Steps in the criminal justice process are as follows: Crime-is described as any violation of the criminal law. Nevertheless‚ arrest-the physical taking into custody of a suspected law violator in which we see the person taken away in handcuffs. Nonetheless‚ initial appearance- this is when the accused is told of the charges‚ bail is set‚ and a date for the preliminary hearing is set. Consequently‚ bail- is when money or property is pledged as a form of guarantee that a released defendant will appear
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else’s‚ just letting my mind go numb for a bit. X. Although when I do visit my own reality I am planning out my future goals. First and foremost of these is to attend college and receive my psychology and criminal justice degrees‚ allowing me to reach my second goal which is to become a criminal profiler for the government. My last goal is to travel to as many beautiful places with my best friends as possible. X. Though‚ in the end it all comes back around to the values I was brought up with. I
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Running head: ETHICAL DILEMMA � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �1� ETHICAL DILLEMA � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �5� Ethical Dilemma Jody Richards University of Phoenix Ethics in Criminal Justice CJA 413 Juan Cephas April 15‚ 2010 � � Ethical Dilemma Ethics as defined by dictionary.com is the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group‚ culture‚ etc… Ethical dilemmas in the workplace are nothing new. Situations arise daily for most of us at not only
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Deviance in sociology can be described as actions or behaviors that violate or go against the widely accepted cultural rules and norms within a society (Nickerson‚ 2024). Therefore‚ since these behaviors and actions are not formally written rules of conduct and are based on what society or culture generally accepts‚ people’s perceptions of deviance can differ from society to society. Consequently‚ each society or culture determines what is considered acceptable and unacceptable to them‚ and what
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Roberson During the 1950 ’s there was significant social change taking place in America. Young people were dissatisfied with certain conservative aspects of society and their conduct reflected this. They embraced the rock and roll culture‚ the new style of music and also the new styles of dancing and dress that were associated with it shocked the older more conservative people. Young people were also quick to protest against the controversial issues of the 1950 ’s. Civil Rights‚ the Vietnam
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Law Enforcement Reporting & Recording Writing Importance Scenarios 1-4 September 15‚ 2010 Week 1 By ???????? Prepared for ???????? Importance of Written Communication in Criminal Justice A Criminal Justice career can be greatly enhanced with good written communication skills for the following reasons: one reason is that it is important that our written documentation and reports are clearly stated for interpretation. The well written report or document provides the audience with the
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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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the Criminal Justice System Australian courts of law constantly deal with youth crime. It would seem that in the last decade young people have come up against the criminal justice system in increasing numbers. Public outrage at the antics and harm caused to the community by youth appears to be growing a tough approach dominating the media and public debate. (Edwards‚ 2011‚ p.5). The Australia Bureau of Statistics [ABS] (2010) notes that‚ “ In 2008-09‚ the rate of offenders in the criminal justice
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Many aspects of living are changing and conforming to the things the youth of today are doing and revolutionizing our culture. (Bennet‚ 2007) states “Youth is so undefinable because of how rapidly it is changing. As soon as a definition of youth comes out‚ it is already contradicted by the new youth that is replacing the old”. We all see it adults everywhere panic about how fast things are changing compared to years ago when they were growing up they are afraid they will never be able to keep up
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“in making sentencing decisions” (Bergman‚ n.d.). A well written presentence report will have the following information to help a judge in making his or her decision‚ “circumstances of the offense”‚ a “defendant’s personal history” as well as any criminal background available‚ and a “victim impact statement” (Bergman‚ n.d.). In the end‚ a well-written report (of any kind) will help the person making a decision to make the best one possible.
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