Within the context of Canadian criminal justice‚ the youth crime is relatively minor yet teeming with excitement and interest‚ lying at the center of public concern over society’s future adult citizens. In its history‚ three different forms of legislation have come to pass; the Juvenile Delinquents Act of 1908 remained in place for seventy-six years before being replaced with the Young Offender’s Act in 1984‚ which was then replaced with the Youth Criminal Justice Act in 2002 (Smandych‚ 2016: 5)
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Society’s Needs for Criminal Justice Practitioners Criminal justice practitioners are necessary for a civilized society. Without those who form boundaries to our freedom‚ and the ones that reinforce those laws‚ our community would be chaos. Some of the main social issues our society faces are drug abuse‚ gang violence‚ child abuse‚ and terrorism. The criminal justice practitioners face these types of issues daily. These professionals must act on the morals and laws stated by society rather than
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Will the future change us? In many short stories‚ we have the element of the supernatural or the extraordinary. These stories interest us because of the fact that most of these things are not real and it lets us imagine a completely different world. A world that might exist in the future. The Indifference Engine and Tourists have opposing themes on the subject. Firstly‚ Project Itoh‚ author of the Indifference Engine‚ is trying to show us how futuristic advances in technology will not help stop
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The issue I have been hired to explore is the injustices of the Criminal Justice system in the Judicial System‚ and the findings are not so astonishing There is no doubt the criminal justice system in the United States is broken. Between the issues of disproportionate mass incarcerations‚ the illusions of the “War on Drugs” and the targeting of other racial and religious backgrounds. These are the just some of the injustices that will be elaborated on throughout this report as well as now incarceration
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life changing was sitting in the Criminal Justice Center here in Colorado Springs in 2005. I knew scripture thou I did not know Jesus. Let alone have a personal relationship with Jesus. Sitting in lone of them women’s wards I recall sitting at a couple of the women’s doors and reading scripture. These ladies where in 23-hour lockdown and had severe mental instability. One day as I was doing this the Lords lamp went on inside me‚ Since childhood as far back as I can remember‚ I had wanted to be Loved
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The Enlightenment philosophy was a group of thinkers who stated that classical theory was the “scientific” worldview based on reason. (Bohm & Vogel‚ 2011) “The classical theory in criminal justice suggests that an individual who brakes the law does so with a rational free will‚ understanding the effects of their actions” (Schatz‚ 2017). It is believed that people are freewill and responsible for their actions; however‚ people behaviors were different; considering‚ they are believed to be motivated
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The criminal justice system has been altered in several ways to make it a fair system for all races‚ religions‚ and genders. Though this was the goal since the beginning‚ the system has not fully accomplished this. The justice system has become corrupt and incredibly unfair‚ especially to those of color. People of color are stereotyped and scrutinized excessively during their sentences. There are several cases that show how corrupt the justice system really is. The cases of Adam Bollenback‚ Brock
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Women in the criminal justice have been treated unfair. They have become social parasites in America. There are factors that lead to the rise of women being treated unjust‚ this portion of this research paper will examine these factors. According to the Sentencing Project (2007)‚ the last two decades with how women are treated in the justice system has changed. As a result‚ drug sentencing laws‚ increased police officers in troubled communities has an effect on post-conviction‚ and reentry. Thus
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This paper summarizes the following relation for one type of health care professional namely Nurse Practitioners that works in the state of Pennsylvania. Patient’s health care and their safety are significantly important throughout this entire paper. All things related to NP’s were taken into consideration; such as‚ the rules‚ regulation and standards that is required by law. However‚ regulations of nursing practices does vary from one state to another but in Pennsylvania; the state Board of Medicine
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In my criminal justice classes‚ I learned that there are many amendments that protects citizens when they are arrested. After September 11‚ and the terrorist attacked‚ President Bush passed the Patriot Act. Many people were unhappy because it allows police officers and federal agents to invade our privacy. Many laws passed into effect and all the police departments started to share information with ICE‚ FBI and other federal agencies‚ nationwide and locally. Many people do not know their rights
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