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Problems in the Youth Criminal Justice System, 2004.
Looks at the problems in the youth criminal justice system.
3,375 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 119.95
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This paper looks at the problems in the youth criminal justice system. It discusses the lack of representation in court, lack of adequate facilities, lack of adequate programs in facilities (particularly education and special education), lack of adequate staffing, and sentencing juveniles as adults.
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"The purpose was that youthful offenders could be rehabilitated before they became lifelong criminals. Today there are still separate justice systems for adults and juveniles in state and federal systems but the juvenile system is not equipped for the shift to increasingly violent crime among juveniles. Recently a Michigan case involved a juvenile convicted of second-degree murder he committed when ..."
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Youth Crimes and the Criminal Justice System, 2002.
An examination of the way that the criminal justice system treats youth crimes and why this might need to change.
1,024 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper explains that the criminal justice system has long treated the young differently from adults, but community attitudes have changed in recent years so that this policy is in question. It discusses the concerns about youthful violence and how this has led to calls for a change in the criminal justice system in order to increase the punishment possible for certain young offenders, especially those involved in violence.
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"Other statistics are even more frightening. Webber cites the Children's Defense Fund, which estimates that an American child is arrested for a violent crime every 5 minutes and is killed by guns every 2 hours. Nine in 10 young murder victims in the industrialized world are Americans. Between 1979 and 1991, nearly 50,000 American children were killed by guns, which is more than the number of Americans killed in Vietnam in 25 years. An American child is 15 times more likely to be killed by gunfire in the United States than a child living in Northern Ireland. More than half the people arrested for murder in the United States in 1991 were under age 25, and juvenile arrests for murder and non?negligent manslaughter rose 93 percent between 1982 and 1991. It is more and more common for young people to kill each other, and 55 percent of juvenile homicides in 1995 involved friends and acquaintances (Webber)."
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Racial Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System, 2007.
An examination of racial prejudices and racial bias in the criminal justice system in Canada and the reasons for this practice.
1,040 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 36.95
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This paper analyzes whether Black people are mistreated by the criminal justice system in Canada and if they face discrimination from both the police and the courts. It discusses the failure of the criminal justice system to provide appropriate services to people of minority groups. The paper specifically looks at the over-representation of black people in the criminal justice system. It then attempts to analyze some of the reasons how and why Black citizens are targeted by the criminal justice system.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Background on Black Over-representation in the Criminal Justice System
Possible Reasons Behind The Black Over-representation Trend
Arguments Against Criminal Justice System Racial Bias
Conclusion
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"It is difficult to know how to respond to racial prejudices in the criminal justice system, as the overrepresentation of black citizens is imbedded in socioeconomic factors which cannot be explained by discriminatory practices implicit in the criminal justice system. The most obvious solution to the problem is to have separate justice systems for people of Aboriginal descent, where most of the problems of racial discrimination in Canada lie. However, would not the existence of different courts of law for different ethnicities further encourage racial stratification in society? The solution is not an easy one, and much more research must be done on the topic before an answer is forthcoming. A number of factors must be explored before a solution is implemented, such as what the current statistics revolving around discrimination studies mean, the relationship between social and economic factors and the criminal justice system, and the impact of developing stratification between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal citizens (La Prairie, 2004, p. 277). "
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The Islamic Criminal Justice System, 2004.
This paper describes and compares the Islamic criminal justice system with criminal justice systems of other countries.
3,505 words (approx. 14.0 pages), 13 sources, APA, $ 98.95
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This paper explains that, unlike other ?law-centered? societies, Islamic law is neither a remnant of history nor ancient origins revisited, but rather an intricate, multi-threaded cluster of thoughts and actions, which the Islamic persons shaped and customized as they opposed and accepted Euro-American colonial endeavors. The author points out that, in Islamic systems, religion plays a vital part so that these countries are categorized as theocratic states; whereas, the majority of English-speaking nations, such as the U.S., England, Australia, and New Zealand, are characterized by a tough antagonistic structure, wherein lawyers deduce, and judicial functionaries are compelled by example. The paper relates that Islamic law, called Shariah law, is all-pervading in governing a person in almost every aspect of daily life.
