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    and discrimination in the criminal justice system causes lack of equality based on the certain individual’s religious beliefs‚ color of skin and background. We live in a world where discrimination and disparities should no longer exist but unfortunately they do. The people around us are the ones who make the world what it is today therefore seeing someone for the way they look and not looking deeper into ones personality is very immoral and unethical. Stereotyping against individuals because of stories

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    of the Youth Criminal Justice Act is to make sure that if those kind of things happen to you or your community‚ the youth would get punished for what they have done. The YCJA became a law in 2003‚ under the Liberal Justice Minister Anne Mclellan. Since then less youth had gone through jail. The YCJA applies to youth from 12 to 17 years old. For teen under 14 they get less serious punishment‚ and for older teens they get more punishment. YCJA is extremely important to our justice system; it protects

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    The criminal justice policy I have chosen to talk about is the 2010 – 2015 government policy: reoffending and rehabilitation. I will be analysing the government which was in power when this policy was set out and will also be looking at the impact the policy had on our society. The government’s main aim when looking at policies is to make sure our communities feel safe and secure‚ policies can both make a change and have a huge effect on our society. I will be exploring the outcomes and limitations

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    In my criminal justice classes‚ I learned that there are many amendments that protects citizens when they are arrested. After September 11‚ and the terrorist attacked‚ President Bush passed the Patriot Act. Many people were unhappy because it allows police officers and federal agents to invade our privacy. Many laws passed into effect and all the police departments started to share information with ICE‚ FBI and other federal agencies‚ nationwide and locally. Many people do not know their rights

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    Ethics in Evaluating Criminal Justice Programs Ethics in Evaluating Criminal Justice Programs The basis for the conclusion reached‚ methods of evaluation‚ and reasoning‚ requires ethical guidelines and ethical individuals conducting evaluations of programs. According to Dr. Paul and Dr. Elder ethical reasoning abilities are important for numerous reasons. Dr. Paul and Dr. Elder explain how the majority of individuals “confuse ethics with behavior‚ in accordance with social conventions‚ religious

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    The cosmological arguments are inductive arguments based on an ‘a posteriori’ premise‚ which‚ despite having been introduced many years ago‚ continue to be prevalent today. An early example of the argument is within ‘Timaeus’‚ in which Plato proposed the idea that anything that has been created must be created by a cause. These arguments are intended to prove the existence of the God of Classical Theism by explaining that God must be the first cause of the universe; the being setting the world into

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    William Gill Criminal Law This paper is regarding the issue of race in the media‚ as it relates to referencing various ethnic backgrounds throughout coverage of criminal stories. I am currently a student‚ studying Criminal Justice‚ which calls for many outside of the classroom encounters with the law‚ regarding research‚ reading‚ and simply keeping up with current events. The Washington Post‚ to me is my main source of information regarding local crime trends. Throughout my research‚ I have

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    Criminal Justice Workplace Observation paper Jacqueline Johnson University of Phoenix Organizational Behavior and Management CJA 443 Luis Martinez July 04‚ 2011 Criminal Justice Workplace Observation paper When working in the criminal justice fields it takes experience and commitment to pursue a career as an officer.   When taking into consideration

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    A Different Perspective on the Law The United States has had an effective law enforcement system for hundreds of years‚ which has revolutionized itself starting with the implication of the Constitution to the lawless west and effectively to where it is today. The American criminal justice system has many branches and occupations‚ all of which focus on a common goal of keeping our nation as safe as possible. In the following paragraphs‚ I will discuss an interview with a San Diego Police Officer

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    * cybercrime: The theft and/or destruction of information‚ resources‚ or funds via computers‚ computer networks‚ or the internet * jihadist group: * cyber theft: the use of computer networks for criminal profits. Copyright infringement‚ identity theft‚ and internet securities fraud are examples of cyber theft * denial of service attack: extorting money from an internet service user by threatening to prevent the user from having access to the service * cyber stalking: using the internet

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