various major global crimes and criminal issues that affect national and international criminal justice systems and processes. In addition, there will be a comparison and contrast of the different criminal justice systems and how they have addressed major global crimes and criminal issues. Global crime is an issue that threatens the safety and security of people all over the world. Global crime can be international drug smuggling operations, human trafficking, or international prostitution
Florida International University, PhD in International Crime and Justice offers a rigorous criminal justice program with an idyllic location to study transnational crime. The PhD program is distinguished in the field of Criminal Justice with its unique specialization in human trafficking. Given these points the doctoral program offered by FIU aligns directly with my career aspirations. Using an ethnographic approach, I am seeking to explore the techniques used by perpetrators to recruit victims
transnational crime of drug trafficking in Japan and China. The Japanese legal custom is emulated after the European Civil Law, but is persuaded by the English American legal customs. Japan is generally considered to be a constitutional monarchy. The judicial branch is led by a Supreme Court whose members are approved by the cabinet. A court whose members is appointed by the cabinet such as France and Britain, Japan is a unitary state; that is, it does not hold a federal system of government with
war on drugs is a long going battle and it has created many issues all around the world and as of today the highest prison population can be found in the United States due to drug charges. About half of the inmates with in federal and state prisons can be found on drug convictions. Those charges can range from possession of an illicit substance to drug trafficking that surprisingly continues to be an issue in federal and state prisons. How can United States put an end to the war on drugs? Many
Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery that is a rampant and continually growing problem in our world, but although most people are familiar with the term “human trafficking,” many people associate this only with the trafficking of humans for sexual exploitation. In reality, there are three categories of human trafficking: trafficking for sexual exploitation, trafficking for the purposes of forced labor, and trafficking of human organs. Sex trafficking perpetrators use methods of violence
Portugal criminal justice system, it showed similarities and differences with the United States criminal justice system. For example, these two nations have some of the same problems, however Portugal has abolished the death penalty. When I looked into the strengths and weakness of law enforcement, criminal procedures, courts, sentencing, and corrections I believe that the United States has a better form in handling these matters. So far there isn 't a perfect system to manage the justice system, but
In this paper, I will focus on Policy Issues through Conflict Analysis in Latin America. First, I will talk about the differences and critiques in the Merida Initiative: Mexico and Central America. Then, I will focus on “Drug War”: Lenses, Frames, and “Seeing” Solutions. I will then talk about, “conflict analysis¬¬¬¬, a lens for viewing conflict that brings into focus a multilevel, integrative diagnosis of the violence in Mexico and supports recent evolutions in Plan Merida toward a more holistic
Transnational crimes are crimes that have a real threat to people across national borders. One event that changed the criminal justice system forever was the attack of September 11th 2001. Officials knew that laws had to be changed. New laws were implemented to keep the American people safe from similar terrorist’s attacks. Terrorism became a focus in the criminal justice system and several new crimes were added to a list that was categorized as terrorism. The wheel of terrorism was created to show
Discuss the production and trafficking of drugs i.e., heroin, cocaine, and crack, and how the trafficking relates to the criminal enterprise. Discuss the criminal justice systems role in the fight against drugs. Cocaine, crack, and heroin are three of the most abused illegal drugs in the United States. There are some forms of cocaine that are used for medicinal purposes. Cocaine is shipped from South America by drug cartels, mainly from Peru, Bolivia and Colombia. Drug cartels (coalitions or agreements
the 20th century, the worldwide drug trade has centered on the American continent, though specifically on Latin American states. In 1947, Mexican poppy farms had an annual production of 32 to 40 metric tons of opium, but by 2015, this number had increased to over 475 metric tons. The same trend seen in the production of opium is visible throughout Latin America’s production of controlled substances. However, the grave reality is that along with this increase in drug production came violence and instability