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"Islamic legal system is not a legal system, like the Korean or Indonesian legal system, but instead a legal custom, akin to the common or civil law custom. A legal tradition is a package of identical beliefs, attitudes, and practices relating to the required segments of a legal system, inclusive of the extent and rationale of the law, the way in which regulations are built or explored, the characteristics and function of legal performer and the way in which the law is imbibed, executed, developed and modified. Similar to the common law and civil law traditions, Islamic law does not subsist in a clean form anywhere, but impacts in varying quantities in diverse manner several domestic legal systems of the world."
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Women in the Criminal Justice System, 2004.
An analysis of women in the criminal justice system from female offenders to female criminal justice professionals.
1,402 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper discusses the treatment of women and girls in the criminal justice system. The paper evaluates the recommendations of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration Task Force on Women regarding female offenders, female crime victims, and female criminal justice professionals. The paper describes the nature of the changes that have been taking place regarding gender bias and inequality within the justice system.
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"The criminal justice system provides training to police and law enforcement agencies, prosecutors and judges (Legal Defense and Education Fund 2004). The New York State Police Academy, for example, trains its criminal justice professionals through a week-long Sex Offense Seminar. They are taught how to investigate sex crimes; collect evidence from crime scenes; interview suspects, surviving victims and other witnesses; obtain expert testimony; gather and present forensic evidence; screen for drug-facilitated sexual assault and similar crimes; observe Departmental protocol for crime investigations; recognize trauma syndrome and the surviving victim's emotional needs and rights; and coordinate with crisis programs, health care personnel and related agencies (LDEF)."
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China and Its Criminal Justice System, 2008.
A discussion of China's criminal justice system and the legal process involved in extraditing American criminals to the US for arraignment.
9,905 words (approx. 39.6 pages), 35 sources, APA, $ 201.95
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This research paper examines the criminal justice system of China. It includes such elements as a brief identification of the geographic, historical, political and cultural nature of China. It also examines China's criminal justice system, its development, organization and how it deals with crime. In addition, the paper also takes a look at China's criminal justice system through a hypothetical setting, Jamal T. Kurk. Jamal's background is explored to assess what he did, and the charges brought against him. To conclude, the paper offers a solution to the United States Attorney to allow Kirk to be successfully arrested and extradited to the United States for arraignment. Several appendices, which contain relevant maps, tables, charts and pictures are included with this paper.
Outline:
Introduction
China's Criminal Justice System
Politics
Political Parties
History
Cultural Nature
Development
Organization
How China Deal with Crime
Legal Rights
Crime in China
Legal Age of Responsibility
Punishments
Sentencing Process
Types of Penalties
Prisons
Crime Statistics
Extradition Laws and Treaties
Hypothetical Scenario of Jamal T. Kurk
Counter-terrorism Efforts
Additional Challenges
Interpol
Red Notices
Recommendations
Conclusion
Appendices
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"In the past, there was no jurisprudential distinction between criminal and civil law. Civil disputes dealing with land and family matters were generally settled through mediation. In traditional China, the emperor was vested with judicial, executive, and legislative powers. The laws created by the emperor were binding on all of his subjects, but the same law did not bind the emperor. The emperor was the supreme judicial power, and as such, could modify the judgments given by lower judicial authorities, determine the guilt of accused individuals, and dictate the penal sentence."
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Weaknesses in the Criminal Justice System, 2002.
Questions whether the American criminal justice system has a weak or strong link with other departments.
717 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 25.95
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In large countries, administering justice is by no means an easy task. This is because there are a great many people, composing a diverse demography amid a never-ending sea of social problems. In order to cope with these problems, criminal justice systems are set up to implement laws that address disorder. But in spite of the criminal justice system being established, intricacies created by social disorder mitigate the efficiency of the laws implemented. In addition to this, there may be other factors, such as malpractice by law enforcers that cause the justice system much embarrassment and dissatisfaction. This paper argues that the American criminal justice system appears to be composed of separate systems with weak links to each other, since they each act almost independently according to the discretion or loopholes in the law. The paper uses a case study to present its argument.
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"Another weakness in the justice system is the allowance for law enforcing officers to use discretion. These are actions that are legitimate, but it must be remembered that these actions are allowed because of the fact that if every one had to be judged by the narrow descriptions of the law there would be many more people in jail than there already are. But the problem is that there have been several cases where police discretion has also been used in a negative fashion."
