The concept of restorative justice centers on a mutual understanding between the offender and community in regards to the offender’s previous criminal acts. This theory focuses on repairing harm the offender inflicted on the community in a non-retributive manner. With the assistance of the community‚ victims and the cooperation of the offender‚ this theory points the ability to repair the criminal in a non-traditional means. The traditional mindset being of the community or society seeing an offender
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The Criminal Justice System – The aggregate of all operating and administration or technical support agencies that performs criminal justice functions. The criminal justice system consists of three components: * The Police * Criminal Courts * Correctional Agencies The role of the justice system is to respond in the name of society when crimes are committed. The three components
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“The first five Criminal Justice Acts of the century were spaced out over nearly 50 years‚ from 1925 to 1972‚ whereas the last five have come in less than 20 years since 1972 and the current Act is the third in only five years” (Davies‚ et al.‚ 2010:29). There have been many important legislative changes affecting the criminal justice system since the 1990s. Many of these provided numerous reforms to sentencing‚ creating a systematic process. There are three legislative changes that could be considered
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When I hear the word justice I think along the line of making a wrong‚ right. So to me‚ justice means having the quality of moral rightness and the being true. Justice is an action taken as to make a situation right or better. The main components of the criminal justice system could be defined as the legislative which are the ones who create laws‚ the adjudication which is comprise of the courts‚ and corrections which could be describe as the jails and prisons. How these components interrelate
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the Concept of Restorative Justice What is Restorative Justice? Restorative Justice is the process used by the justice department to mend the damage inflicted to a victim and to assist them in returning their lives to the way it was before the crime was committed. However‚ the process has both its advantages and its disadvantages. The Restorative Justice process has many advantages. I believe the most important advantage is the ability to be involved in the justice process. This comes in many
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Justice System or Failing System? Senator Jim Webb writes in Clear and Frost’s article‚ “ America’s Criminal Justice System has deteriorated to the point that it is a national disgrace.” And that is the truth. The criminal justice system has many flaws that need to be fixed. There are several issues that need to be handled and dealt with properly. Tweaks need to be made to ensure that criminals are sentenced properly. But the way that criminals are picked out and failed by the system is preposterous
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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‚ and
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The criminal justice system is a complex system with many components all of which operate with a process that allows for equitability for all citizens. It is a system that allows for crime reporting procedures and gives everyone the opportunity to seek justice through a proven‚ honest system rather than vigilantly justice. It is not a perfect system‚ but it does work more often than not. It is a system with numerous checks and balances at varying levels of government. It is formulated on the principles
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What do you think is the most important goal of the criminal justice system? Why? I believe the most important goal of the criminal justice system is deterrence. By deterring people from crime‚ society is eminently safer. The economy would definitely be improved‚ as shoplifting‚ burglary‚ and other types of theft would occur less frequently. The costs involved with arson‚ mass and serial murders‚ and the other various crimes would also be less troublesome for the local and federal governments. I
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The first article is “Making Juvenile Justice LGBT-Friendly”. This article is by J.B. Wogan‚ and was published March 2016. Approximately ten years ago‚ the first lawsuit targeting the treatment of LGBT juveniles was addressed in the state of Hawaii. During which time‚ the American Civil Liberties Union states that three youths that were being held at the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility had unfortunately been harassed‚ and even abused‚ because of their gender identity‚ and sexual orientation. It
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