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    Community justice is a broad term that includes many aspects of involving the community. The main goal is to enhance the lives within the community through the creation of problem solving strategies and strengthening the standards within the community by restoring victim’s quality of life, and reintegrating offenders of crimes. Although community justice can be traced back hundreds of years. The model is still considered a nontraditional approach in today’s criminal justice sector. Due to its broad

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    Analysis on the Criminal Justice System Regarding the toughness of the criminal justice system of America, this has been a point of contention that has attracted different sentiments. However, I will draw this analysis from the interview I have had with Police Officer Israel Barreto who is a staff sergeant in the United States Army and works in the Criminal Investigation Department. Officer Barreto is a senior police officer who has been in the army for over ten year and has been in many different

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    Constable Police officers are the first responders in the Criminal Justice system. They are sworn to preserve the peace and maintain public order. They work on the front counters in their office to take a day to day complaints from the public and they do active patrols as well as directed patrols. They help to provide information to the public regarding safety and awareness in communities. They are to prepare and present reports both written and verbal in a timely and complete manner. They also prevent

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    In order for the Criminal Justice System to effectively deter crime, it is imperative to understand what causes crime, understand why crime exists and why offenders engage in criminal behaviour. In the 18th century criminologists such as Jeremy Bentham, Cesare Bonesana-Beccaria and Cesare Lombroso all established criminological theories, in an attempt to achieve this goal. The most influential theories are known as the Classical and Positivist perspectives. Both of these theories have had a long-term

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    The student’s interest in Criminal Justice stems from aspirations of wanting to learn and know more about researching and analyzing information. Based on current work experiences along with knowledge using skills that require logical reasoning the student finds that a degree in Criminal Justice will enhance a career in administration and leadership roles. The goal is to be able to explore the different aspects of possible career opportunities in management and qualify for a given position. The intended

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    Criminal Justice Majors

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    Contrary to popular belief the life of a criminal justice major is not all about being a hardboiled cop or a living a black and white noir film, there is actually quite a bit of disciplinary literacy in the background. People looking forward to a career in criminal justice should be able to write up investigation reports, reports to be used in trials, and documents relating to various types of criminal offenders. For a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice 120 credits including some general elective

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    Criminal Justice System

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    for the Criminal Justice System is to reduce the crime and the fire of crime. In order to achieve this it is using different agencies and the major of them are the Police, Prosecution, Courts, Prisons and Probation. They all are operating in synchrony for achieving their legal responsibilities and particularly for reducing the level of crime. The aim of this essay specifically is to discuss the functions of the police and how they actually fit with the objectives of the Criminal Justice System as

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    Criminal Justice System

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    Redesign of the criminal justice courses with STEM tools Yu Zhang 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

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    Criminal Justice Levels

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    The criminal justice system is comprised of three different levels consisting of local, state, and federal. Each of these levels is responsible for operating the criminal justice system at their respective levels. In a combined total of all three stages of criminal justice, Police Protection, Judicial Services, and Corrections, the federal level incurs the least amount of costs for their level of the criminal justice system with the local governments share representing the highest costs. The state

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    The Criminal Justice System has evolved during the 21st century, especially when it comes to the challenges that it is faced with and the way Criminal Justice officials execute their actions. There are many different challenges that the Criminal Justice System has encountered, however, this author believes the most important challenge they have to encounter in the 21st century is the way the media and society portray the role of law enforcement officials. It is the most important challenge because

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