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Minorities and the U.S. Criminal Justice System, 2006.
A look at how the U.S. criminal justice system mistreats minorities.
2,727 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 81.95
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This paper attempts to demonstrate that minorities, especially African-Americans, are unfairly treated by the U.S. criminal justice system. The paper cites statistics showing that, while all minorities are afforded less than fair treatment by the criminal justice system, African-Americans seem to be particularly vulnerable to sentences involving capital punishment. The paper further asserts that African-Americans suffer from political, social, psychological and economic exploitation at the hands of powerful whites in this country and, as a result, black people generally are purposefully put into situations where the commission of criminal acts are seen as the most effective solution to their problems. The paper concludes that the problem will only end once white people honestly recognize the racism that exists within the U.S. on all levels of society and end it.
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Race, Ethnicity and the Criminal Justice System
Drug Policies and Racial Disparities
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"In 1996, six in 10 jail inmates were racial or ethnic minorities -- 41 percent were African American, 18 percent were Hispanic and 3 percent Asian or Alaska Native, according to the Department of Justice. The Sentencing Project, a Washington-based think tank, reported in 1995 that 32.2 percent of all African Americans men between the age of 20 and 29 are under criminal justice supervision on any given day -- in prison or jail, on probation or parole. Even more unsettling, nationally blacks are incarcerated at a rate of 7.66 times greater than whites. This paper shall demonstrate how minorities, especially African-Americans, are unfairly treated by the US criminal justice system."
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Racial Bias in the U.S. Criminal Justice System, 2008.
An analysis of the existence of racial bias and its impact on the outcome of cases in the United States criminal justice system.
2,751 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 82.95
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This paper discusses racial bias in the United States criminal justice system. It specifically questions whether the race of an individual suspected of a crime impacts his or her experience and the outcome in the criminal justice system. The paper discusses the history of related laws in the United States and discusses skin color ethics.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
In the U.S. Criminal Justice System...
Challenging Past and Contemporary Contentions
Research Purports
Confessions
Skin Color Ethics
Countering the Cycling Racial Bias Challenge
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"Federal sentencing guidelines sternly constrain judges' discretion for determining whether an individual being charged will be sentenced to prison or receive probation. Guidelines are also currently in place to "guide" a judge in allocating the length of the sentence. Guidelines, albeit only contain minimal restrictions on the judges' and prosecutors' abilities to reduce sentences "for substantial assistance or acceptance of responsibility." Spohnhttp (2000:482)"
"Ultimately, Spohnhttp (2000:481 - 482) concludes that the reason for the unbalanced number of racial minorities currently incarcerated in the U.S. did not merely evolve from a racially neutral efforts to protect citizens and/or control crime. Earlier refutations of racial discrimination in the U.S. criminal justice system, according to Spohnhttp (2000:482) do not pass the test of time."
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Criminal Justice System in Argentina, 2003.
Explores the criminal justice system in Argentina.
3,450 words (approx. 13.8 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 119.95
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This paper explores the criminal justice system in Argentina. It looks at the historical development of the criminal justice system and examines the series of transformations of the criminal justice system over the decades, resulting in corruption, military uprisings, injustice and a culture of impunity. The paper looks at the junta and human rights oppression and violence.
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"The criminal justice system in Argentina like Argentina itself has endured a series of transformations overhauls purges and coups. At present it is impossible to evaluate Argentina's criminal justice system without simultaneously plumbing the murky depths of ..."
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Criminal Justice System, 2002.
A look at the criminal justice system and the need for tougher punishments to deter criminals.
2,035 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 64.95
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An examination into the criminal justice system in the U.S. as society becomes more fearful of crime and more concerned that the criminal justice system does not deter violent crime as it should. The writer states that the fear of crime is a driving force in elections and political battles and the desire of the people for tougher sentences can run afoul of the Constitution and its prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. This paper uses a number of literary references to explore the concept of "cruel and unusual punishment", not just in relation to the death penalty, but the entire justice system.
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"Specific cases can create special circumstances which raise the issue of cruel and unusual punishment. In a decision in 1992, the Supreme Court decided that abuse suffered by inmates can constitute cruel and unusual punishment even if the injuries sustained are not serious ("Supreme Court Ruling Changes the Standard on Inmate Abuse" 195). The Michigan Supreme Court ruled in a case that a life sentence without possibility of parole for possession of cocaine violated the state's constitutional ban on cruel or unusual punishment (Hansen 25). This case of Harmelin v. Michigan went to the U.S. Supreme Court, which decided that the sentence in question did not violate the Eighth Amendment."
