Victims’ Right’s Vengeance Derrick White University of Phoenix CJA/324: Ethics in Criminal Justice Instructor: Amy Gordon 9/23/12 When reviewing the information about the victims’ rights in America, I personally stand with it. Although a person is convicted or suspected of committing a crime they also still have rights. Some individuals fail to use them properly, because they figure since they are guilty of a crime there’s nothing they can do, which is not true. Government cannot deprive victims of their rights. These systems are made to view things from every angle possible and notice that the individual made good faith efforts to follow the law, who knows what will happen.
“Three Strikes” or Habitual Offender Comprehensive Exam Whitney Polen CJ 602: Comprehensive Examination Kaplan University July 31, 2014 Dr. Patricia Drown Introduction The “three strike”/habitual offender’s legislation needs to be consistent through all of the states. What it will take to understand why some offenders feel they need to repeat this criminal activity, having legislation that will work against these repeat offenders, because not all states are on board with the three strike law. Once someone is labeled a habitual offender and they commit a crime there are increases in the penalties they can be assessed. The type of crimes these offenders commit can also be ranked in a more serious class than if a first time offender had committed it. The sentencing can also add more time when a habitual offender commits a crime.
Criminal Justice Trends Evaluation Kristy Tillery CJA 384 April 16, 2012 Dr. Hector Garcia Criminal Justice Trends Evaluation The criminal justice system has been around for decades, convicting criminals for all the wrongdoing that he or she has committed. The way that the criminal justice system operates, has changed over the decades. This paper will discuss how the criminal justice system was, how it is today, and what it may be like in the future. The goal for the criminal justice system is to be fair but firm in letting criminals know that crime is not expectable and will not be tolerated. Criminal justice trends are almost the same to what they used to be.
Three Strikes revised Annqunette Williams March 18, 2013 I do support the proposed amendment to our Three Strikes Law, arguing that it will help protect the public from the small, hard core population of career criminals. I also think that it should be expanded the law has been the same for decades and, it hurt the people who are trying to change their life around but get caught in a bad situation. Proposition 184, the three strikes law, was imposed to sentence repeat criminals with harsher
Also how many great lawyers want to prove defendants innocent? Criminal law chargers can change a person future forever. It can ruin their families’ lives, it can ruin their jobs, ruin friendships, and even how a whole community will look at you. Why I do believe that investigators should do whatever it take to catch a criminal, sometimes they do go too far just because of the press and how people want someone to be caught. Pressure hurts an investigation more than anything.
The United States justice system seems to work for the most part for the Americans right now, but a lot of criminals are getting away with crimes when they really belong behind bars. Criminals who go to trial are hoping to get out of the crime they committed and the defense attorney is there to help the criminal achieved that goal. Our justice system was created to protect the innocent people of the United States of America but many times it does not help us bring the criminals to justice. Although the American justice system partially works for most of the people, there is always room for improvement to make sure that crimes are properly punished, and that we are all safe. The United State Justice system needs to be reformed in order
I think it could be very rewarding helping people get back on the right path. I love to work with people and it is not a regular desk job so it would solve my problem of becoming bored easily. I would work with a multitude of people and each day would be different. On the other hand, it is not a 9-5 job and it would keep me away from my family due to the heavy demands and caseloads. I could also be in danger working with convicted felons.
Unfortunately, our society has resorted to the use of plea bargains due to the expenses of a jury trial. Pros and Cons of Mandatory Minimum Sentencing To every situation or argument there is a list of pros and cons. The following are a few of the arguments for and against mandatory minimum sentencing. Pros: (1) Keep judges from giving useless sentences, such as probation for child molesters, (2) The potential cost of committing crimes is clearly laid out, which may actually deter someone who is aware of those minimums, (3) They can also help reduce the case load at courts through plea bargains. Cons: (1) Disproportionately affect minorities, (2) Increase prison population, (3) eliminates judicial discretion so the punishment does not always fit the crime.
The criminal is barred from certain types of employment, the family may make them unwelcome, the police may give them an undue amount of attention. The modification of self-image comes about because of the stigma the criminal experiences. We have a self-fulfilling prophecy whereby the individual becomes the person so described by the label. The labeling theory has a great effect on adult offenders. If a person does the time for the crime that they committed then they should be able to enter back into society without any problem but with the labeling theory adult offenders are still ostracized by the crime that they had
That is essentially telling the victim that it is their fault. This could lead to the victim not testifying if the person who committed the rape is found and it goes to trial. Everyday Ethical values are called into question by the men and women of law enforcement and it is up to them to overcome as it is part of their job. Sometimes they slip and get away with breaking their ethics but eventually they will get caught and will end up in the same prisons that they have promised to put criminals