Criminal procedure

designated for the most violent and dangerous criminals serving long-term sentences. While various states define super-max differently, these facilities predominantly contain the most violent and dangerous inmates who are labeled as a threat to themselves and/or other inmates or prison staff in the facility. Despite the varying definitions, most states with super-max…

The criminal justice system responds to fees paid to the agency or organization, which the crime is affiliated with our government system. These government duties entail upholding an investigation (generally done to see if any admission of guilt occurs). Then once the investigation is signifying the next step is to formally charge of the suspect (execution of charge are delegated for further examination). Then the final process is to set the tone is actually established by making the first…

Juvenile delinquency is a major topic that entails different opinions about how unacceptable or unlawful crimes should be effectively addressed. Specifically, a local store robbery, involving a young man with a handgun, and no prior criminal or delinquent offense, will spark various reactions to this unfortunate situation. Understandably, some people may think that the juvenile should be charged as an adult and harshly punished for the robbery, while others may strongly disagree with the…

Many people see civil asset forfeiture as a defective tactic used by the government. Civil asset forfeiture refers to a legal procedure by which the government is able to seize and ultimately forfeit the property of people suspected of wrong doing. The reason why people see this tactic as execrable is the fact that the government can seize property from people who were never convicted of or charged with a crime. Civil asset forfeiture is constantly seen as a way the government can victimize…

becoming increasingly popular and the way the shows are scripted makes for compelling television. While these shows are indeed interesting, they are giving viewers a false sense of knowledge when it comes to the real world of forensic science and the criminal justice system as a whole. The “CSI Effect” is causing everyday jurors to feel more confident in decision making when it comes to cases they are trying which is causing them to need more evidence to convict even for the simplest of crimes. …

Samuel Yochelson and Stanton Samenow More contemporary promoters of a particular criminal personality are the psychiatrist Samuel Yochelson and the clinical psychologist Stanton Samenow (1976), who, profess to have challenged persuading economic and sociological theories of crime causation, on the foundations of their fourteen-year remedial work with 240 intransigent criminals and offending cases at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital for the criminally certified in Washington D.C. In a comeback of initial…

population of 2,217,000 people as of 2013, the United States continues to have the highest prison rate in the world (Institute for Criminal Policy Research). In light of these numbers, it is clear to many that the United States is in need of some kind of reform in the way it responds to crime and carries out justice, however, there is much disagreement on what aspects of our criminal policies need to be reformed and in what way. Many factors play a role in the enormous prison rates in the United…

Probation plays an important role in the criminal justice system around the world. Approximately four million adults in the United States are now on probation, a court ordered sentence that provides for a period of community supervision as a penalty for a crime (Doherty, 2016). Probation should not be confused with parole, Probation refers to an independent criminal sentence imposed and administered by a judge (Doherty, 2016). Parole is community supervision inmate receives an early release…

dispute. The two different types of lawsuits are civil and criminal. Although these courses of action seek to come to a resolution, there are many different steps or proceedings involved to get there. Civil litigations seek reimbursements of monetary damages or equitable relief for harm caused to an individual, business, or governmental agency that is seeking relief from another individual, business, or governmental agency, whereas, a criminal litigation is seeking to punish one who commits a…

Drug diversion is a criminal activity that harms patients, institutions, staff members, the community, and the diverters themselves. Institutions have a duty to provide a safe environment in which the risk of diversion is kept to a minimum. Thus institutions must have policies and procedures in place to prevent, detect, and respond to diversion, and the policies and procedures must be followed consistently and without prejudice. In the United States in 2010, nearly 4 billion retail…