...But what if the procedure fails? If the system is flawed and unjust verdict will be created. We can see this in Plato’s The Apology. Socrates stands trail for blasphemy and corruption of the youth. In that case, we can see the lack of representation for Socrates, as well as the bias of the jury. Socrates pointed this out by stating, “But I had not the boldness or impudence or inclination to address you as you would have liked me to address you, weeping and lamenting, and saying and doing many things which you have been accustomed to hear from others […] I would rather die having spoken after my manner, than speak in your manner and live”. (Plato) The jury believed he was guilty and only wanted to see him beg for his life, rather than care for...
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...Student Name: Alfonzso Daggett Professor: Grace Telesco Course: Proseminar in Criminal Justice (CRJS300-1501-AVNVA) Date: January 21, 2015 There are three main components of the criminal justice system. The three components are Polices, Courts, and the Correctional Agencies. All three components are well defined by the American Criminal Justice System. I will give the three primary function of the justice system and also two examples of each one of them will be explained. The main goal of the criminal justice system is to enforce the laws, maintain public order and protect individuals from injustice, and even from the hands of the criminal justice system. The governing officials are polices that are in charge of regulating and implementing laws within the communities, they are charged with regulating laws, control, and keeping order with all of the power invested in them. The police are to enforce the laws, investigate all crimes that are committed, arrest criminals, maintain peace and order reduce crimes and also prevent crime, and most of all ensuring the communities safety. The Television shows Cops and the movie Bad Boys are two examples of policing. Cops are a show that displays real life like examples of crimes that are being committed in our society every day. Cops are a positive image displayed by police agencies across the world. It tells how the offender or offenders commit the crime or crimes and how they...
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...Factors persuading criminal justice staff conduct paper University of Phoenix Factors persuading criminal justice staff conduct paper Many things play a role influencing how criminal justice officers will act and how the actions will affect the criminal justice system and the society that they have to protect and serve on a daily basis because of the influences of their actions. In the paper, it will be discussed the assess risk, responsibility, and financial effect working together with discretionary power worked out. By staff in the criminal justice system, and What part does a civilian oversight committee have in guaranteeing authoritative forces not manhandled as it applies to policies, procedures, risk, monetary elements, and discretion. Assess obligation, responsibility, and financial effect working together with discretionary power practiced by staff in the criminal justice system. Every organization to attain and maintain, a culture of honest a more efficient model with discipline has to apply also sustained. The administrators must embrace the new paradigm with self-accountability for each staff member one of them were head managers are not free from which means. The objectives should be to obtain self-accountability rather than just making officers liable following their act of indiscretion. Even though punishing staff members, for violating a policy that includes each tradition also common sense. There are more than numerous various approaches which could...
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...Criminal Justice System Criminal Justice System Introduction Criminal justice changes in rules, procedures, and terms from state to state. However, the punishment exercised on criminals cannot vary from the standards established by the United States. A crime is classified as an act that violates the federal laws of America. Consequently, all the violations are subject to different severities of punishment. Crimes in particular can be as minimal as a traffic violation and become as severe as homicide. The severity of the crime will determine the severity of the punishment. The criminal justice system is designed in order to standardize a level of punishment to appropriately fit the crime committed. The criminal justice system is largely affected by constitutional law and has evolved significantly over time. Currently, the criminal justice system maintains itself to helping the process of reprimanding criminals. There are three elements of the system and there all valuable in the criminal justice system. The primary element is the police force. Police officers have the responsibilities to capture criminals, investigate, and testify in court based on what actions were witnessed. In some situations, police officers have the obligation to jail criminals directly from street while they await their trial dates. The second element is the court system. The court system is generally composed of a prosecutor, judge, and suspect who is referred to as the defendant in court...
