Our Constitution was written to form a more perfect union, not just at the time it was created, but for the future of the union as well. Though we can never be perfect, the Constitution establishes guidelines to help criminal justice professionals make, enforce, and interpret laws to keep order in our country. Their main purpose is to protect and uphold the Constitution. They do this by enforcing laws, protecting citizen’s rights, and promoting justice for all (Dreisbach, 2009, 104).
Since laws are man-made they can be flawed and the Constitution allows for amendments to correct these flaws. Criminal justice professionals should remain mindful of this when fulfilling their responsibilities. They should feel it is acceptable to stand up against the rules when they know …show more content…
The text uses the Dred Scot decision as an example in which it was determined that African Americans had no rights. As stated before, knowing that the Constitution is a living document and times change, a criminal justice professional would need to use his or her own moral foundation to determine we are all God’s creation and should be treated equally. Even if one does not believe in God, we are all human beings and our rights should not go away because of our race, gender, or even wealth. I feel this is a major problem that is relevant to criminal justice professionals today. They have a duty to promote justice for all, so all citizens must be treated fairly. Justice has three main types communitive, distributive, and retributive. Different positions in criminal justice and have a different role in upholding one or more of the types of justice (Dreisbach, 2009, 149). No matter what position or what type of justice, it is important for the individual to go beyond just the letter of the law and realize how their decision affect society as a whole, not just that individual
Since laws are man-made they can be flawed and the Constitution allows for amendments to correct these flaws. Criminal justice professionals should remain mindful of this when fulfilling their responsibilities. They should feel it is acceptable to stand up against the rules when they know …show more content…
The text uses the Dred Scot decision as an example in which it was determined that African Americans had no rights. As stated before, knowing that the Constitution is a living document and times change, a criminal justice professional would need to use his or her own moral foundation to determine we are all God’s creation and should be treated equally. Even if one does not believe in God, we are all human beings and our rights should not go away because of our race, gender, or even wealth. I feel this is a major problem that is relevant to criminal justice professionals today. They have a duty to promote justice for all, so all citizens must be treated fairly. Justice has three main types communitive, distributive, and retributive. Different positions in criminal justice and have a different role in upholding one or more of the types of justice (Dreisbach, 2009, 149). No matter what position or what type of justice, it is important for the individual to go beyond just the letter of the law and realize how their decision affect society as a whole, not just that individual