How Is The Criminal Justice System Broken

The American Criminal Justice System are sets of agencies and process made by the government to control crime and to penalize those who commit it. The justice system is different based one’s jurisdiction, meaning city, state, federal or tribal government or military installation. The Criminal System is divided into two main parts, the state and the federal. The state portion handles crimes within its state boundaries. The federal portion handles crime committed on Federal property or in two or more states (“Criminal Justice” 1). The American Criminal Justice System needs reform because of its emphasizes on incarceration punishment rather than Rehabilitation. Our justice system especially enforces punishment on blacks and Latinos resulting of overpopulation of prisons like Rikers Island for petty crimes. Also, another reform needed the juvenile cases. For example, juveniles who commit petty crimes shouldn’t be sent to adult prison and shouldn’t be near more dangerous and serious inmates.

The overall problem with our criminal justice system, I believe is that at its core it is founded on the idea of redemptive violence, and that is because as a society we believe in this idea and perpetuate it all the time. This is a concept as old a civilization and rottenly plays in most of are media and fiction, even are daily thinking habits. The concept is

nation, the criminal justice system has detrimentally affected the lives of those it was created to

I believe the justice system is functioning in the sense of keeping those who are guilty of a crime punished and locked away, but then there are also some faults in the system. At times the justice system will choose a verdict based more on discretion rather than facts or choose to ignore the facts because it believes that there will be a better outcome. When the facts are ignored and the right punishable measurements aren’t practiced, crimes continue to rise and the justice system is believed to be untrustworthy. Juveniles usually rebel when they don’t receive a certain amount of attention in their homes or they suffer a traumatic experience within their immediate family members. Take for example Michael Propst who is only 12 years old and

We have a Criminal Justice System that will treat you better if you're rich and guilty than if you're poor and innocent. The United States has 25% of the worlds prisoners, weaponizing its black decent. In 1972, the prison population was around 300,000. Today, the prison population accounts for 2.3 million people. Mass incarceration mostly affects people of color, young to middle aged black men in particular. It began after the Civil War when they were arrested for extremely minor crimes. Slavery was an economic system that was essential, so when it was abolished, improvises were made. Mass incarceration is the product of a century's long historical process.

The 13th Amendment to the American Constitution is celebrated and known as the amendment to end slavery. The amendment provides that, “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction” (U.S. Constitution, Amendment 13). What is often overlooked is that this amendment abolishes slavery, unless you are a criminal. After the Civil War, this loophole was wildly used by slave owners, as they would convict African Americans of minor crimes to then use them as slaves again. This exception to the amendment is continually used today in the American prison system. The Criminal Justice System in America contains significant flaws that are detrimental to society. A few of these flaws lie within the actions and ideals of the prison system, the policies and laws surrounding the criminal justice system, and the American Legislative Exchange Council.

There is no denying that the criminal justice system is downright corrupt, unjust, and powerful. By corrupt, the criminal justice system degrades the power it possesses to perform in its out most potential. By unjust, the criminal justice system disposes of equal treatment and exhibits discrimination of individuals of society. By powerful, the criminal justice system utilizes discretion and fear to respond to situations that entail the lives of racial minorities. These ideas extend to a much greater problem which is the disposition on minorities. There is the majority group, also known as the dominant group, and there are the minority groups, also known as the subordinate group. The dominant group have power either politically or economically. The subordinate group have less power and are mostly comprised of people of

The realities and everyday necessities in Indigenous communities seem concealed and compromised in the enduring Indigenous criminal law discourse which is framed by issues throughout history, jurisdictions, prisons, courts and the criminal justice system. Whilst today’s intergeneration effects of poverty and the loss of autonomy fuel Indigenous disadvantage, the criminal law institution is another contributor which vividly displays disadvantages and barriers which preclude Indigenous Australians from sufficiently accessing justice. However, the pursuit for justice is more multifaceted than a return to Indigenous tradition and retainment of the dominant criminal justice system. The following essay will highlight this

The criminal justice system has many flaws that many people believe It is broken. The first step of fixing the system is by acknowledging that the system is broken. According to the documentary Fixing the System, the increase of incarceration is due to nonviolent drug offenses. There are more drug offenses than for homicide, aggravated assault, kidnapping, immigration, sex offenses, etc., combined. The cost for incarceration has dramatically increased as people kept getting incarceration due to the nonviolent drug offenses. President George W. Bush decided that building more prisons and jails was the best way to teach the lesson of war on drugs. Although incarcerating individuals’ due drugs wasn’t helping get rid of the problem because they

A couple days ago in Kalgoorlie a 14-year-old aboriginal boy named Elijah killed by a 55-year-old man who hit the young boy off his bike and then ran him over on Monday then leaving him to die. The man is now getting charged with manslaughter which has left the aboriginal community anger and upset as they want the charges to be charged to murder. The Aboriginal community has been protesting which has led to the police arresting as the protest turned violent, as people say the protest weren’t just about Elijah that things have been brewing for a while now.

As humans, we believe in myths that the police, or anyone working for the justice system, will say the truth. This is a given, since they work for the justice system. Nevertheless, the Serial podcast hosted by Sarah Koenig questions this criminal justice system people whole heartedly trust. Serial is about a 1999 case where a Muslim teenage boy, Adnan Syed, is convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee – 17-year-old Korean teenager. I have listened to the Serial podcast and took a significant amount of interest toward it. However, when I continued to listen to the podcast, I could clearly see that throughout Adnan’s trial and the investigation process, there were many flaws in the justice system. This has confirmed the criminal justice system to be flawed and ineffective, which is seen through the defense, investigation team, as well as the prosecution.

The Unites States of America’s prison system is a flawed mess. To open the eyes of our government we must first take a stand against unlawful government decisions, and show support for the greater good of society. What are our own tax-dollars paying for, what are the flaws in the justice/prison system, why is overcrowding in prisons causing tension, and what are ways our society and government can rebuild the system that has been destroyed over the years? Most criminals in prisons are not a danger to our society because they commit crimes just to use jail as a shelter, causing the overcrowding of prisons and wasting away of what we really should be paying for.

When you think of the criminal justice system, you think of justice being served to those who wish to threaten it. The criminal justice system is a very powerful system that protects our society but like society, it is not perfect. The justice system runs off of discrimination against race and gender

It is through the Criminal Justice System’s close collaborations with like-minded agencies such as the Police, Prison and Courts Services, that the public’s concerns and worries are resolved, in order to bring about justice in our communities (Cavadino and Dignan, 2007 as cited in Fox, 2014). With that in mind and out of the way, this essay will aim to explore some of the strengths and weaknesses, which are prominent within the Criminal Justice System. To do this successfully, the Police and the Courts Service will be the key agencies that will be explored in relation to the key Models that shape the whole Criminal Justice System. These Models were founded by Herbert L. Packer (1968) and Michael King (1981).

In order to understand the state of our criminal justice system, I believe we must understand the criminal justice in the past and how similar it is when compared. For example, slavery which was once considered illegal after the civil war, was used as punishment in the criminal justice system (13th). This undoubtedly served the powerful people in power, which was still whites and they used it to their advantage. “Blacks were convicted for minor offenses and forced back into slavery to repair the south after the Civil War” (13th). Furthermore, the same reasoning can be applied to today’s Criminal Justice system, most people of color are incarcerated for petty offenses and becoming felons. Although, this may not seem as harmful as the effects of slavery, however, one can argue it is an advanced version of slavery. “Those who are felons have no voting rights, limited employment, provide free