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...Code of Civil Procedure Project Avinandan Kundu (ID No.: 211075) “CPC is aimed so that a litigant should get a fair trial in accordance with the accepted principles of natural justice.” INTRODUCTION Before the project topic is introduced, the researcher would like to write about what exactly is the principle at the very core of this topic: the principles of natural justice. It evolved from common law and sets to show a set of procedural principles which ever judicial and administrative body must follow whenever it taken a decision affecting the rights of any particular individual. It essentially follows the two most basic principles. The first one being the principle of nemo judex in causa sua, which is the rule against bias; and the other being audi alteram partem, which is the rule of fair trial. This right to a fair hearing has also been put up in Article 10 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 6(1) of the European Convention of Human Rights, showing how important the principles of natural justice are all over the world. Article 14 of the Indian Constitution is at the core of how natural justice functions in India. The fact that every person is guaranteed equality amongst all citizens shows how the very basis of all decisions in the country is based on the pillars of natural justice. All procedural laws of the State follow these principles and as we have seen over time, the judiciary has been very harsh on acts which deny a person his rights. The Civil...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix D The Justice Systems System Comparison Matrix Copy and paste the characteristics of the juvenile justice system and the adult justice systems into their respective columns. Place the characteristics that are relative to both the juvenile and adult systems into the column labeled “Both”. • Individuals arrested have the right to receive Miranda warnings. • The purpose of the procedures is to punish the guilty. • Individuals on trial have the constitutional right to a jury trial. • Court jurisdiction is determined by age. • Individuals have the right to counsel. • Individuals on trial do not have a right to a jury trial. • There is the ability to negotiate and plea bargain. • Court proceedings are public. • Purpose of procedures is to protect and treat. • Proceedings are not considered criminal. • Justice system personnel use discretion. • Court proceedings are private. • Court jurisdiction is determined by offense. • Proceedings are considered criminal. • Prosecutors and defense attorneys are key players in proceedings. |Juvenile Justice System |Adult Justice System |Both | |Individuals on trial do not have a right to|Individuals on trial have the |Individuals have the right to counsel. | |a jury trial. |constitutional right to a jury trial. |Individuals arrested have the...
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...fitness in a decision or action" Ethical decisions and moral decisions influenced by every person’s ethical code, the ethical code of their profession and further on of their society as a whole. Without knowledge of ethics, criminal justice professionals may be naïve about moral issues occurring within the criminal justice system. The study of ethics helps criminal justice professionals quickly recognize the ethical consequences of various actions and the moral principles involved. Within the criminal justice system, ethics is germane to most management and policy decisions relating to punishment and is the rationale used in making these decisions, such as whether to rehabilitate, deter, or impose just deserts. (Springer, 1995) The criminal justice system comprises professionals who exercise power and authority over others and who in some cases are authorized to use force and physical coercion against them. The law, or accepted standards of behavior, imposes ethical rules and responsibilities on these professionals. It follows that professionals in the criminal justice system must be aware of ethical standards in carrying out their functions. Ethics is crucial in decisions involving discretion, force, and due process, because criminal justice professionals can be tempted to abuse their powers. (Springer, 1995) Ethics is reflected usually in how people relate to those whom they are close, whom they interact with on a friendly level frequently while Laws generally affect either...
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...My Cousin Vinny The movie “My Cousin Vinny” is a comedy film of 1992, which is an amusing interpretation of the processes of the criminal justice system. The film depicts the procedures and processes of the court and criminal justice system. There are many things that have been depicted in the movie wrongly, but some are the correct depictions of the court proceedings and the criminal justice system. Many professionals have criticized the movie for its incorrect depiction of some of the procedures and processes. The movie taps different elements of the criminal justice system as a whole. There are countless individuals who do not realize the formalities, which go into actually being convicted for a crime. My cousin Vinny explore different aspects of these pretrial stages, criminal trials and the major actors in the process of the court hearing (Crede, 2012). There are a number of similarities as well as differences amongst what the movie has portrayed and the actual process of the criminal justice procedure which will be explored in this paper. The movie revolves around two New Yorker friends, Stan and Bill, who are traveling through Rural Alabama. These two friends make a stop on their way to buy some necessities from a shop. Immediately after they leave, another car, similar to theirs, pulls over. Two men get out of the car and kill the attendant of the store and runs away. Meanwhile, the two friends, Stan, and Bill, soon realize that they have accidently taken a tuna...
