This is a pivotal part in terms of maintain the functioning of society and to ensure that people don’t go around breaking laws wherever and whenever they want. The criminal justice system is therefore a central part of society and without is society would quickly deteriorate into chaos. There are however a number of issues in the criminal justice system. Some of these issues include false convictions and bias within the courtroom. The tutorial discussion this week was essentially discussing how the system operates and some of the flaws within the system such as false convictions which come about through human error or in extreme cases racial bias (Alberto F. Alesina, Eliana La Ferrara, 2011).
Analyse the impact of two pieces of crime and disorder legislation. For police officers who are already familiar with crime and disorder legislation, they need to be reminded of the impact they may have on people, communities and the public services. Choose two pieces of crime and disorder legislation you have already discussed and analyse the impact they may have on individuals (including offenders, victims and witnesses), communities and the relevant public services. The Theft Act This is taking the property of another without the intension to give it back; this can have an impact on the victim as they’re without their property whatever it may be (car, phone, wallet, game) or any other property. The person then becomes deprived and feels insecure in case of any other incidents that may occur and they find themselves to be in the same situation, there’s many different types of theft such as robbery, theft, burglary, aggravated burglary.
It allows the police departments to take proactive law enforcement action normally before the gang gets an organized structure. The gang can or may range from a loose knit group of individuals who hang around together and commit crimes together, to a formal organization with a leader or ruling council, gang colors, gang identifiers could be such as tattoos, and a gang name. In the textbook on page 145, “Islands in the Street: Urban Gangs in the United States, it says that the functions that gangs fulfill or motives for joining a gang is to possible to escape a broken home, but many members that join still interact with their families. So that must not be the only reason in some cases of why people join gangs. It also say its because of money, drugs, woman, to commit a crime, and for protection because its better than the police.
CJA 394 WEEK 1 Criminal Justice Trends Evaluation Criminal Justice Trends Evaluation John Dow CJA 394 October 01, 2011 Jane Dow Criminal Justice Trends Evaluation The criminal justice system is forever adjusting to protect and serve a changing society. The paper evaluates, identifies and assesses recent future and current trends affecting the criminal justice system. Lastly, it defines the values of the system in a changing society. Recent trends affecting the criminal justice system are related to gender and racial barriers. According to Roslyn Muraskin and Albert R. Roberts (2009 ), assessments of statuses of women and minorities in police work shows that there are obstacles in official and informal structures of police work organizations related to gender and race.
Some ways to play to the feelings of officers could be explaining specific examples of a particular police officer making a difference in a particular community or sharing specific stories of city residents whose lives have been affected for the better by actions taken by the Department. This practice should start at the police academy level and continue up through the
Crime data Comparison CJA/314: Criminology Instructor: Chris Hammond By: Christine Kishlock Student: University of Phoenix Crime is a process that takes place when a law is broken; these laws are set in place to keep society at a social normal. When these laws are broken people normally report these activities but in the day and present time it has been more aware to criminal justice officials that most of the criminal behavior is not being reported. In this short comparison paper I will be going over to different metropolitan areas and comparing the rates in crime in a crime category. California holds several different metropolitan areas some are more wide spread than others and can go as far as half the state. The
| The Criminal Justice System | | Individual Project Unit 1 | | The Criminal Justice System | | Individual Project Unit 1 | AIU online April 29, 2012 Authored by: Amy chrzanowski AIU online April 29, 2012 Authored by: Amy chrzanowski The roles of a Police Officer are to protect the community and will be called upon when a crime occurs. They are usually the first to respond when a crime is committed and the first to come in contact with a suspect after a crime has been committed. Taking a criminal into custody, defusing disputes between individuals and securing public order are a few examples of what Police Officers are required to do. Police Officers work within a system of laws, moral standards,
Criminal Justice Trends CW CJA/394 April 23rd 2012 Criminal Justice Trends Throughout centuries society world relies upon policing within communities to help protect the citizens. There was a time when citizens could walk the streets in the dark, sit on their front porch with their children, and sleep in their beds without fear. However, as years went by crime levels went up along with the types of crimes criminals were committing. As crimes began to change the world society lives in, this also began the change how policing is done within the criminal justice world as well. It is my intention in this paper to explain how the past, present, and future trends play an important role between the criminal justice system and its interactions
I think this book will help in explaining the profiler's duties and how they will help law enforcement. Evidence of Policing: Fairness, and Effectiveness in U. S. Law Enforcement. By Wesley Skogan (2003) APA citation on previous page. This book is a study of police research; it focuses on studies that examine how American policing actually works, they documented the enormous discretion enjoyed by officers on the street and the racially discriminatory way in which many decisions were made. I think this book will help in letting us know what is to be expected of law enforcement agencies, and how they think.
The reform era is where we saw police officers in patrol cars. Patrolling in cars help deter and detect criminal activity and led to the specialized units to address problems not being addressed by the normal patrol method. It also changed citizen response to policing; more responsibility was handed over for issues normally handled through family and community intervention. The Community era of policing started around the 1980s and is still present today. The main function of this era is to continue to control crime while still providing a broader range of social services.