According to Profiling and Criminal Justice in America by Jeff Bumganger criminal justice profiling occurs when criminal justice officials strategically take characteristics such as race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation as they make important decisions in the course of their job responsibilities. In considering such characteristics, criminal justice officials may select some actions over others, in part because of the profile of the suspect, convicted offender, victim, witness, or another relevant party under consideration. Profiling in America today is very...
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Introduction Basic morality is widely known as the guiding principle for our legal system, explaining why things like murder and assault are criminalized; but what about adult prostitution? Reasonably, the law argues that it is because prostitution often comes alongside dangerous activities such as drug use and violent crime, thus its heavy regulation is in the best interest of personal and public safety. Nevertheless, the nature of the issue still sparks controversy to this day. As a result, I will...
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The formation of the US Criminal Justice system dates back decades ago to the Colonial time period. At that time; the foundation, laws, and punishment all came from the tactics in which the British had used. Often times, the punishments that came with breaking laws were not always just and fair to the indiviual who broke them law; and needless to say some of the same laws and forms of punishment is still used in the modern day Criminal Justice...
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Intro With 2.3 million people in jail and prisons, 7 million on probation or parole, the US is by far the most incarnated nation on the planet. With numbers like these, its safe to assume that we as a nation also spend the most on our criminal justice system with nearly 270 billion dollars in expenditures annually. These numbers have grown nearly 70 percent in the last 2 decades. Numbers alone it is clear that our justice system is outdated,...
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In a variety of different careers, but not limited to Justice/Human services, critical thinking is crucial when trying to come up with an appropriate response to a situation, but not doing so can cause an array of problems. There are many examples across the world in which critical thinking was or was not actively used during a situation that needed more attention to detail. It's safe to say that critical thinking is an important skill to have when dealing with...
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The topic I wanted to research is about how police use computers in their everyday job. Over the past two decades, technology has increased dramatically and has made its way into policing. There are a couple of reasons why I chose to look at this topic. Here at Frostburg State University, my major is law and society. After college I plan to work in the law enforcement field as a career, more specially I want to be a K9 handler...
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Growing up, I went through thousands of career choices until one day I concluded being a policeman. As I grew older and as I matured, it made me realize that I should choose a career that I love and will enjoy for the rest of my life. That is why the research topic that I had been chosen is being a policeman. I chose this topic because I want to be in this profession and I was inspired by the...
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Introduction In a period of 15 years since 9/11, the US has been faced with a sense of fear mostly, by American Muslims who add up 1% of the community. This fear is embraced in the type of pestering, harassment, and violent behavior (Tonry, 2017). There have been great changes in the police and other law enforcement agencies. There have been also increased sharing of information, federal, state and local law enforcement and intelligence agencies (Weimann, G. 2005). The paper...
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Have you ever thought about the death penalty? What it is, why it happens, what they do to deserve it, or if some of the people that are convicted and murdered were even guilty? Imagine, if you were put on trial for raping and murdering a women. You were put on death row and executed. But after you were murdered, more evidence was found that you were not guilty. Oops sorry, you're dead. There is no erasing that giant mistake...
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In July 2008, a small town in Orlando Florida was rocked by a tragic mystery. After a fight with her parents, Casey Anthony and her young daughter Caylee left home. Caylee would never be seen again. One lengthy investigation later, Caylee’s remains were found in the woods, less than a mile from her past home. Many people cast their suspicion on Casey after alarming evidence was found, making it seem as though she was responsible for the death of her...
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Are you the same person you were at 14 years old? Or do you think you grew perhaps a bit wiser or smarter from life experiences? Society has always been treating minors differently than adults. For instance, they aren't allowed to buy cigarettes, or alcohol or can't rent an apartment, as we acknowledge that they aren't mature enough to make certain decisions. Yet, we give these juvenile offenders the same treatment as a fully-grown adults by depriving them permanently of...
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Electronic monitoring and parole are an ingrained part of the toolkit of criminal justice, but astoundingly little is known regarding the conditions under which it is effective. Efforts to upsurge the intensity of supervision for crime- and cost-saving aims have produced diverse outcomes at best. This paper will assess the best correctional program to use, along with the best method a correctional officer can use to determine the effectiveness of a program. Intensive supervision probation or parole (ISP) is an...
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How are individuals with mental illness approached by law enforcement? Taking calls for service for individuals with serious mental health issues and drug misuse consist of a small portion of police calls, but nevertheless consistent (AMelissa et al., 2018). Dealing with people with serious mental health issues represents roughly about 6-7% of all community contacts (AMelissa et al., 2018). Providing services to the mental health community continues to have exertions on resolution strategies throughout the U.S., while law enforcement tries...
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The Career which I would like to obtain and currently pursuing is being a police officer or somewhere relatively in the same area, my goal is just to be in the law enforcement area of work. Now first I'll be talking about why being a police officer is a good job. When it comes to jobs what aspect do people look at to consider a job as “ a good job”? Normally the typical answer would be a government job...
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The criminal justice system, which is made up of law enforcement, attorneys, judges, courts of law, and prisons, was created with the intention of protecting the public by prosecuting and jailing, while also providing justice to those accused through defending and sentencing. Unfortunately, the criminal justice system is unable to work properly if members within the society are not provided with accurate and trustworthy knowledge. That being said, video games take a massive toll on the criminal justice system due...
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Serial killers are a very interesting and (thankfully) infinitesimal percent of the population, and yet they take up a lot of space in the media, with mental health professionals and within other academic and social platforms. This year alone, Netflix released its docuseries on one of America’s most infamous serial killers, Ted Bundy, called Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes; Joe Berlinger directed a movie chronicle of Bundy’s crimes called Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile; detectives recently...
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