Criminal justice

me. The way I think about it is, we view others based on our thought processes. These thought processes are based off of our knowledge and our experiences, therefore viewing someone else with those isn't going to be correct. Just reading about how criminal defense attorneys think about the cases they take changes how I view them. Prosecutors are a good thing, I am not arguing that, there are guilty people, but reading in this section about how the prosecutors believe they are good people…

appear to be absolute. It may be feasible, based on pertinent research, and conform to the objectives of the organization. However, even a seemingly “model” plan can prove to be deficient once it is implemented. Some of the activities of the criminal justice system are indicative of the reality that a solid idea cannot only be ineffective upon application, but it can potentially exacerbate a problem. For example, with a growing crime rate and the heightened prevalence rate of drugs, it was…

Criminal Courts and Juvenile court is separated due to age. Depending on the state, there is a cutoff age that an adolescent’s case is brought to juvenile court. In some states, that age can be 15 in others it may be 17 (Bartol & Bartol, 2015). In some states, prosecutors, regardless the age of the child or adolescent, have the discretion to choose between juvenile court and criminal court. The main difference between the criminal justice system and the juvenile justice system, is that the…

The Youth Criminal Justice Act Fair, Equitable, How so? To what Extent? By: Anh-Quan Nguyen 9.2 The Youth Criminal Justice Act, first implemented and put into effect in 2003. This act, also known as the YCJA, was first proposed as an amendment to the Youth Offenders Act (YOA), an amendment which would introduce several new concepts to help improve the equitability of the justice system when it comes to young offenders. “Young offender” often applies to any person between the ages of 12 – 17…

Discuss the nature of victim participation in the criminal justice process. assessment on the adequacy of this participation. Recent developments in the criminal justice system require that victims be part of the criminal justice system. The rise of restorative justice requires that victims’ participation in criminal proceedings be necessary for administering justice. In adversarial justice systems where trials involve two adversaries maybe a state and a defendant and such for truth is conducted…

United States’ criminal justice system with England’s system. One significant aspect of the United States’ criminal justice system is due process. Due process is defined by www.reference.com as “the principle that an individual cannot be deprived of life, liberty, or property without appropriate legal procedures and safe guards (www.reference.com)”. There are many similarities and differences between these two countries, and this paper is aimed to show how both of their criminal justice systems…

1.Terms like stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination in the criminal justice system were introduced to us in all the readings we did in class. Stereotyping means a public belief about specific social groups, or types of individuals this is also combine with prejudice and discrimination most of the time. Prejudice means a feeling of partiality resulting from a prejudgment that influences a person 's thoughts, mindset, and behavior. It is basically judging a person without knowing them just…

There are two crime control models in which both have been debated for a long time. Both models are needed in the criminal justice system, but there a many variances that cause for concern. The two crime control models are the Due Process Model and the Crime Control Model. The Due Process Model states that an individual cannot be deprived of life, liberty and their property without following legal procedures. The Crime Control Model is not focused on an individual’s right, but more on the crime.…

safety (Cronkhite, 2013). When considering how these two apply to viewing criminal justice as a system it is quite simple. The conflict model creates an urgency to protect the people from harm yet also to preserve individual rights that are guaranteed by the Constitution. If the conflict model is to be applied to criminal justice, then it is important to recognize that laws and policy can be implemented by the criminal justice system to combat crime, while also ensuring that the people do not…

Tanasichuk and Wormith’s (2012) study explores attitudes towards the Criminal Justice system. The authors incentive of the study was to identify what is the cause of attitudes towards the criminal justice system. As well as, how we can incline those attitudes in the direction of a more confident perspective of the criminal justice system. The study used a sample of 140 students from an introductory to psychology course from a Canadian university. Of the participants, 82 were female, 54 were…