173 Reflective Journal. Week 1: Aims of the criminal Justice system This week was essentially an introductory topic and provided me with a basic understanding of the aims and operations of the criminal justice system. I learned that there is a number of different steps within the criminal justice system and the involvement of all the parties involved such as police, judge and jury and the defence. According to John Champion the main purpose of the criminal justice system is to process and prosecute individuals who commit crimes against society and to deal out suitable punishments for these individuals. 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.
This is a speech that i had to do for English Recently in the news and the media there has been a big debate over the execution of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. I believe that Andrew and Myuran should have been sentence to life in prison because they have made a drug rehabilitation centre in the prison that has turned a lot of people around, and towards a new life. Some people believe that Andrew and Myuran should have been given a second chance because of all the good they did in prison, while others believe that it was the right thing to do because they knew about the death plenty in Bali. One of the questions on every one’s mind is why were they executed after all they have done in the prison. Too many people have hurt by this, not only Andrews and Myurans family and friend but our whole world.
Forum sentencing is where the victim, offender, police and victims support people and others affected by the crime gather to discuss what happened, how people were affected by the crime and also prepare an ‘intervention plan’ for the offender. The offender must complete the intervention plan as part of their sentence. A very clear example for this is the article “Forum sentence chance for taxi driver bashers” (8/12/11) which states “Three men who have raised the ire in Newcastle taxi drivers by assaulting two drivers in a drunken incident near the King Street Hotel in August are being assessed for their suitability for Forum Sentencing.” The effectiveness for Forum Sentencing includes the fact that it reduces the rates of Recidivism, the intervention plan attempts to stop the offender from committing another crime and the offender/s must plead guilty in order to achieve Forum Sentencing. Although these are the effectiveness’ of Forum Sentencing, there are also some ineffectiveness’. These include that it’s not available in all areas, not available to serious offence, such as rape and murder and it’s also not available to previous custodial sentences servers.
4.4 That the division conducts pre-sentence investigations on all offenders convicted of a felony that falls in the Intermediate/Active sentencing grid. Information provided in pre-sentence investigation reports is invaluable to the court, prosecutors, defense counsel and division staff. Further, that division provides a specific sentencing recommendation in each presentence report. This information will assist the division in their efforts to concentrate on quality contacts rather than the quantity of contacts. This will also facilitate the division’s migration from a pure containment model to an out-come based supervision model.
John Schwartz wrote an article called "Confessing to Crime, but Innocent" that had appeared in The New York Times on September 14, 2010. When more than 40 innocent people have confessed to crimes that they did not commit and were sentence in prisons for a period of time and later found to be innocent. This article describes new research that helps shed light on why innocent people might confess to a crime they did not commit. The author cautions against overstating the problem of false confessions and the point that not obtaining the confession of a guilty person poses a greater threat. According to the article, "experts have long known that some kinds of people -- including the mentally impaired, the mentally ill, the young and the easily led -- are the likeliest to be induced to confess."
They STOP THE INCARCERATION AND START THE REHABILITATION 15 participate in anger management courses and substance abuse counseling if necessary, and do manual labor on the facility grounds or in the community. (Clark, 2013). Although shock incarceration is a better solution then adult prisons, it has been criticized over its incidents involving abuse of inmates by staff. (Cullen, 2012) Punishment and rehabilitation are a major part of the criminal justice system and will be effective in controlling crime if there is a way to incorporate the two factors to work together. Punishing and following up with rehabilitation through community supervision can help prevent crime.
According to SAMHSA (n.d) Teens and young adults are using prescription drugs for recreation in growing numbers. (Young Workers at Increased Risk). While prescription drugs are useful in managing the drugs intended purposes the abuse of these drugs can impose negative side-effects, which may result in workforce impairment of that individual. Understanding the risk associated with illicit and prescription drugs are important in minimizing its risk. Policies and procedures they mitigate and handle drug use in the workplace is a key factor in deterring drug use in the workplace that many organizations need to maintain.
Criminal profiling has come a long way and still needs a lot of improvement. Racial profiling remains unacceptable and is being taken very seriously by police agencies. Surveys prove that many police officers used racial profiling in routine traffic stops and the community started taking notice. Since then the agencies have begun to make some changes. Criminal profiling, psychological profiling, and basic
To answer the question, many things are done daily to prevent police brutality. Nearly every case of police brutality presents a legal dynamic of related but separate civil and criminal cases. Once a citizen claims police abuse, there is almost always a contradictory allegation by the police accusing the citizen of being the initial aggressor and primary criminal actor against the police. (Lawson T.F. 2013) Police often blame the victim of police brutality when accused of being too brutal with their use of force.
In addition, the policy clearly states what the consequences are if an employee does decides to partake in illegal drug activities and employed with the organization, whether it be termination, discipline, legal actions, or access to rehab. In this paper Team D will discuss Company Y in analyzing a drug-free workplace environment for its employees. Company Y is concerned about the cost associated with the policy and wants to look at these at all angles before making the decision whether to incorporate such a policy within the company. Team D has been contacted to provide a good thorough policy for Company Y, if the company does decide to adopt Team D policy. As Team D make a proposal to Company Y, the team will discuss prevalence of illicit and prescription drug users in the United States workforce, assess the affect of drug abuse on absenteeism, accidents, downtime, turnover, theft, morale, and productivity, and describe key characteristics and benefits associated with a drug-free workplace.