retributive justification for punishment focuses on what the offender deserves as a result of his or her criminal behavior and the utilitarian focus on the future criminal behavior of both the person being punished and other members of society. 2. What is retroactive justice? Utilitarian justification of punishment that views punishment as a means to repair the harm and injury caused by the crime and focuses on the victim and the community as well as the offender. 3. What is retribution? The amount
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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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Future of Criminal Justice CRJ 201 In this essay it will discuss the expected of criminal justice over the next fifty years and their current state of criminal justice. It will also discuss the ways in which criminal justice will change. It will also discuss if the changes will benefit or detrimental to society as a whole. The three changes expected in the field of criminal justice that I chose is the DNA profiling and finger print technology‚ homeland security and cybercrime. The next 50
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noises all through the night. That’s what these kids have to go through. These young children are being forced to go to war and kill. Should kids be granted amnesty or punishment? Although kids have killed people‚ they should be granted amnesty because they were forced to do all those bad and horrific things. Child soldiers should be granted amnesty because of what they have gone through. In the article “Children in Somalia Facing War Crimes” the author said‚ “ . . . recruited as child soldiers
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considered being robbed by an African-American because I don’t associate crime with a color‚ but after being robbed at gun-point it makes it extremely difficult not to. But instead of blaming an entire race‚ I sat aside my differences. This is not the case for others. Author Barry Glassner writes‚ “when it comes to race‚ the more obvious the pattern the more obscure it seems‚” (Glassner 114). When we first hear about crimes that are committed‚ we automatically assume that the assailant is guilty
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Introduction What is the justice system? The justice system must punish the guilty‚ protect our liberties and rehabilitate offenders. We will ensure that more criminals make amends to victims and communities for the harm they have caused and help them break the destructive cycle of crime. How were criminals caught? Each town or village had a constable‚ but he dealt mainly with peasants who would revolt from time to time and the leaders of the revolts died in prison or were executed by torture that
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The Mythology of Crime and Criminal Justice: Contributing Factors Of Crime Crime is defined as: commission of an act or act of omission that violates the law and is punishable by the state. Crimes are considered injurious to society and the community. As defined by law‚ a crime includes both the act‚ or actus rea‚ and the intent to commit the act‚ or mens rea. Criminal intent involves an intellectual apprehension of factual elements of the act or acts commanded or enjoined by the law. It is
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS Generally speaking‚ the concept of the legal system can often seem very complex‚ confusing‚ and intimidating. However‚ to assist in comprehending the system‚ the state of Kansas has defined a sequence of events in processing criminal cases where each action encompasses a specific function. Whether it is the police officer who investigates the crime‚ the prosecutor who must gather the facts for action‚ the defendant who must obtain a lawyer and prove their case
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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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States laws prohibit violence and provides consequences to deter it. If one commits an act of violence on another person‚ depending on the severity‚ they are arrested and most of them are sent to jail or prison. Though the criminal justice system removes these violent criminals from the streets making them no longer a threat to the public‚ this does not prevent them from committing violence against other offenders. As the prison system’s inmate population in the United States has grown well beyond
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