When a criminal justice professional comes into the realization of poverty, their environment takes on a whole new perspective. People living in poverty and social exclusion come into contact with criminal and administrative controls and sanctions more than any other group in society. Having to deal with poverty is an ill-fated reality. About 21,000 people die every day of hunger or hunger-related causes, according to the United Nations. This is one person every four seconds, and sadly, many of them are children (http://www.poverty.com/).
When the criminal justice professional is faced with the dealing of poverty, there are many helpful solutions that they try to undergo. One of them would be to educate citizens on the issue. Inform your community …show more content…
It’s what has helped develop the moral reasoning the majority of the people use and how they define criminal activity and what they, as a society, deem as acceptable punishment or behavior. It’s an important topic because our criminal justice system is most effective when it’s operating in an ethical manner. When the police are perceived to be operating ethically, the community is more likely to be open and ethical when dealing with them. This includes working together on crime prevention. When dealing with the courts, attorney’s ethical behavior isn’t about winning a case at all costs. It’s about representing their client in the best way possible. There shouldn’t be an expectation for attorneys to have to act unethically and therefore inappropriately. For example, rules have been written in a certain way. The people can follow the spirit or the letter of the law, and need to allow, and expect, attorneys to be doing both
When the criminal justice professional is faced with the dealing of poverty, there are many helpful solutions that they try to undergo. One of them would be to educate citizens on the issue. Inform your community …show more content…
It’s what has helped develop the moral reasoning the majority of the people use and how they define criminal activity and what they, as a society, deem as acceptable punishment or behavior. It’s an important topic because our criminal justice system is most effective when it’s operating in an ethical manner. When the police are perceived to be operating ethically, the community is more likely to be open and ethical when dealing with them. This includes working together on crime prevention. When dealing with the courts, attorney’s ethical behavior isn’t about winning a case at all costs. It’s about representing their client in the best way possible. There shouldn’t be an expectation for attorneys to have to act unethically and therefore inappropriately. For example, rules have been written in a certain way. The people can follow the spirit or the letter of the law, and need to allow, and expect, attorneys to be doing both