Jim Crow‚ originating in the late 19th century‚ was the name given to the racial caste system that implemented many anti-black legislations. Following the Great Depression of the 1930’s‚ the poverty that resulted from the economic disaster created more racial tension between whites and blacks. Working class white Americans blamed black Americans for stealing their jobs and homes‚ which influenced local and state governments to reinforce the “separate but equal” decision from the Plessy v. Ferguson
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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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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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has been at the heart of the Canadian criminal justice system. One of the greatest negative impacts associated with alcohol is the vast amount of violent crimes‚ which occur within Canada as a result. Pernanen‚ Cousineau‚ Brochu‚ and Sun (2002) conducted extensive research on the prevalence of alcohol and illicit-drug use and correlation to violent crimes within the Canadian Correctional Service. Their studied encompassed numerous factors but identified how there is a strong link to violent crimes
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setting are not of a punitive nature‚ and there may be an opportunity to save this offender from the experience of the correctional system. The concept of restorative justice is not clearly defined; often referred to as a ‘movement‚’ and presented as an option to the mainstream of criminal justice. Rather than harsh punishment to the offender‚ restorative justice will attempt to establish a connection between the victim and the offenders (Sharpe‚ 1998). RJ attempts to repair the harm the offender
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FINAL PROJECT CJS/210 Trends that are now affecting policing is the rapid growth of technological advancements which keep boosting social weakness and fear giving terrorist and criminals new methods and opportunities. The new technologies being developed give police new tools and ways to stop the criminal. Intelligence analyst is a big part of the police technology advancements and is a trending opportunity for the police to stop more violence. Leadership is one of the foreseeable critical
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prison. How impossible is it to not become hardened and detached under the constant threat of victimization? It ’s hard to imagine that reform is part of that equation when one ’s very life is at stake. Yet that is one of the impressions that we on the outside have of why criminals are in prisons: so that they will get better. But do they? In effort to make society appear to function properly‚ we have to close our eyes to many contradictions. Ironically‚ many are found within the justice systems. We
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can talk about ethics in criminal justice and the slippery slope‚ we must first define what ethics is. Ethics is‚ “that branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct‚ with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions” (Dictionary‚ n.d.). Having defined ethics how does it play out in criminal justice? It goes without saying that every department should have ethics training‚ and it should extend beyond just the field of criminal justice. It applies to everyone
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Title: Theories of Justice Compare and contrast each of the three theories of justice Provide illustrative examples of each theory Write a conclusion identifying your preferred theory of justice along with your rationale for choosing the theory Retribution (Deserts Theory) This theory states that people should be punished only if they have done something to deserve it‚ and only to the extent to which it is deserved. This theory is only concerned with the past‚ which means it supports
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Organizational Behavior in Criminal Justice CJA/510 January 10‚ 2011 Brian Robinson Organizational behavior in a criminal justice agency is the way in which employees and their superiors interact amongst themselves and with one another both positively and negatively. Organizational behavior itself is the study of social conduct as it relates to the confines of a specific group. It is the study of how an individual or group interacts with one another and the dynamics of the personal relationships
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