(Reason to Listen) In order for my audience to be aware of police brutality and how they could help prevent it from happening to them. C. (Speaker Credibility) as a witness and victim of police brutality, I think I can educate and persuade my audience to sign a letter preventing this abuse of authority. D. (Thesis) Today I am going to tell you about police brutality
Janibell Perez Professor Mark Criminal Justice Systems and the Community Broken Windows Critique This critique is based on the “Broken Windows” The policy and neighborhood safety by James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling. After reading this article I have come to the conclusion that the authors overall purpose and meaning was to show how disorder is capable of sustaining and generating serious crimes in a neighborhood. The authors James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling want to let the reader know that disorder is not the main factor of crime itself. When there is disorder in a neighborhood the residents seem to withdraw to their houses and participate less in the community, because of this crime starts to happen when residents don’t participate in the area. The overall purpose and meaning of this article is to send the message that police officers can play a unique part in disrupting the disorder process.
Assuming that young, petty lawbreakers may be deterred from braking laws, simply by introducing the possibility of a public flogging, has some flaws to it. Jacoby neglected to bring up, what I would call the perfect argument to this topic. People who already intentionally commit crimes in today’s American society are fully aware of the possible repercussions for their actions. Despite this knowledge they continue to commit crimes that could land them in jail. I could argue that even more crime could result in effect to fewer prisonable offences and more humane forms of corporal punishment.
John Girard Professor Baker II Psych 350: When Harm Is Done September 9th 2013 Fixing Juvie Justice: Reflection Paper When one thinks of the definition of criminal what might come to mind? Murder, drug lord, gangster, bank robber are all-extreme examples that came may come to mind. Yet many people would be shocked to know that many of these “evil criminals” portrayed in the media, television, and even movies got there start as a children! The repeat offenders in and out of our prison system most likely began their life of a crime as a child. The film we watched class cleverly titled Fixing Juvie Justice completely broke down the wall of doubt that was is our American judicial system, and offers a positive solution to fixing the problem of repeat offenders.
In her essay, Why Juvenile Detention makes Teens Worse, Maia Szalavitz claims that those adolescent who entered the Juvenile justice system even briefly are more likely to be arrested later on in their adult life than those who have never been in the Juvenile system. Jennifer Gonnerman agrees. In her essay entitled, “The lost Boys of Tyron” she confirms the problem and suggests a solution. They both feel that that the Juvenile system is poor, but Szalavitz further believes that it has to do with the lack of positive direction in peer groups that cause kids to be worst. “By having them together, they form relationships.” When they are among so many different criminal associations with different behaviors this is more likely to increase the problem plus group experience tends to glamorize delinquency and drug use.
President Mark Soler of the Washington, D.C., Youth Law Center points out that adolescents/children are required by law to be incarcerated separately from adults. However, the overwhelmed juvenile justice system lets the adult criminal justice system handle many youth offenders. This causes numerous negative effects for convicted juveniles. The law recognizes that adolescents/children are less equipped to make important decisions than adults are. Yet the law fails to distinguish between adolescents/children and adults when it comes to spending the rest of their lives in prison for crimes they have committed before their 18th birthday.
Running Head: LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX: THE OFFENDER LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX: THE OFFENDER: FINAL THOUGHTS Shara Anjelica Armprester Buffalo State College CRJ 470W Advanced Seminar in Criminal Justice Professor Glenda Kelmes December 13, 2011 Abstract Many of the policies created by the criminal justice system in the United States are created because of moral panic. In terms of the Sex Offender Registry Act there have been very little implication that ensure the convicted offender will not recidivate. Often times sex offenders location on the registry may be incorrect or community notification fail reach the community in which the offender resides. The recent concern with sex offender registry has been that punishments have been overboard and based on inaccurate measures of who the offender is. To be effective sex offender registries must be based on reliable evidence.
Re-Entry of Sex Offenders Francina Moore CRJ422: Criminal Justice Capstone Professor: Robert Jackson February 16th, 2011 One of the worst crimes in the world is a sex crime. Sex crimes are committed by both men and women from all ages. These are crimes that is committed when an individual have sex with an individual without their consent. Statutory rape is when the sex may be consensual, but one person may be old enough to be the victim mother or father, and that person can
Women, sexual predators, and drug abusing offenders may not benefit from incarceration since rehabilitation and social reintegration are not objectives of incarceration. Community sanction programs specializing in women and their children support independence and education. Victims of domestic violence need mental health counselors to show them ways to identify warning signs of potential abusers. Parenting skills are vital tools taught in an effort to stop the cycle of abuse and future arrests. Sexual predators remain one of the toughest special needs offenders to effectively monitor, reintegrate, and rehabilitate.
In the future, I feel probation programs should be changed and only offered to first time offenders or crimes that are considered low on the poll. If a person has violated their probation I do not feel they should be given another chance, their right to probation should be revoked and prison time served. I also feel that part of the probation program should concentrate on rehabilitation of the person that was placed on probation. There is always an underlying issue that has caused the person to sway down the path of committing crimes or drug use. With that being said, individual and possibly family therapy should be mandatory to get to the root of the underlying issue and deal with it in a professional way that will get the person back on track to a successful life.