Impact Of Social Issues In Criminal Justice

The key social issues contributing to the needs of Criminal Justice Practitioner there are five key issues that are facing criminal justice professionals today: They are managing change; offender population management; probation and parole violations; problem solving courts; and reentry and transition. On managing change we have a growing number of offenders under correctional supervision and a lot of the state budget are low and cannot keep up with the growing demands and more inmate come in every day making the prison system overloaded. Collaboration creates a more comprehensive planning process, which results in a holistic system change. The strength in leadership along with a key understanding of the dynamics of change and leading others through the change process. One of the other …show more content…
Prison overcrowding is one of America most urgent criminal justice issues. With people getting locked up for drugs and other crimes there is so much overcrowding in the united states that we are facing a big problem with states having shrinking state budgets and very little resource to be able to build new prison are added on the ones they have, some state have started selling some of their prisons to independent company that buy the prison from the state and run them their self. The most of them being drug cases are drug related cases are the main reason for the high rate of incarceration. Another thing that can be done is alternative drug sentences is a way to cut the cost of housing a growing prison population that has led most corrections administration to cut or eliminate drug-treatment and education programs. This provides the courts with alternative sentencing options. One other thing is the immigration which raises three significant, controversial issues in criminal justice. The first being the time and resources necessary to deport immigrants—documented and undocumented of the one who have committed