Jail and Prison Comparison Jorge Villalta CJA/204 February 04, 2014 Robert Nicholas Jail and Prison Comparison Human beings, throughout our history have devised ingenious ways to “punish” others for real crime and perceived transgressions. Corrections is the principal function of the management of criminals after sentencing; punishments, secure facilities used to hold offenders, and the discipline. (Seiter, 2011) Similar to modern days in Corrections, jails are still
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Criminal Justice Systems Susan Hornberger CJA/204 January 27, 2013 James E. Konopasek, Ph.D Criminal Justice Systems Crime can be defined as; “Conduct in violation of the criminal laws of a state, the federal government, or a local jurisdiction for which there is no legally acceptable justification or excuse” (Schmalleger, 2011, p. 7). With this definition, without laws, there would be no such thing as crime as we know it today for there would be no way to violate something that did not
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CJA/204 - Introduction to Criminal Justice July 20, 2015 Criminal Justice System Criminal justice is a system of practices and institutions of governments directed at upholding social control, deterring and mitigating crime, or sanctioning those who violate laws with criminal penalties and rehabilitation efforts (Wikipedia 2015). The criminal justice system makes up a set of independent agencies that is establish by the government. The justice system divides into three categories: federal, state
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Criminal Justice System CJA/204 Criminal Justice System Just about everyone in our modern society knows there are laws that are not meant to be broken. These laws are supposed to be for the well being and protection of all the citizens under their jurisdiction. However, most of us realize that these laws are often broken for various reasons. Greed, ignorance or simply stupidity in some cases. There are many excuses for breaking the laws of our great modern society. However, when a
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Capable Law Enforcers Ryan Asevo CJA/204 December 4, 2010 Gregory Todd Frum Ever since the dawn of organized society, there has been a need for capable guardians or what we now know as law enforcement agencies. In our present time, we have different levels of law enforcement agencies starting with local, state, and federal. Local law enforcement provides service to its designated jurisdiction which most of the time is one city. State law enforcement provides service to
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Introduction to Criminal Justice Gina Hypolite CJA/204 September 8, 2014 John Seale Introduction to Criminal Justice Upon my research I have found that most of the United States has prisons and are operated by both the federal and state governments. The incarceration is a concurrent power under the Constitution of the United States. Imprisonment is a main form of punishment for a guilty plea or being found guilty of felony offenses. Less serious offenders, including those convicted of misdemeanor
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Jails and Prisons Andrew Scott CJA/204 March 12, 2013 Jeff Walters There are many types of prisons found in the United States today. Minimum security prisons have housing similar to college dorms, few staff members relative to the number of inmates, as well as minimal to no fencing around the prison. After minimum security prisons, there are low security prisons. These prisons usually have a double fence and a higher staff-to-inmate ratio. Much like minimum security prisons, low security
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United States Law Enforcement United States Law Enforcement Elsie Farias CJA/204 Introduction to Criminal Justice Professor William McCauley University of Phoenix November 9, 2011 United States Law Enforcement Police agencies, the field of law enforcement, were developed as the embodiment of the laws created by society, government, being physically enforced. The objective behind these agencies is to protect individual and community rights as well as reduce the civil disorder. In
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Criminal Justice System Paper Steve Hunter CJA/204 February 6, 2011 Gary Howard Criminal Justice System Paper A crime is which one breaks the law, meaning an individual or a group partakes in an event to do something wrong and one is accused in which a crime was committed. A crime (1981-2005), according to The Free Dictionary is defined as “A violation of a law in which there is injury to the public or a member of the public and a term
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Jail and Prison Paper Tameki Reed CJA/204 05/31/11 Robert White Jail and Prison Paper When it comes to jail and prison, there is a distinctive set of differences. Jail is a place of incarceration that is locally operated, while prisons are conducted by the state government or the federal government. Within the United States, there are about 3,600 jails but there are only about 100 federal prisons or rehabilitation facilities. Jails house inmates who have been convicted of a misdemeanors and
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