played a role for youth to offend. For instance‚ one key aspect I have learned is the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) which‚ corresponds to relations between youth and the law. The topic of the Youth Criminal Justice Act is critical in today’s society as it is still used for young offenders between the ages of 12 and 17 years old (Smandych & Winterdyk‚ 2016‚ p.64). Moreover‚ the Youth Criminal Justice Act was established to create its own set of rules and principles in order
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The Criminal Justice System responsibility is to protect the public against any act of crime that threatens the lives and personal interest of any such person. In do saying it also carries the responsibility to balance the safety of the people against individual rights. The balance of protecting the community against individual rights has become one of the hardest tasks that the Criminal Justice System has encountered. In the United States the law requires that law enforcement can use force to restrict
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My educational goals and plans involve criminal justice‚ human services‚ and vet science. I went to Niacc for two years to try and get my Criminal Justice degree. I took several classes for it‚ but fell short of money to finish what I needed to graduate. I have always been interested in T.V. shows like Criminal Minds and Law and Order: SVU‚ 48 Hours‚ and Dateline. Those shows give me the idea of what I want to do and who I want to be like. I don’t know the destined occupation in that career field
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Careers in criminal justice range from forensic analysts to the K9 units. They all serve a different purposes in protecting the lives of those around us. Without criminal justice careers there would be no structure in society. When you choose the path of going into criminal justice‚ one must know there putting themselves in harm’s way every day. But the feeling of knowing your serving a purpose is like no other. There are many different types of law enforcement jobs out there but the three most intriguing
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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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CRIMINAL JUSTICE REVIEW FOR FINAL 1) Three strikes and you’re out… legislation in California has a negative effect it didn’t deter crime it didn’t help anything 3 felonies and you earn a life sentence. 2) The get tough stance against criminals presumed that crime will decrease. 3) Habitual Offender laws target criminals with three or more felony convictions. 4) Radical trials of the 60s and how they challenged the courts? They did not respect the judges‚ they read papers during trial. 5) Three
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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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My next class is Foundations of Criminal Justice Systems. I am pursuing my Bachelors in Criminal Justice. I am looking forward to completing this goal in my life and continuing on to my Masters. Being a mother to a three year old little boy and more than half way through another pregnancy with a little girl‚ my schedule is already very busy. Which brings me into what I believe will be the important concepts in my future courses. One being time management. Time management is a hit and miss for
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now taking a different path. As in the social learning theory‚ I believe that once my brother began to fit in with society and see every day mishaps and rewards‚ he began to want more. The new Jordan shoes and clothes was all my brother could think about. Knowing that my mother could not 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
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Minorities are being overrepresented in the criminal justice system with numbers as high as “30% of the probation population (approximately 1.2 million people)‚ 44% of the prison population (est. 586‚300)‚ and over 40% for the parole population (est. 309‚000)” all of which are African American (Taxman‚ Byrne‚ 2005). The numbers continue to grow for the Hispanic population as well “12% of probationers (491‚700)‚ 18% of parolees (136‚000)‚ and 19% of prison inmates (251‚000) are Hispanic” (Taxman‚
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