the "insanity defense" folder (found in module 2). Summarize the insanity defense in Arizona. What purpose do you think this defense was intended to serve? Do you think the "insanity defense" should exist? Use your module readings to support your answer. Arizona uses a modified version of the M ’naghten rule (A test for criminal insanity). The defense team is responsible for proving that. The state of Arizona also uses the "Guilty but insane" verdict as well. I believe the reason the insanity
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Meg Houbolt April 19‚ 2013 “Paradise Lost” Criminal Justice 101-A Law Enforcement 102-A Jessie Misskelley’s signed a Miranda waiver on tape before he was interrogated by Detective Ridge. His confession is not admissible under Iowa law on “Miranda” voluntariness‚ but I do not believe that the evidence supports his confession. In the case of State of IOwa‚ Appellee v. Jimmie Lee HODGES page 347‚ Hodges confessed to the crime that he was accused of after the police officer “suggested that by
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Professionals in the criminal justice field have the discretion to make many ethical choices throughout their careers. These choices are so significant that their outcomes can determine the futures of those involved. An ethical choice that prosecutors have to make daily‚ revolves around plea bargaining. Plea bargains are negotiations for contracts between the prosecution and the defense in an attempt to get them to plead guilty ("Plea Bargain.”). The prosecutor offers to reduce the severity or the
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Kathrin Jones Professor Odem Criminal Justice Do you consider the criminal justice system fair to all: minorities‚ genders‚ socioeconomic classes‚ and people of different sexual orientations? Explain either why you do or why you do not. QB The Criminal Justice system was made to be fair to all‚ but throughout the years the Criminal Justice System has changed in my eyes. I do not agree that the Criminal Justice System is now fair to all minorities; gender and socioeconomic class. I feel it unfairly
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I have aspired to be a police officer my whole life and found it only fitting to interview a Police Officer from the Northern Virginia area. The officer told me of his own aspirations to become a cop and it only furthered my motivation. He said his goal as a police officer was/is to make positive influential changes for his peers by protecting and serving his community to his fullest potential. Before returning back to patrol the streets‚ the officer was a Student Resource Officer (SRO) at Herndon
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Criminal Justice Policy Process Alan Shank AJS/582 July 21‚ 2014 Barry McCrary Criminal Justice Policy Process The criminal justice system has multiple functions and takes on many roles within our society. However‚ there are many areas within the criminal justice field that use improvement and benefit from an overhaul within the system. The largest change within the system can and should be made within the corrections component of law enforcement. Although there are needed changes throughout the
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Essential Interview Skills Kathy Thomas Criminal Justice Communications September 28‚ 2012 You are a probation officer who was conducting a home visit for probationer Bobby Jean. You walk up to the door‚ she answers‚ and you notice a bag of marijuana sitting on the kitchen table. She promises that it is not hers. You provide her with a urine screen and it is clean. Based on the above scenario‚ please respond to the following questions: * What would you do? * Would this scenario lead
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CJ 310-01 Assignment 5 (Ch.7) 1. What three requirements are necessary to trigger protection of the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination? 5pts *Suspects have the right to remain silent during custodial interrogations. *Criminal defendants have a right to remain silent at their criminal trial. *In all other legal contexts‚ citizens have a right not to answer specific questions that might tend to incriminate them. 2. What is necessary for a statement to be considered
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Felonies‚ misdemeanors‚ infractions‚ folkways. Question 3. What is the least severe type of criminal punishment? A fine. A prison sentence. A hearing. Retribution. Question 4. Moral acceptability is: The key element to all criminal laws. Unimportant. An influence on mala prohibita criminal laws. An influence on mala in se criminal laws. Question 5. What was one of the first known criminal codes? Roman law. The Code of Hammurabi. The common
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The criminal justice system is theorized to support this “status quo” and‚ in some ways‚ intensify. Although both classes can possibly commit acts of deviance or criminal behavior‚ the way society classifies crime for each class is quite different‚ due to the corruption of the powerful. A common scenario is that when the elite face crime
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