CASE STUDY – Page 1 of 2 KERN COUNTY’S VIRTUAL JAIL SUMMARY When California’s Public Safety Realignment Act of 2011 became law last year‚ Kern County‚ CA‚ was faced with a significant increase in the number of offenders to be supervised by the Sheriff’s Office or housed in one of its four existing jails. At full implementation of the Act‚ projections were over 2‚000 additional offenders. They built a “Virtual Jail” system around the idea of reliable‚ innovative electronic monitoring technology
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Consultant Scenario Paper ‚ Jarred Penn GEN/480 Interdisciplinary Capstone Course February 14‚ 2011 De ’borah D. Reese Consultant Scenario Paper Introduction Summary of Team Member Skills Consulting
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Paper Are males and females treated differently in the criminal justice system? My intro Many people believe that the criminal justice system treats males and females differently. In my opinion I believe that this is false. Maybe it’s because the criminal justice system is strict on males because they are often the ones getting arrested. In this research paper I will determine if this is true. The definition of criminal justice system is the system of law enforcement that is directly involved
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Criminal Justice Trends Evaluation CJA/394 Deborah Blanch November 26‚ 2013 Abstract This paper will evaluate the past‚ future‚ and present trends in the interface between components of the criminal justice system and criminal justice connections with surrounding society. In this paper I will also evaluate‚ identify‚ and access the following in my paper: Recent and future trends and contemporary issues affecting
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retribution in the United States criminal justice system. The value for this round will be: justice‚ where everyone gets what they are due. In order to provide a criterion for which to judge the value‚ as well as a way to achieve my value‚ the value- criteria shall be: retribution‚ where the punishment of an individual is more often than not weighted by the gravity of the crime that they committed. This is not to say that the justice system is justified in putting our criminals through excruciating torture
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The UK criminal justice system tends strongly towards trial avoidance. Many reasons for trial avoidance may be monetary and time consuming reasons and possibly an effective method of dissolving the justice gap by clearing up mere offences. The organ of government responsible f or enforcing justice is the court. Depending on the offence committed‚ there are two courts involved which are the crown court and the magistrate court. The order for determining what mode of trial is now designed to portion
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Plea Bargaining Plea bargaining is extremely popular in our criminal justice system. In fact‚ 90 percent of all criminal cases are negotiated through plea bargains. The defendant‚ the victim‚ law enforcement officials‚ the prosecutor‚ and the state‚ all benefit in various and significant ways from plea bargains. In this paper I will discuss how plea bargaining ensures that the criminal justice system is not overrun by criminal cases. I will also explain what plea bargaining means and where it
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characters that are caught in a love triangle‚ one of them being the very interesting Cousin Lymon. Lymon is most definitely one of the strangest characters and has such a presence in the story. As you read this novella you will get to know Lymon as a melodramatic‚ grotesque human being‚ who must always be the center of attention. Lymon was first seen on page six when he hobbled into Cheehaw claiming to be Miss Amelia’s cousin “The man was a stranger‚ and it is rare that a stranger enters the town on foot
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the following: Well‚ Mr. Careful‚ the truth is that I’m behind the six recent murders in the area. I’m really a good guy and I hate to kill people. But sometimes‚ I just can’t help myself. I don’t want to continue killing people but these voices in my head… they’re just so logical and irresistible. James Careful promptly called the local police and reported his conversation with Stewart. Stewart was arrested for capital murder. A later search of his house turned up the murder weapon in two of
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in criminal justice. I haven’t made up my mind on whether I want to be a criminal investigator or a lawyer. In order for me to determine what is the best choice for me I have to determine reason I have chosen these careers as options‚ what I have to do in order to reach my goal and the positive and negatives of the professions. I was mostly influenced by television shows. I often watch crime shows on my free time and since I can remember I was always intrigued by the idea of being a criminal investigator
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