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    Within Canada, the central purpose of the Criminal Justice system is to implement social control, prevent and identify crime and to prosecute those who breach the law. However, though the criminal justice system deals with all of these various components as a whole, the responsibility of each is divided between a variety of authority. The court is an area of the justice system that a significant weight of responsibility is placed upon, as the court essentially plays a multifaceted role in determining

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    Justice System Racism

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    I believe the Criminal Justice System to be racist because in the text from “what it’s like to be black in the Criminal Justice System.”It says “all black men’s sentences were, on average, ten percent longer that those of their white peers.” This is telling us that ten percent more of blacks are going to jail, while whites who do the same crimes will not be sentenced as long. This isn’t right at all, if blacks have to be in jail for a long time, white’s who do the same thing should be in jail as

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    Injustices of the Justice System

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    Injustices of the Justice System Today’s justice system is broken and flawed, with a history of falsely convicting innocent people due to a variety of things, including eyewitness misidentification, invalid or improper forensic testing, and even racial bias on the jury. Many wrongful convictions happen as a result of a combination of these things, and other causes can contribute in each individual case (“causes”). Countless people throughout history have been punished for crimes they did not commit

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    Throughout this semester in Criminal law and Procedures I have learned about the criminal justice system more and the laws and procedures behind it all. There have been many cases in the past that have helped us define laws in present day and this cycle continues to happen. But, there are many laws that have not changed or procedures that do not make sense in the court of law. Procedures in the criminal justice system can be so precise that if one word is not said or one small action is not done, it could

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    Criminal Justice System

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    American Criminal Justice System is one of the best in the world, as it works relentlessly to find a balance between Herbert Packer’s suggested crime control model and due process model. Throughout the course, we have analyzed the different levels of the criminal justice system and have broken down where the criminal justice excels, such as the different courts for juveniles that work to meet the needs of children, and other areas that need improvement. Though the Criminal Justice System is a fundamental

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    The purpose of the criminal justice system is explained by three definitions: Control crime, Prevent crime, and provide and maintain justice. This sense of criminal justice has been the same since pre-civilized communities, where the elders of a tribe enforced the laws of the village. The criminal justice system has changed drastically from the times of kinship systems to today’s system of laws. As time has passed criminal justice has change in many ways, for example: the way they dress, arrest,

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    criminal justice system. The criminal justice system is made up of three main elements which process a case from initiation, through trial, to punishment. First a case starts with law enforcement officials, who investigate crime and gather evidence to identify and use against the assumed suspect. The case then proceeds to the court system, which evaluates the evidence to decide if the defendant is guilty or innocent. If the defendant is, in fact, guilty, then it goes to the corrections system to punish

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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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    The Justice System Essay

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    The Justice System Looking into criminal justice procedure, many administrations are at work. Starting with the police, to the courts and concluding in corrections. Though all these sectors have different tasks, their combined focus is processing the law. Regardless what the process is called criminal justice will continue to serve with discretion, conviction, and correction. When first presented with the question whether criminal justice is a system, non-system, and network I leaned toward a

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    Criminal Justice System

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    1 Building a More Just Society CRJ201: Introduction to Criminal Justice (BLD1429A) ​ The purpose of the Final Paper is for students to pick a branch of the criminal justice system and then answer, for the role of a specific professional, the branch of the criminal justice system, and the criminal justice system at large, how they can use the social justice principles of equality, solidarity, and human rights to build a more just society. Law enforcement

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