Trends In Criminal Justice Research Paper

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Criminal Justice Trends Evaluation Honey Adams CJA/394 September 3, 2012 Christopher Marco Criminal Justice Trends Evaluation Over the last few decades and more, the trends of the criminal justice field have varied significantly. Many of these past trends continue throughout the present and future. The way of policing has made substantial changes since its beginning. Whether or not these changes are considered positive for the good or negative for the bad can depend on a great deal of research and education. Technology is a major contributing factor to this dilemma. With the continuous rise of new technology, the criminal justice system can have advances in their field or they can be surprised with threats against them. There will…show more content…
public rights.” (Cronkhite, 2000) There is a thin line between individual rights and public order. There have been significant changes from the 1960’s to the present concerning these rights. Society as a whole has given up a great deal of their individual privacy in order to help the justice system effectively maintain public order. There has also been a drastic change in the support of the death penalty. During the 1930’s through the 1950’s executions were at an all time high. Publicly and politically, the balance between these rights fluctuates dramatically. Although these rights have come more important as well as complex with the improvements society is making towards becoming more multicultural. There has been sufficient growth in the contemporary issues that affect the criminal justice system. There are positive changes happening all over this nation with the integration within the criminal justice system. There is a substantial increase in not only minorities holding careers in this field but also women. Gender was once a huge setback for our criminal justice system. Society has changed the way they view women in certain…show more content…
The migration of others into this country by illegal means has risen astonishingly. This act leads to higher crime rates in larger metropolitan areas. These immigrants are responsible for a significant percentage of trafficking, both human and drug. This is just the beginning of the issues that affect the criminal justice system. Many organized crimes have evolved from illegal immigrants, not to mention the bridge that has enabled cross-border terrorism. Having participants on both sides of the border give better intelligence to form many terrorist attacks within this country. “International fraud, money laundering and other economic crimes (particularly carried out via the Internet) are a growing problem, and one that can be expected to spread.” (Cetron & Davies, 2008) The increasing levels of cross-national crimes will raise the amount it costs for an investigation. This makes fighting these crimes significantly more expensive. There is suspicion that these immigrants will start to impose hate crimes within this
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