Essay On How Has Criminal Justice Changed In The Last 50 Years
Criminal Justice In The Next 50 Years
Jon Scott
CRJ 201 Introduction to Criminal Justice
Daniel Malvin
5 March 2011
This week are tasked to discuss three subject in criminal justice that will change in the next fifty years. I have chosen to discuss police technology in police vehicle, less-lethal weapons, and cybercrime. I’m going to discuss if what changes have already happened in the last several years and was is expected in the future. The question if these changes will be beneficial or detrimental to society as a whole.
At this current time, technology in a police vehicle as leaped and bounded ahead of itself in the last twenty years. Today officers have the luxury of working straight from their patrol cars if needed. Today almost …show more content…
Today the internet has completely changed the way people communicate with each other. It has changed the people conduct commerce, changed the way people research topics, the way people entertain and the way people break the law (Schmalleger, 2011, p. 70). Many of the crimes that are committed on the internet include: prostitution, drug sales, theft, fraud, conspiracy, bullying, and harassment. As the internet becoming more and more of a dominator factor in how society is driven so has these crimes. Kids are being bullied and harassed by their peers to the point that they are committing suicide. Stopping these acts are hard because it’s very difficult tracking everyone in America’s computer and it’s illegal without the correct warrant and process to monitor someone’s actions. The more that the internet becomes an everyday use for everyday America the more is going to be taken advantage of and break the law. I can see this being beneficial or detrimental to society as a whole. It can be beneficial by connecting the world but also detrimental by someone corrupting and hacking into the world. It’s going to be on the government and us to see how this outcome turns
Jon Scott
CRJ 201 Introduction to Criminal Justice
Daniel Malvin
5 March 2011
This week are tasked to discuss three subject in criminal justice that will change in the next fifty years. I have chosen to discuss police technology in police vehicle, less-lethal weapons, and cybercrime. I’m going to discuss if what changes have already happened in the last several years and was is expected in the future. The question if these changes will be beneficial or detrimental to society as a whole.
At this current time, technology in a police vehicle as leaped and bounded ahead of itself in the last twenty years. Today officers have the luxury of working straight from their patrol cars if needed. Today almost …show more content…
Today the internet has completely changed the way people communicate with each other. It has changed the people conduct commerce, changed the way people research topics, the way people entertain and the way people break the law (Schmalleger, 2011, p. 70). Many of the crimes that are committed on the internet include: prostitution, drug sales, theft, fraud, conspiracy, bullying, and harassment. As the internet becoming more and more of a dominator factor in how society is driven so has these crimes. Kids are being bullied and harassed by their peers to the point that they are committing suicide. Stopping these acts are hard because it’s very difficult tracking everyone in America’s computer and it’s illegal without the correct warrant and process to monitor someone’s actions. The more that the internet becomes an everyday use for everyday America the more is going to be taken advantage of and break the law. I can see this being beneficial or detrimental to society as a whole. It can be beneficial by connecting the world but also detrimental by someone corrupting and hacking into the world. It’s going to be on the government and us to see how this outcome turns