Justice

It is my belief that social justice is to demonstrate compassion and observing lives of others in a humanitarian perspective. I originally became a social worker because I possessed a strong desire to collaborate with the other professionals who share a similar vision and objective to create positive changes. Through social justice, I serve as an advocate for clients experiencing financial hardships and mistreatment in an uncaring society. As a social worker, I cannot change the…

Our Justice system came to this country with the settlers from England. The systems mirror each other and each have evolved to our present systems. As with all systems our justice education systems has flaws. Remedies such as reintegration need to be implanted to help address some of the justice systems flaws. In my proposal, I will touch on the subject of our youth and how we need to educate them before they become a statistic in our criminal society. Rehabilitation is often cited as the…

Emotionally Intelligent Justice Now that this paper illustrated the roots of emotionally intelligent justice, it will now define the values and principles of emotionally intelligent justice before pointing out the limitations. The main values of the emotionally intelligent justice similar to restorative justice since they both focus on healing the relationship between the offender and the victim, but through non-harmful methods (Roach, 2000). In addition, similar to restorative justice, a crime…

Discretion and the Criminal Justice Professional When does the use of professional discretion cross ethical boundaries dealing with the profession of Law Enforcement? Before we can discuss this question we must first define discretion as it pertains to the profession of law enforcement. The criminal justice system uses four main characteristics to go by discretion, resource dependence, sequential tasks and filtering. (Cole & Smith, 2010) For this paper we will only discuss discretion.…

Ethical decisions are a part of our everyday life and even more so a part of the criminal justice profession. Except for a few other professions being under the microscope of the public about the decisions made, the field of criminal justice faces this every day. Ethics are instilled in us at an early age and are very vulnerable to outside distractions that can lead us array. That’s why it is important to have a reliable moral compass that deters us from doing the wrong thing ever. There is a…

heard of circle justice? I have. It’s sort of like Criminal Justice but you meet in a circle without a jury, and the victims are there and they all speak their feelings. Circle justice is when people come together to help a certain person heal. Circle justice is found in Native American cultures in the United States and Canada. Native Americas use this for many purposes. (Sherman, LW and Strang, H, 2007) When Circle Justice is used, it helps reduce the costs of criminal justice. It provides…

the book “The Little Book of Restorative Justice,” by Howard Zehr, is based upon one idea, how should this society respond to wrong doings and what should be done with the victims and offenders? The book begins by telling us that the criminal justice system is not meeting the needs of the people with in that system, ultimately the system is failing however there still may be some good qualities. Zehr expresses that, “restorative justice is an attempt to address some of the needs and…

Question: -Critically discuss the victims? traditional role in the criminal justice system in relation to a particular stage in or aspect of the criminal justice process (e.g. evidence, cross-examination, sentencing, parole etc.) Examine the victims? legal position in this regard Vis ? a- Vis the offender, and discuss any recent changes in this area. In the same vein, outline and critically evaluate restorative justice as a response to the victim?s position in the traditional…

Criminal Justice “Probation in America” Eduardo vazquez Brightwood College – Palms Springs CJ130 Mr. Butler The origin of probation can be traced to English criminal law of the middle Ages. Harsh punishments were imposed on adults and children alike for offenses that were not always of a serious nature. Sentences such as branding, flogging, mutilation, and execution were common. During the time of King Henry VIII, for instance, no less than 200 crimes were punishable by death, many of…

When I did this test I thought I would failed because I did not know so much about criminal justice. I believe, I learn so much things about criminal justice. I can be a good candidate for criminal justice. There are so many things I can do in this field. People have a lot of opportunities in criminal justice My strengths and weakness are really different and I should improve in them. My weakness are I might not know everything and might get something wrong. Im am not good with people sometimes…