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...Criminal Justice System Kristi (Michelle) Flemig CJS/200 November 18, 2012 Tracy Walker Townsend Criminal Justice System The role of the criminal justice system is to respond to crimes in the name of society. It is not confined to one level of government. It spans the federal state and local governments. The lines of authority and distinction between agencies are not always clear and may need to be negotiated according to the jurisdiction of the case. The police, courts and corrections facilities are supposed to work together as a system to implement criminal justice functions. The broad scope and size of the process can make efficient and effective goals, and different agencies within the system emphasize different goals. Sometimes the difference in these goals creates conflict. The five criminal justice goals are not mutually exclusive. Deterrence occurs with an offender is caught, punished, and decides not to engage in further criminal behavior because he or she now understands the consequence of that behavior. Retribution involves the act of taking revenge on a criminal perpetrator. Types of retribution include incarceration, victim compensation, fines paid to public agencies, community service and/or public humiliation or embarrassment. Restoration involves the attempt to make the victim “whole again.” The goal of restorative justice is to repair the harm crime has done to the relationship between the offender and victim and the offender and the community...
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...thereby leading to multiplicity of proceedings. Therefore, it is always better to resolve it at the moment it rears its head. Therefore, it is necessary that the procedure of resolving it must be agreeable by both the parties. The preamble of the Constitution of India declares to “...... to secure all its citizen justice, liberty, equality and fraternity”. The justice granted to citizen is of social, economical and political. However, the mode of delivering the justice to the citizen of India poses so many questions. It is in this regard necessary to put the question that whether the present system of access to justice is satisfactorily fulfilling the constitutional goal? The present mode of access to justice in India is based on the adversarial legalism. This system is generally followed in the common law countries. In this mode of justice the State plays a neutral role and it is parties who are responsible for initiating and conducting litigation. However, any crime is considered as an offence against the State in which such proceeding is initiated. This mode of justice was adopted by the Britishers to exploit the masses in their colonies. The whole set up was for the convenience of the administration in which the position of the power addressee was very pathetic. If we analyse the adversarial legal system, we could find that there is no parity of power between the parties to the dispute. It discriminates on the social, economical and political ground and thus directly...
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...Criminal procedure policy paper CJA/364 DEC/19/2012 Susan Strick Criminal procedure policy paper Criminal procedure is broken down into two models and was designed by a professor who studied law at Stand Ford University his name was Herbert Packer. The first model is due process, this process believes in the rights of the individual this will be known as politically liberal. The second model is crime control this supports to regulate the conduct and behavior of individuals. This is considered politically conservative. These models are intended to embody the sets of different values that run the criminal justice system. In this paper both of the criminal procedure will be discussed and compared to show the similarities and differences. This will also be a way of figuring how the effects of policies in the criminal procedure this will be done by looking at the amendments made in the constitution of the United States looking at the fourth, fifth and sixth amendment and also the fourteenth. The fourteenth amendment including the bill of rights will be a critical aspect of achieving the goal of this paper. The procedure that is most used in the criminal proceedings is the due process model. As an individual a person will try to preserve the standard of holding their right to life, property, and liberty. As an individual a person will not let go of the rights without undergoing the right due process promised to them that is stated in the bill of rights. An officer even when...
