Criminal accusation

Since individuals are categorised according to their attributes, and this is dependent on social perception (Goffman,1963:11), the society had already associated criminals with certain outward traits. For example, the media commonly, if subconsciously, associates Muslims with ‘terrorism’ and subsequently with Islamic modes of dressing and appearance (Saha,2012:435). Hence this creates a potential to re-construct and…

represented within Donald Marshall’s case would be structural racism because the entire criminal justice system is involved. . Before this case occurred Nova Scotia already had a poor system of people who treated Blacks and Natives differently therefore this relates to the definition of systemic racism. The Aboriginals in Nova Scotia had already been arguing for years about the unfair treatment from the Canadian Criminal justice system and how they are in fact racist. In relation to Donald…

By the age of twenty-five, John Wayne Gacy and his wife Marlynn had moved to Waterloo, Iowa. Gacy managed three Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) franchises owned by his father-in-law. During their time in Iowa, the couple had two children: Michael was born in March 1967, followed by a daughter named Christine in September 1968. While in Waterloo, John remained heavily involved in the local Junior Chamber of Commerce organization. Until this point in his life, John Wayne Gacy had kept his first two…

A traumatizing event damages a person. For instance, rape damages people mentally and physically in various ways. Also, the community is effected by the mental and physical instability of the victim. Furthermore, an enormous problem in jails and prisons is rape which is why the Rape Elimination Act needs to be strictly enforced. The Rape Elimination Act needs to be enforced for the mental and physical health of the inmates to ensure the safety of the inmates and the public. Rape causes…

The police institution has impacted Wee-Bey negatively because the police targeted him. One person does not have to work in the police force in order to be in the police institution. The police target some people, and by targeting them, they are considered to be under the police institute. Wee-Bey was targeted because of where he was placed in society. To start with, Wee-Bey grew up in a public squalor, (a place where poor people lives). The public squalor system made so poor individuals will…

should be as few as possible.” It means that other rights of prisoners could be restricted only in case of threat of good order, safety and security in prison. Such theory was developed by the scholar Alexander Paterson, who was a prison reformer of criminal system and of the penal system. Paterson is first who empathized that deprivation of liberty is already punishment in itself and no other additional deprivations should prisoners…

The criminal justice system works together in many branches such as police, forensic scientists, and jurors. This was illustrated “Forensics on Trial” in the O.J. Simpson case, when police officers ruined evidence that could have incriminated O.J. and made it…

4. The officer's testimony is flawed. One of the more common defenses is challenging the observations of the officer that led to the arrest. This often involves introducing witnesses who can substantiate your version of the events. While most of these arguments will not negate a DUI conviction in and of themselves, they may poke holes in the officer's story or lead to a challenge of testing validity. Since much of an officer's testimony against you will be based on observations, you can…

Juveniles being sentenced in adult court is becoming more of a common issue in today’s society with such crimes as murder being committed by the youth. This has lead people to believe that they should be sentenced in adult court, in order to scare or prevent the juvenile form attempting to commit the crime again. Sentencing juveniles to adult court does not justify a reason for them committing the crime again or violent acts. Juveniles differ from adults, in the way that they are not developed…

In our society, it is important to control those who violate laws in order to keep the public safe. The criminal justice system is given this responsibility. Society relies on those in this system to effectively combat crime. This may sound simple, but many have debated how to efficiently fight crime for years. Two concepts that have been debated are the crime control model and the due process model. The crime control model is a model that encourages surveillance. Those who encourage this…