that are most important to me are honesty‚ loyalty and self-discipline. Honesty‚ because no one should be lied to-it hurts and is pointless‚ the truth will
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directives of Professor John M. Paitakes‚ PhD‚ Mr. Jim Paul an officer of the New Jersey Intensive Supervision Program‚ and a former subordinate of Dr. Paitakes for so many years during their Probation careers was our guest speaker who lectured our Criminal Justice 2618AA Class of Community Supervision‚ on ISP. Mr. Jim Paul‚ an Officer of the New Jersey State Intensive Supervision Program (ISP)‚ presentations to the class was very‚ very informative and detailed to the entire class. During his
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within a society (Nickerson‚ 2024). Therefore‚ since these behaviors and actions are not formally written rules of conduct and are based on what society or culture generally accepts‚ people’s perceptions of deviance can differ from society to society. Consequently‚ each society or culture determines what is considered acceptable and unacceptable to them‚ and what may be seen as deviant in one society can be considered acceptable in another. For instance‚ in my culture‚ respect for elders is strongly
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Within the criminal justice organization‚ the political process is an accepted mechanism to address issues according to Stojkovic. Criminal justice workers are left with incredibly undesirable commands while trying to attain a marginally desirable outcomes. Power exists among the units of the organization as well as at a collaborative level. Within all organizations differentiating authority and power is described as a transposable term. Power is used to gain compliance from the subordinate. In
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Steps in the criminal justice process are as follows: Crime-is described as any violation of the criminal law. Nevertheless‚ arrest-the physical taking into custody of a suspected law violator in which we see the person taken away in handcuffs. Nonetheless‚ initial appearance- this is when the accused is told of the charges‚ bail is set‚ and a date for the preliminary hearing is set. Consequently‚ bail- is when money or property is pledged as a form of guarantee that a released defendant will appear
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Analyzing training leads to the application of recruitment‚ retention‚ as well as mentoring appeared from human resource officers within the criminal justice profession. Top law enforcement leaders are considering new and improved methods for leadership training that will develop future law enforcement leader. Organizational analyzation leads to the overall successful by creating a sense of confidence that encourages leadership growth resulting in retention of future leaders. 12 Through the implementation
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