The Future of Criminal Justice

Paper Summary:

In this paper, the writer argues that the US criminal justice system should shift its focus from criminalization to harm reduction and should focus more on rehabilitating criminals rather than incarcerating them. The paper addresses the development of community partnerships, the need for resources for probation and parole officers as well as the permission for a jury to ask questions and take notes during a trial. The paper also discusses the implementation of educational programs in prisons and the advantage of police with bachelors degrees. The paper concludes that a great deal of work needs to be done to make our criminal justice system more efficient at keeping crime off the streets.

Outline:
Criminalization to Crime Reduction
Development of Community Partnerships
Probation and Parole
Jury Notes
Correctional Facilities and their Inmates
Law Enforcement
Hate Crimes

From the Paper:

"The future of the criminal justice system can vary in many different ways. For instance, what about jurors being able to take notes while in the trial phase so they can better their verdict? Or perhaps changing nonviolent offenses to serving no prison time so that the system can make room for the more violent offenses? What about the police officers, who make these arrests, should they not be required to earn some kind of degree to work in the field? What about the probation officers and parole officers who deal with the offenders after they are released? Should there not be more resources for probation and parole officers in order to help criminals from re - offending? A great deal can still be done to help improve future of our criminal justice system. The question is what is the system going to do about it?"

Sample of Sources Used:

• Flango, Victor E. (1980) Would jurors do a better job if they could take notes? . RetrievedSeptember 4, 2008, from www.....?
• Jacobs, James B, and Hate Crimes, New York: Oxford University Press, (1998) RetrievedSeptember 4, 2008, from www....?
• Johnson, Kevin (2006). Police agencies find it hard to require degrees. Retrieved September 3,2008, from http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-09-17-police-education_x.htm
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• Miller, Elizabeth K. (1999). Bachelor's Degree for New Suffolk Police? Retrieved September 3,2008, from http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0DE5D9153FF930A35752COA96 F958260

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