Justice

and training for social justice have progressively expanded, transformed, and revolutionized the counseling field from 2000 to the present (Hunsaker, 2011). This has significant implications for the counseling profession. For example, social justice awareness and advocacy in the counseling field has created an institutionalized alliance to the social justice movement through experts, such as Ratt (2008), Palmer and Parish (2008) addressing the challenges of individual justice and equitable…

comes to certain crimes. News channels have done an inadequate job on reporting crimes and analyzing the criminal justice system thus leaving the public poorly informed of the issue at hand. Not only does inadequate reporting of crimes hurt the public but also our criminal justice system. Although this analysis focuses on race and religious backgrounds, an example of how our justice system is being affected can be seen in the duties of police officers. In recent years, police officers have been…

Of the four cornerposts of restorative justice, I feel that Amends supports the central restorative justice principles and values. Restorative justice focuses on the needs of the victim and the offenders, and the community. In order to repair the harm that was caused, I feel that amends is highly important because it is the step where the offender is taking responsibility for the harm that they have causes. This is the step where the offender is admitting his wrongdoing and apologizing. This…

The criminal justice process is all of the steps used by the criminal justice system to identify if a person is guilty or innocent. There are five main steps, with smaller categories in between each step, therefor making some steps take either a longer or a shorter period of time. Each steps is important to the system as a whole. Step one is entering the system. This might take days or months depending on the nature of the crime. Detectives have to investigate the crime at every imaginable…

Learning about various components of the criminal justice process has helped me to expand my knowledge regarding this subject. The criminal justice system is the set of agencies who work to control crime and enforce punishment on people who violate the laws. The criminal justice industry includes private investigators, the police department, judges, jury, lawyers, parole officers, prosecutors, defense counsel, and many more people, professions, as well as organizations. Each one of these…

In discussing criminal justice and criminology, there is a difference between the two fields, however, they are very narrowly related. The disparate criminal justice systems and practices of the 18th century lead to the formation of criminology as a field of study. Criminal justice is the study of the practical or everyday systems that handle crime. These include the police, courts, and corrections. In contrast, criminology is the study of the causes of criminal behavior and society’s responses…

“The first juvenile court was convened in Chicago in 1899”. (Bilchik, 1999) and since than there have been many changes in juvenile justice. The juvenile court system is based on the principle that youth are developmentally different from adults and more amenable to intervention, rehabilitation and treatment are the balances of courts. The youngest age of juvenile court jurisdiction in…

Criminal justice has been altered in many ways as we have grown into the country we are today. It started off a bit rough but that was because it was the beginning of how everything was going to work out in the end. Today, there are still some patches that are being improved but not nearly as many from when we started. Criminal justice in early America was when it all began. Americans had just come from overseas and much of how they dealt with issues were based off of what country they had…

all the things which lead to the corruption of what started out as a noble cause. As stated by Moushey (1998), when he spoke about members of the federal criminal justice system, “Rarely were these federal officials punished for their misconduct. Rarely did they admit their conduct was wrong.” Understanding the criminal justice system is anything but simple. There are many loop holes and affirmative defenses that can be exploited and abused by those who choose to manipulate the system.…

The criminal justice in United States of America is based upon the 1967 on President 's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice. This recommendation is based upon that a systematic approach should be followed for an effective approach to criminal justice. This can only be achieved when there is improved coordination among law enforcement, courts and correctional agencies. Other countries have also enforced the criminal justice system and use it as a means to protect the…