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Criminal Justice Systems of the U.S. and Singapore, 2002.
Examining the similarities between the origins of the the criminal justice systems of the U.S. and Singapore and their differences today.
856 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 30.95
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This paper shows how both the United States and Singapore derived their criminal justice system from the British system, though the U.S. system has diverged considerably while the system in Singapore remains deeply rooted in the British forms. The writer explains however that today, the immediate source for the criminal justice system in each country differs in that American law is constitutional, while criminal law in Singapore is entirely statutory and based on an adopted Criminal Code. It looks at how common law is a feature of both systems, standing as the accepted customs of many legal systems.
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"American citizens derive their rights from the Constitution and particularly from the Bill of Rights. These ten articles were influenced largely by George Mason, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, with much of the final language based on Mason's "Declaration of Rights" for Virginia's Constitution of 1776. There were originally twelve, but two were eliminated as the final ten were adopted in 1791 (Hall, 1992, 70-71). Article VIII states: "Excessive bail shall not lie required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." These simple words have engendered reams of interpretation, for the Constitution does not say what constitutes either cruel or unusual punishment or how to make such a determination. Other provisions have similarly been argued throughout our history, and judicial determinations up to and including the supreme Court form a body of case law on which the police, prosecutors, and courts rely."
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The British Criminal Justice System, 2001.
A discussion on the role, pros and cons of the British criminal justice system.
2,392 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 14 sources, APA, $ 73.95
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This paper examines the British criminal justice system with reference to statutory instruments, bills, cases and legal opinion. It looks at how the criminal justice system is considered to be one of the most imperative tools available to society for the control of anti-social behaviour and, in particular, how it needs to strike a balance between protecting the innocent and convicting the guilty. It also discusses how the system does not try to establish innocence, but whether there is enough evidence to convict and how this system has lead to many miscarriages of justice and has lead to many honourable persons to believe that a change to the inquisitorial system may prevent this.
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"In 1993 the CPS went under a substantial change to increase efficiency. Sir Ian Glidewell stated that ' the 1993 reforms had made the CPS more bureaucratic' He believes that CPS has the potential to become a lively, successful and esteemed part of the criminal justice system. The CPS has not escaped criticism, despite its recent performance. James Hunt QC believed that if the public knew of the cost to them the taxpayer would be appalled . In 1998 the Glidewell Report heavily criticised the CPS. The key recommendations of the report were that the powers should be devolved so that the CPS would become less centralised."
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The United States Criminal Justice System, 2002.
Examines some of the shortcomings of the United States's criminal justice system.
1,589 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper looks at the tendency of the U.S. criminal justice system to focus primarily on minority groups and to mete out unnecessarily harsh punishment for minor crimes. Statistics are provided to support this contention, and the negative consequences of such a criminal justice system are discussed. The paper talks about the need to change the system and the probability of change, considering the growing awareness of human rights and equality.
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"The criminal justice system in the United States has been the subject of increased scrutiny for some decades. If the statistics are taken into account, it appears that there are several shortcomings that need to be addressed. One of these is for example the focus and manner of punishment of certain crimes. The focus of criminal justice appears to be on minority groups to an incongruous degree. Furthermore crimes of a lesser nature appears to draw sentences that are unnecessarily harsh. The problem with this kind of criminal justice system is that the attention of crime fighting and prevention are focused in the wrong areas, and thus crime that should be curbed is allowed to increase rather than decrease."
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The Criminal Justice System, 2003.
In in depth discussion on racism within the criminal justice system.
5,290 words (approx. 21.2 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 135.95
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This paper surveys the way negative race perceptions affect minorities in the criminal justice system in the United States, a system administered almost exclusively by white to protect whites. It discusses the issue of racial profiling. The lack of opportunity for racial and ethnic minorities to work in the criminal justice system are explored. The author argues for a more culturally diverse law enforcement system to ensure the fair treatment of minorities.
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"The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) argues that racial inequities in the criminal justice system arise because the system is administered almost exclusively by whites and ..."
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