Category: Criminal Justice

  • Confessions in Saudi vs US Criminal Justice Systems

    Introduction Interrogations are a vital element of the criminal justice system. They are helpful for solving cases and bringing perpetrators to responsibility. However, not all professional policemen are able to collect enough evidence during interrogations and investigations. In this way, it is important to point to another critical element of the criminal justice system –…

  • Criminal Justice: Coerced Confessions

    Professionals drawn into sectors related to criminal justice encounter several ethical problems. Ethical codes assist in identifying and illustrating principled behavior in any profession, including the criminal justice occupation is wanting. Law enforcers, like any other human, formulate decisions that are scrutinized under ethical standards by a third party (Vermeule &Posner, 2006). Police are part…

  • Criminal Justice in Texas: Todd Willingham and Death Penalty

    The case of Cameron Todd Willingham was one of the most controversial criminal justice cases handled in Texas. In 2004, the man was charged with the murder of his three young children by arson. In Death by Fire, the PBS crew provides an analysis of the case, with the focus on the ambiguous interpretation of…

  • Evaluation of the Meaning and Impact of Globalization in Relation to Criminal Justice

    Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion Reference List Introduction Globalization can be viewed as the process where the world’s markets and business become more connected and interdependent. Through globalization, various parts of the world have become closely connected through economic activities. For instance, various countries are engaged in trading activities with each other. This process…

  • Rawls vs. Nozick on Social Problems and Criminal Justice

    Table of Contents Abstract Introduction Justice as Fairness by John Rawls Distributive Justice by Robert Nozick Comparison of the Theories Conclusion References Abstract A variety of approaches to the study of fairness, ethics, morality, and justice entails numerous disputes between scientists who support specific theories and ideas. Famous philosophers John Rawls and Robert Nozick offer…

  • Criminal Justice Process for a Felony Criminal Charge

    The federal system of the United States is founded on the substratum notion that the states administer the principal responsibility for criminal justice and hence, criminal justice is the nucleus of state and not national responsibility. Currently, there is no single criminal justice system in the U.S.A as different states follow many systems that are…

  • International Criminal Justice Future Trends

    Introduction Crime is continually evolving, thus becoming more complicated, especially due to technological developments. Other factors that have contributed to crime complexity include demographic changes for males below 30 years of age, which is a crime-prone age group, and macro-economic scales that include the unemployment rate, consumers’ spending power and economic stability of the region.…

  • Recruitment and Training in the Criminal Justice Field

    Table of Contents Ethical Rules Governing Recruitment and Training Supporting Ethical Reasoning in Recruitment and Training Current Recruitment Strategies in the Criminal Justice Field Increasing the Number of Women and Minority Candidates Scholarly Sources and Credibility to the Topic References Ethical Rules Governing Recruitment and Training Historically, American employers in private or public sectors have…

  • How the Criminal Justice Agencies Reactes to Plight as a Victim

    Introduction: Analysis of the cases After completing the laboratory exercise, I have come to the conclusion that lawsuits based on sexual crime have negative consequences for innocent victims. Therefore, the main problem lies in the legislative process that is harmful to both, the accused and the suffered side. To be more exact, mostly all cases…

  • Professional Ethics in Criminal Justice: Singleton vs Norris

    Table of Contents Abstract Case analysis. Main actors responsibilities Ethics and possible punishments Conclusion References Abstract The given paper is devoted to the investigation of a specific case that revolves around a person who suffers from a kind of mental disorder. Considering the fact that people with schizophrenia could not be sentenced in accordance with…