Criminal Justice System Analysis

Chapter one also discusses the importance of the need to have a system of justice in America. Crime was thought to have been previously been linked with poverty, however, this is not the case. The President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice was a group of 19 people appointed by former president Lyndon B. Johnson in order to study the criminal justice system in America. The Challenge of Crime in a Free Society is a report that summarized objectives that shaped the criminal justice system. The chapter also focusses on the models of criminal justice. The Due Process Model, associated mainly with the Warren Court, is a model that wants citizens to have equal fairness of the law. The Crime Control Model, however, suggests that the most important function is the suppression of crime. Overall, the main purpose of chapter one is to inform readers as to why the criminal justice system was created and the need for a justice system in

Discuss whether or not the criminal justice system could operate without the existence of privileges to evidence. Within this answer discuss why privileges exist and argue for or against the end for privileges and societies interest in these rules of evidence. Discuss a minimum of two different privileges within your answer.

From the day our government began to keep an accounting of criminal activity, there have been arguments over crime statistics. The Uniform Crime Report (UCR), Self-Report Surveys (SRS), and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) are three methods in which the government collects data, and monitors criminal activity in the United States. The Uniform Crime Reports, Self-Report Surveys, and the National Crime Victimization Survey each have both positive and negative attributes that have influenced different aspects of society.

The Uniform Crime Report (UCR) and National Crime Victims Survey (NCVS) are both measurements that track crime in United States. The UCR is run by the FBI and collects data on all crime known to the police. Sometimes this is detrimental because police stations can decide what crime that want report and how they want to report them. Each police station can report statistics for the same crime, yet have them be very different because one can report all crimes that had an arrest, while another can report any crime that happened. On the other hand, the NCVS is run by the University of Michigan and gathers statistics of all crimes. The negative side of this is the NCVS does not report victimless crimes. Both are reputable, yet have drastically

The Uniform Crime Report (UCR) is consisted of two parts, part one and part two. Part one crimes are the eight most serious offenses, which is murder, rape, assault, robbery, burglary, arson, larceny, and motor vehicle theft. Part two crimes are all other crimes except the ones in part one. They also include drug offenses, sex crimes, and vandalism. The UCR is a large database that stores all the information of the crimes that are reported and arrests made each year in the USA. The method used to get the information to the FBI is complex. Each month a law enforcement agencies report the count of part one crimes. The advantage of UCR is that people can see what kinds of crimes happen in a specific area. The disadvantage of UCR is that many of the serious crimes are not reported because the victims think that the crime is unimportant, they don’t trust the police, or involved in something illegal during the time of the crime.

Crime is an ongoing problem in the united states. Victims of crime are individuals who have been assaulted in an immoral matter that can cause various damages to the person. The Uniform Crime Report (UCR) is the FBI’s yearly publication of serious crime that occurred within the following year, which are reported by victims, police officers, and other sources. The UCR is not fully seen as an accurate source of crime calculation for various reasons. One main reason is the underreporting of crime done by both the officers and victims.

The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) was intended to Supplement the Uniform Crime Reports Program (UCR) therefore, there are several parallels between them. For instance, both programs have different procedures to collect statistics however, they are both determining outcomes of the same types of serious offences such as, aggravated assault, rape, robbery and motor vehicle theft. Both the NCVS and the UCR define these crimes the same with the exception of rape. The UCR only collects information of rape of woman whereas the NCVS collects statistics of both rape of woman and of men.

The Uniform Crime Reporting System (UCR) is a voluntary city, university and college, county, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement program that provides a nationwide view of crime based on the submission of statistics by law enforcement agencies throughout the country (“UCR, 2013). The UCR crime statistics are used in many ways and serve many purposes. It provides resources for different audiences such as businesses, intelligence partners, law enforcement, communities, crime victims, parents , researchers and students. Individual agencies used the reports to analyze data related to their location for accuracy. The program offers advantages for the public and various agencies but if not appropriately studied it may lead to inaccurate forecasting and adverse effects. The crime statistics available varies from specific offenses within categories of violent crimes, property crimes, hate crimes, etc. Burglary is a specific property crime that will be analyzed using the UCR reports.

The major statistics that demonstrates the crime picture in the United States are UCR and NCVS. The UCR is a statistical reporting program run by the FBI’s criminal justice information services division. It shows an annual summation of incidences and the rate at which crime is reported. NCVS is the national crime victimization survey. This is an annual survey of selected American households conducted by the bureau of justice. These statistics demonstrate the extent of criminal victimization. It is especially telling of the unreported crime in America.

Criminal justice study, a subcategory of social science, gathers information traditionally from three sources: survey research, government statistics, and one-off studies of particular people, places, or events (King, 2013). However, the astonishing pace of technology advance has changed this pattern. In next 50 years, the exponentially increasing magnitude of information sources will extremely affect both our research and practice in criminal justice. On the one hand, criminal justice course needs to handle problems created by high technology, e.g. the application of new technology in law enforcement and relevant criminal procedure issues. On the other hand, the high technology also provides new tools for the expanding of the discipline, e.g. the application of big data methods in the discipline. Criminal

The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR for short) and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS for short) are two methods used by law enforcement to report the number of crimes happening monthly and yearly, at minimum. The UCR makes monthly reports on Part 1 crimes (or the serious offenses) and Part 2 crimes (anything that isn’t a traffic violation or a Part 1 crime) that were reported to the police and the number of arrests made. On the other hand, the NCVS does a national survey to pinpoint crimes that were not reported to the police for whatever reason. Both reports offer valid ways to get accurate numbers of crimes and even compare past crime rates with today’s crime rates. Though they both have validity, they also have errors that impact

Knowledge of U.S. history is crucial in terms of understanding the criminal justice system because history tells why it is they way it is now, what goals and values the system is trying to reach and preserve. History repeats, by gaining knowledge of history, we can better understand and improve the current situation, preventing results that we do not want from occurring.

From identifying from the reading I feel as if the American criminal justice system focuses on the criminal control method . My reason as to why I feel this way is because the court system does not treat a prisoner that has been convicted of committing a high risk or low risk crime as not guilty. I feel as if  it should be you're guilty until you are proven innocent. The reason as to why I feel this way  because there has to be a reason as to why you are facing trial or being charged for such a crime. Also I feel like to be proven innocent you have to have the right evidence to prove it. I feel like the due process is just too loose for the criminal justice system. What if that person is guilty and you're just giving them the

The purpose of this paper is to make others aware of the vast inequalities in our justice system, Memphis & Shelby County conclusively. I pose the question, are the current programs effective, or are the politicians and judicial system talking loud, but doing nothing? I gathered this information from Shelby County, TN. After closely reading it, I still was not convinced that the system treats/punishes black youths the same as white.

In the following paper, these criminal justice students will address the three major points of crime measurement in the United States. Even though there may be changes of crime statistics, but not changes in the crime rate; that is because crime can be measured in numerous ways. Two measuring systems being the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) and Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), report criminal information, but do not reflect it all. Because of the different factors that go into reporting crime some crimes go unreported.