CJA 334-Week One Research Process and Terminology November 30‚ 2013 Research terminology is important to the criminal justice professional and will aid him or her to better understanding of terminology and how to conduct oneself. Criminal justice professionals will be able to obtain an articulate information that is obtained from their research because they will understand the language‚ circumstances‚ and terminology that is within their profession.
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Criminal Justice: Concept‚ Process‚ System‚ and Agencies Helen Jordan-Seals CRJS 1001-12 – Contemporary Criminal Justice System July 29‚ 2012 The Criminal Justice System goes as far back as the days of Jesus. There were Soldiers who acted like policeman‚ the tribune which was the court system‚ and Caesar‚ Herod and even Pontius Pilate stood as judge. The prison system was that of dark caves and dungeons. As we journey to the twenty-first century‚ nothing has genuinely changed.
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Corrections in America Zachary Gene Mooney Notre Dame College The American correctional system has its flaws like many other programs in America today. A hot topic in today?s society is whether or not the American criminal justice system is effective; often times‚ this leads citizens to believe that the United States can no longer be considered the land of the free because of its various flaws. America has the highest imprisonment rate in the entire world along with a shockingly high rate
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Trying Juveniles as Adults If your son or daughter were killed by a seventeen-year-old‚ would you be able to accept the fact that the murderer would be walking the streets again in less than a year because the law allows those under eighteen to be tried as juveniles? Forty-four states and Washington‚ DC‚ passed several laws between 1992 and 1997 enabling the judiciary to transfer juveniles to the adult court system. Today‚ murders committed by adults have decreased over 18%‚ but murders by juveniles
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The Integral Role Sentencing Plays In the Criminal Justice Process There are four philosophies that are considered when it comes to the sentencing of a criminal. These philosophies are: Retribution- Retribution is a philosophy that a wrong doer who has freely chosen to violate society’s rules must be punished. Retribution relies on the principal of “just deserts”‚ this holds that the severity of the punishment hold to the severity of the crime. This philosophy is not the same as revenge
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Corrections Purpose and History Introduction The history of punishment is a unique one‚ since the dawn of man human kind has punished one another. Man did not merely throw someone in a chamber and let them contemplate their crimes such as we do in today’s society; rather‚ during those early times‚ punishment was harsh and swift. Criminals were not drawn through the litigation processes; instead‚ they were found immediately guilty of a crime and brought forth to be punished in an open forum‚ serving
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The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs reviews arrest records from law enforcement agencies throughout the United States documenting statistics in relation to juveniles‚ location‚ and crime types. The statistical information developed and presented is used to help law enforcement agencies and individuals with interests in juvenile justice to develop programs to lower the types of crimes and help juveniles to refrain from committing crimes. The Juvenile Justice Bulletin of 2008 complied
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Why did juvenile delinquency occur in the 1950s and what precautions were taken to prevent it? (Project Summary) This project will focus on the British criminal justice system in the 1950s regarding juvenile behaviour. The research will explore the ways used to prevent juvenile crime‚ the social and psychological motivation for crime‚ and the way that the criminal justice system aimed to rehabilitate those convicted of a juvenile offence. To explore these areas an understanding of ‘delinquency
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Corrections Trend Evaluation Tony Lee Merriwether CJA/394 May 22‚ 2014 Ken Jones Corrections Trend Evaluation This paper is the writer’s evaluation based on research of past‚ present‚ and future correction trends in regard to the development and implementation of institutional and community based corrections. There is an urgent need to revamp the antiquated practice of the crime control methodology. The get tough on crime approach requires harsh sentencing laws that subject non-violent
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Community corrections Tammylynn Shindurling CJS/230 May 26‚ 2013 Stephen Gillespie In this paper I will be discussing community correction and how it affects society‚ and my hypothesis about community corrections‚ and the effectiveness in the corrections system. Moreover talk about how other nation see and practice imprisonment
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