controlling ideas include: Investigation Trial Sentencing Examine the role of discretion in the criminal trial process Within the criminal trial process‚ natural tensions ordinarily occur between all participants and procedures of which the system operates‚ for example Investigation‚ Trial and Sentencing are three key processes within the criminal justice system that require an appropriate amount of discretion in order to properly and lawfully achieve justice. It is the Polices job to investigate
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Why is criminal behavior an important issue that should be addressed? First of all‚ what is the study of criminal behavior. the study of criminal behavior is to understand the lawbreaker better. This is to find out who the person is and why did they commit the crime. The study of criminal behavior is also to understand how they think‚ so we can figure out what they would do later on and help in catching future offenders. Overall if people learn more about this study then maybe more people will
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Discretion In The Criminal Justice System Discretion is the eminence of once behavior or the way of speaking in order to avoid any offensive occurrence or speaking up any private issues or information in public. It is the self-determination for someone to choose or think what should be better to be done in particular circumstances. Especially for a judge‚ a public official or other private party has the authority to make decisions on any legal matters or other big official subjects. Thus‚ a person
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Justice and Authority paper Discretionary authority in the Criminal Justice system Allen Ray CJA/550 April 11th‚ 2011 Discussions in how discretion is exercised in the legal profession often raises debate in the criminal justice system. Discretion is vastly misused in many of the criminal justice fields. Areas such as youth justice‚ sentencing‚ policing‚ and a host of many other legal fields need better understanding‚ interpretation and communication. As with many practices‚ the object
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Criminal Justice A student ride-along allows the student to observe the use of discretion and techniques that are used by the police officers who patrol our communities. Many people falsely believe that policing is what they see portrayed in the media. We never realize that there is much more to police work then what we consider entertaining or even amusing. By watching a patrol officer in the field‚ I was able to gain valuable insights into questions concerning why police officers stop
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research article mostly covers how us as students perceive the criminal justice major going into college. Students who selected criminal justice in the past had family members who worked in the field‚ but recently the popularity has risen due to media and Hollywood making the field look glamorous in shows such as; CSI‚ Cold Case and Law & Order. It looks at how the media such as news stations‚ movies and TV shows portray the criminal justice profession as mostly fun and “sexy” to get into. The article
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In this assignment I have been asked to detail two things why I think that it is important to study the history of criminal justice as well as how studying history helps us to I think that it is important to study the history of criminal justice because often times I have imagined a world where people allocate a collective amnesia about what happened in the past. Every generation would be forced to recreate knowledge their intimates had. This would create humankind without history. The study
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Technological developments such as DNA profiling and how investigations are conducted has significantly improved humankinds ability to investigate and solve crimes through everyday science. The use of DNA evidence in criminal investigations has helped law enforcement identify criminals and solve difficult crimes. DNA can also be used to clear the accused and free people who are wrongly accused or convicted of crimes. DNA was first described by scientists Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953. It
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2. The Criminal investigation Process Police powers You should be mindful of the fact that the exercise of police authority is regulated. The main police powers are defined by statutes including the: Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities.) Act 2002. (LEPRA) and the Bail Act. 1978 NSW Police powers include: 1. The power to arrest (discussed in more detail below). 2. The power to issue cautions‚ warnings and infringement notices in relation to minor offences. 3. The right to obtain
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scene will be under scrutiny when presented in court‚ that is why it is important for the investigator to maintain the integrity of the evidence at all cost. The investigator must know how to properly document‚ photograph‚ collect‚ and preserve each individual piece of evidence he or she is faced with. Although each crime scene is unique and varies from one another a visual image can be obtained through digital images. It is important though to know that proper steps should be followed in order for
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