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...place where justice is administered. It is a tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases, and a session of a judicial assembly. The courts are here to settle disputes between parties. The purpose for the courts is to hear the defendant's cases and either rule to dismiss or sentence the defendant to some type of punishment. The defendant is given a chance to plead guilty, not guilty, or no contest. If the defendant pleads guilty during their arraignment the judge may sentence them at that time or schedule them for sentencing. If they plead not guilty than their case is scheduled for a trial, depending on what charges are filed by the Prosecuting Attorney or District Attorney. During a trial officers, medical specialist, forensic experts, and witnesses may be subpoenaed. At this time the judge will hear both sides of the opposing counsel. The judge and jury are the fact finders. The jury will deliberate and come back to court with a decision. At this time the judge will read their decision and is the one who determines the law. At the sentencing the judge will make the final decision. If a defendant pleas no contest than they leave it up to the judge to choose what punishment or sentencing is given for that person. No matter what that defendant pleas during the arraignment they do give the option to come clean or fight their case in a trial. The judicial system in the United States is made up of two different court systems: the federal...
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... Introduction The term ‘organizational justice’ refers to the extent to which employees perceive workplace procedures, interactions and outcomes to be fair in nature. These perceptions can influence attitudes and behavior for good or ill, in turn having a positive or negative impact on employee performance and the organization’s success. The concept of organizational justice extends traditional models of work behaviour that tend to conceptualize job demands, job control and social support as the main factors determining individual well-being and productivity. ‘Fairness’ is a largely subjective construct, which captures more basic elements of the social structure in which these other characteristics operate. Often the notion of organizational justice will only become relevant and tangible when a violation of said justice occurs. Examples of perceived injustices within an organization might include: • unequal pay for men and women doing the same job • performance reviews being conducted by someone with whom the employee has had little previous contact • the use of personality inventories to select new staff • arbitrary dismissals. Work psychologists have highlighted three distinct, though overlapping, types of organizational justice: distributive, procedural, and interactional. Each will be briefly described below, and their implications for HR practice examined. Distributive justice This type of justice refers to outcomes being distributed proportional...
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...A Code of Ethics Nathan Johnson CRJ306 : Criminal Law & Procedure Instructor: Justin Lawrence July 09, 2015 A Code of Ethics A base principle of a functioning society is the existence of a code of ethics. The ethics within a community govern the appropriate actions and values for its members. The correct conduct is conformity to the supported ethical behavior chosen by the leaders of the populace. Without the rules for acceptable behavior, a community becomes susceptible to harsh conditions and mayhem. The laws of ethics are responsible for the founding of the criminal justice system. It is noting the difference between right and wrong, and enforcing the behaviors deemed acceptable, while penalizing those that are offensive. Ethics within the criminal justice system allows societies to finely draw and define the line between good and evil, for the best of the community. Ethics aid tin the application of the criminal justice process. It provides guidance through the criminal procedure in accordance with societal norms. It is more than just the relationship between a community and their law enforcement, because in actuality it defines the morality of intentions, along with a just punishment for violators. Though ethics are a tool used by the criminal justice system to keep order, they are also what control the interactions between a community and its law enforcement. When societal ethics and these interactional ethics are mutually agreed upon, this makes way for cooperative...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix D The Justice Systems System Comparison Matrix Copy and paste the characteristics of the juvenile justice system and the adult justice systems into their respective columns. Place the characteristics that are relative to both the juvenile and adult systems into the column labeled “Both”. * Individuals arrested have the right to receive Miranda warnings. * The purpose of the procedures is to punish the guilty. * Individuals on trial have the constitutional right to a jury trial. * Court jurisdiction is determined by age. * Individuals have the right to counsel. * Individuals on trial do not have a right to a jury trial. * There is the ability to negotiate and plea bargain. * Court proceedings are public. * Purpose of procedures is to protect and treat. * Proceedings are not considered criminal. * Justice system personnel use discretion. * Court proceedings are private. * Court jurisdiction is determined by offense. * Proceedings are considered criminal. * Prosecutors and defense attorneys are key players in proceedings. Juvenile Justice System | Adult Justice System | Both | Court jurisdiction is determined by age.Court proceedings are private. | Court proceedings are public.Court jurisdiction is determined by offense. | Individuals arrested have the right to receive Miranda warnings.The purpose of the procedures is to punish the guilty.Individuals on trial have...
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