Criminal Justice

Title Institution Name Date The Decision to Charge At this stage, one is still only a suspect as far as the law is concerned even if he has already been taken into police custody and interrogations have already been made. The main question at this stage is whether to charge the individual and if enough evidence has been collected to establish that the suspect is guilty in the event the case proceeds to trial (Zehr, 78). The screening decision is made at this stage where it is decided if the suspect should continue being held for further stages of the criminal justice process. This stage is more influenced by the due process in various ways. First, not all arrests lead to prosecution hence the...

Name Institution Professor Course Date Why couldn’t the Cook County Sheriff’s Office solve the 1993 Tricia Pacaccio murder? The Cooks County Sheriff’s Office was unable to solve the murder in 1993 due to lack of enough evidence against the suspect. The state Attorney of the time Richard A. Devine instructed the police not to arrest Gargiulo at that time as his prosecutor argues that the DNA present on Pacaccio may have been left there by the suspect innocently. What evidence did they have? Evidence present at the time was foreign DNA that was located in Pacaccio fingernails. This evidence was however deemed not admissible in court as Gargiulo had been present in the victims’ house...

Christian Worldview Essay Name Institution Professor Course Date Professionals in law enforcement are given a huge task of responsibility to uphold and represent the standards of a given police department. Putting on a badge representing the police department is an opportunity available for the few, but it's not something that should make the police think they are above the law. The common views that people have of the police are in a small part because their ethics and morals are being compromised. Law enforcement is a profession that demands honor and total integrity. In the criminal justice system law enforcers struggle with ethical issues (Barnett, 1977). Each day they have issues to...

Connecticut's Sandy Hook shooting Student’s Name Institution of Affiliation Connecticut's Sandy Hook shooting The cases of gun violence in America have been on the increase over the past decade. America tops in the world when it comes to the number of deaths in the community involving a firearm. The public outcry from families that have experienced loss of loved ones and the media have exacted pressure on the authorities for a solution to the problem. Gun violence has been considered a social issue and strategies tied to the healthcare have been applied to curb the skyrocketing crime rates in America (Barron, 2012). Sandy Hook Elementary massacre took nearly took the nation to her knees and...

Name Tutor Course Date Racial Diversity in Juries The judicial system in the United States of America is such that particular trials are handled by a selected jury. The use of juries in trials was meant to ensure that a suspect was given a chance to face his peers. However, the use of juries has faced some challenges including the aspect of the race. Most juries have been made up of the majority race while the minority races have been kept out of juries (Ross N.p). Reforming the process of jury selection would lead to a situation where all racial groups are represented. The suspect would, therefore, have a chance to present their case to a balanced jury. This would guarantee a fair outcome for...

Intermediate Sanctions and Community Corrections Student Name Institution Affiliations Date Intermediate Sanctions Of Fines and Restitutions Question 1 The use of fines in criminal courts has seen the monetary penalties getting used as punishment for the common violations. The courts, however, courts have been indiscriminately imposing sanctions as the judges turn to be debt collectors and the jails into prisons for the debtors and the imprisonments of the poor. Sanctions don’t have the same meaning to people especially for the poor. The wealthy offenders make payments to dismiss cases against their poor counterparts (Nimni, 2017). I suggest that the criminal justice system problem needs...

What Kind of Officers are Police Departments Looking for and Why Student’s Name Institution Affiliation The process of police officer selection in most police academies has many similarities than differences (Schoenfeld, 1980). The recruit must progressively go through the public service test, psychiatric test, oral interview, agility, and physical strength assessment, medical examination, and background investigation (Van Maanen, 1975). Upon successful completion of the evaluation, the applicant is hired based on the approved openings. The recruit then joins the training section for further screening (Van Maanen, 1975). The training process scans for qualities such as harsh detailed...

Criminal Justice Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Date Effects of Stress on Police Officers Stress can be described as the body’s response to external and internal stimuli that affects the normal state of the body. Stress can be seen in three different states which include physical emotional and mental. Notably, stress plays a part in every person’s lives since it is inevitable and can occur to anyone. A good example of physical stress is of working out which improves an individual’s cardiovascular system. However, the stresses that the police officers experience is considered as a negative force that is connected to their police work known as job stress (Johnson, 2012). It...

Name Professor Course Date The Media, the Public, and Law Enforcement This paper will address issues on the fairness of media crime coverage and its impact on the relationship between the public and law enforcement. National media rooms and newspapers dedicate roughly 30% of their content to crime and deviance. Because of this, they play a key role in the communities' agenda setting. In this case, agenda setting is the media’s influence over the issues that the society thinks, talks and generally are affected by. Is the media coverage of crime unfair? In this new age era where any person with a smartphone can become a news reporter journalistic integrity has gone down. Journalists are seen...