Criminal Justice Trends

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    Aboriginal Issues

    traumatized and beaten, which likely caused a lot of confusion and difficulties growing up. In my opinion because of all the injustice in the past there is a huge lack of trust that the aboriginal people have with the Canadian government and our criminal justice system. In 1996 the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples wrote a report that concluded that people who attended these residential schools should have their voices heard and be respected. After the RCAP's report came the Gathering Strength,

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    Criminal Behaviour

    Criminal act is when any behaviour breaks the law. Some people may argue that crime only occurs when someone intends to break the law. Other people say that its when crime is intended and causes harm to people or their property. Criminal behaviour also depends on time and culture. The problems of official crime is: * statistics count the number of criminal acts rather than the number of criminals. So they make a mistake by counting one crime that might be committed by a group of criminals.

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    Sentencing

    court prescribed sentences for criminals or to carry the sentence of the court. When an offender is sentenced it is usually for one or more reasons. It is either deterrence, incapacitation, rehabilitation, and or restitution. Deterrence is the goal that is focused on preventing future crimes from happening. The idea is that if criminal receive punishment it would prevent them and others they know from committing crimes. Incapacitation is when you reduce the criminal capacity or intent to commit a

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    Criminology

     Prison and punishment is a part and parcel of the criminal jurisprudent. Prisons play a vital role in the administration of criminal justice system by aiding the courts in the due execution of the sentences awarded by them. Prison is like a tree of which criminal jurisprudent is a root and punishment is the branches of that tree and the fruit of that tree is the consequence of punishment on the offender. To punish criminals is a recognized function of all civilized States for centuries. From age-old

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    Forensic Psychology

    Forensic psychology is concerned with how psychology applies to the criminal justice system. Psychologists interested in this line of applied work may be found working in prisons, jails, rehabilitation centers, police departments, law firms, schools, government agencies. They may work directly with attorneys, defendants, offenders, victims or with patients within the state's corrections or rehabilitation centers. So i’m gonna focus on the role of psychology that shaped the jail policies. One

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    Rehabilitation Process

    Rehabilitation Process Paul Wall CJA/234 – Introduction to Corrections November 18, 2013 Instructor- Barry Lewis Rehabilitation Process Rehabilitation is a vital part of the criminal justice system process. The ultimate goal for any convicted offender is to return to society a better person. There are several options in the prison system when it relates to a prisoners release such as parole, and mandatory release. Probation and community corrections are both options judges

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    Cja 234

    Correctional Officers play a very vital role in the criminal justice field. Their jobs are very dangerous when dealing with inmates that are in jail and prisons. ”The role they take in is very different from other law enforcement jobs within prions and jails.” (Seiter, 2011). The function of correctional officer is to help aid prisons by gaining power and control over regulations throughout the prisons and jails. They also are responsible for criminals who have committed a crime and been arrested, which

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    Crime and Punishment

    There are five punishment philosophies used in the criminal justice system, deterrence, rehabilitation, incapacitation, retribution, and restoration.   (Meyer & Grant, 2003)   The goal of each philosophy is to prevent criminal offenses from occurring.   The first philosophy is deterrence, this philosophy tries to convince people not to commit crimes or violate laws.   When a person decides not to do something like parking in a handicapped space because they will be fined for breaking the law

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    Prison Enviroment

    inmates in these situations. It is certain that drugs weapons and sexual relations can change the safety and structure of the prison environment. There are things that can be done to ensure this type of misconduct is seen less. There will always be criminals and people being sent away to jail/prison. It’s very expensive to keep building facilities to hold all the inmates. Going back to faculty having close relationships with the inmates should be more enforced. It causes a lot of problems inside the

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    Frensic Psychology

    sciences that coordinates its goal such as Legal Psychology which will decide whether an offender is on conditions to go or not to court and correctional psychology that will follow the behavior and rehab on an offender Introduction In the show Criminal Minds on A&E, they show a dramatize version of what very few talented people do daily. Although, it is not what really happens it gives people a light overview on something that is more realistic and detailed. Solving a case, analyzing an offender

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