Criminal Justice

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The paper contends that the criminal justice system in the United States, despite incredible investments of time and money, has ultimately turned into a failure. This paper charts some of the major failures of the criminal justice system, including racism, ideological changes, prosecutorial abuse, legislative interference, erosion of Constitutional rights and inhumane treatment.

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"Fifteen years ago, some social critics envisioned that the American justice system would have undergone a fundamental ideological shift by this time, a movement away from punishing criminals for crimes and towards reconciling conflicts between various parties (Stephens, 1989). This position recognized that the adversarial basis for the American justice system was ultimately flawed and fails to account for the complicity or responsibility that might exist across the lines of prosecution and defense. Stephens (1989) argued that the court system in the United States is far too impersonal and ineffective at preventing the future occurrence of crime."

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