eHRAF Research Paper Criminal justice systems are the processes created by governments or ruling agencies to maintain order and punish crime within a society ("The Criminal Justice System"). One universal criminal justice system does not exist, instead, they vary from society to society. These systems are important because they help to uphold order, enforce norms and mores, and shape the values of a society. I have only researched the criminal justice system of the United States government, so I am only familiar with the structure of a large government. The United States has a tiered structure in which there are law enforcement officers, county courts, state courts, federal courts, and other tiers so that there is a chain of command. I chose
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As of the 1990 census, a little over 3,000 Klamath. The Klamath, as stated in the previous paragraph, are foragers. According to the “Culture Summary: Klamath” by Ian Skoggard, the Klamath are located in the plains and plateaus of North America, more specifically southwestern Oregon. The Klamath do not have descent groups because of the emphasis on nuclear families. They practice monogamous exogamy, but occasionally sororal polygyny, and "divorce was easy and common" (Skoggard). The families reside patrilocally, but if the groom is poor, the family may live matrilocally. The society is divided into geographical tribelets and some of the tribelets had chiefs, while others did not. The tribelets that had chiefs had men lead who were war leaders, wealthy, or had a connection to the …show more content…
According to Jennifer Brown and John Beierle in " Culture Summary: Ojibwa," the most recent count of members of the Ojibwa tribe was 80,000, but this number may be larger. The Objiwa cover a large region including "Ontario, northern Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota," and "North Dakota and southern and central Manitoba and Saskatchewan" (Brown and Beierle). Each band has a chief who is usually from a successful family. They have a patrilineal descent system. The tribes practice exogamous monogamous marriage. They tend to be matrilocal, but they are organized in local "bands of interrelated families" ranging in size (Brown and
As of the 1990 census, a little over 3,000 Klamath. The Klamath, as stated in the previous paragraph, are foragers. According to the “Culture Summary: Klamath” by Ian Skoggard, the Klamath are located in the plains and plateaus of North America, more specifically southwestern Oregon. The Klamath do not have descent groups because of the emphasis on nuclear families. They practice monogamous exogamy, but occasionally sororal polygyny, and "divorce was easy and common" (Skoggard). The families reside patrilocally, but if the groom is poor, the family may live matrilocally. The society is divided into geographical tribelets and some of the tribelets had chiefs, while others did not. The tribelets that had chiefs had men lead who were war leaders, wealthy, or had a connection to the …show more content…
According to Jennifer Brown and John Beierle in " Culture Summary: Ojibwa," the most recent count of members of the Ojibwa tribe was 80,000, but this number may be larger. The Objiwa cover a large region including "Ontario, northern Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota," and "North Dakota and southern and central Manitoba and Saskatchewan" (Brown and Beierle). Each band has a chief who is usually from a successful family. They have a patrilineal descent system. The tribes practice exogamous monogamous marriage. They tend to be matrilocal, but they are organized in local "bands of interrelated families" ranging in size (Brown and