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).
Criminal Law Evaluation CJA 354 August 29, 2011 Criminal Law Evaluation Criminal law is evolving to keep the criminal justice system alive. Criminal law models itself to the behavior of criminals. As people grow in knowledge to break the law, the punishment becomes greater for each crime. At least that is what has happened in the past. Now with the overcrowding of prisons, criminal law is changing once again.
The paralegal can also schedule the witnesses for deposition and trial and maintain contact with them throughout the case. Depending on the extent of your in-house library and your access to computers, hospitals, universities, and other facilities, paralegals can also save a lawyer untold hours locating and obtaining research materials about the medical, engineering, or other technical aspects of your case. (Kelly, 1996) When it comes to depositions a paralegal can retrieve important documents while the lawyer is
As a result of policy implementation decisions and made that establish the government’s procedure for addressing criminal justice issues. Elected officials often use a democratic system to influence others and gain support for policies in an attempt to influence the public policy process and win voter approval. Political affairs and criminal justice policy endure public opinion and society pressures. Criminal justice policies focus on problems that involve each participant in the criminal justice system. When crimes or criminal problems become significant actions then actions to alleviate the issues are essential (Marion & Oliver, 2012).
These are some examples of questions that Kudler will have to review and ask themselves when they are in the process of hiring new employees for their expanded service. It would be practical business protocol to review these questions with their lawyers and senior management in order to be in compliance with the laws of business. Conclusion To conclude, Kudler has addressed many different legal concerns regarding how it does business. These areas of concern were divided into four
Language Barriers As the United States continued to grow so did its cultural diversity. With cultural diversity comes many challenges for the criminal justice system, such as different moral, and ethical beliefs, and possibly the most important, the language barriers that the components of the criminal justice system face. Since the court system place a large role in society in its resolving of important criminal and civil issues. As society continues to become more culturally diverse than ever, it is important to have the proper skills present in the criminal justice system in order to preserve the rights of all involved. Without the proper translation many things can go wrong starting at the law enforcement level.
As time passes are prisons are becoming over crowded forcing are government to create new sentencing options to deal with this problem. Instead of sending convicted offenders to straight to prison the government has come up with the following options for judges to choose from that would fit the crime best; they are absolute discharge, conditional discharge, a fine, suspended sentence, probation, conditional sentence, imprisonment, and intermittent sentences. First of all before the judge make a choice on a particular sentencing option they need to consider whether the sentence would be in publics best interest, which is because the main reasons behind corrections and the criminal justice system is public safety, and the second thing they would need to consider is if the offender is given a community sentence is he going to re offend and if he does would it be a violent crime.
Policing Perspective: Theory and Application Chastity Chambers, Nicole Cunningham, Nurca Lott, Tiffany Rainey, April Smith CJA - 484 September 10, 2012 Robert Metzger Policing Perspective: Theory and Application This paper will focus on the various trends (past, present, and future) which impact the development and operation of policing, as well as how the past and current trends help policing organizations plan and forecast for future trends. This paper will focus on what would happen if the policing organizations failed to successfully analyze and plan for the future based on the past and present trends. This paper will focus on the prevailing theories of crime control as it applies to policing, as well as how the theories impact
Court System Paper Larry J Dunn CJA 204 Introduction to Criminal Justice December 06, 2010 Jack McClelland, M.S. Court System Paper The court system today is the height of the criminal justice system because through the courts we discover whether someone is guilty or not as well as determine how they shall be punished. Today, the court system consists of three different levels. The first level is the limited jurisdiction courts, which consist of justice and municipal courts. These particular courts have jurisdiction over a selected group of cases.
hat are the legal aspects of sentencing? How do these legal factors affect the sentencing of criminals? What would happen if these legal factors in sentencing were changed, or even eliminated? The legal aspects of the sentencing process after a case goes to trial and the judge and or jury or defendant has pleaded guilty is when the jury can recommend a sentence that the judge can take into consideration or the judge would use sentencing guidelines. While also taking in to consideration if this person was a first time offender or a repeat offender.