The criminal justice system must maintain a balance between public order and individual rights. Choose one of the topics below. Analyze your topic from both a public order and an individual rights’ perspective. What are the benefits and the costs associated with each side of the issue? You’ll need to create a video or image …
How is your foreign criminal justice system structured with its law enforcement, the court system, and corrections practices?How are terrorism and transnational crime addressed within the country’s criminal justice system?How does this foreign criminal justice system follow the concept of comparative criminal justice?How does this foreign criminal justice system compare to that of the United …
Discuss two to three current issues and trends in Criminal Justice
Describe the crime problem in America. Examine the various approaches to crime. Distinguish between crime control and prevention.
Summarize the term “community justice.” Examine the relationship between community justice, problem-oriented policing and community policing.
Describe the organization and administration of probation and parole in the United States. Compare and contrast standard and special conditions that can be attached to the terms of probation. Analyze the challenges involved with probation and parole.
Define the facets of environmental criminology. Describe the four stages of environmental manipulation and examine its effectiveness.
Prior to beginning work on this video presentation, read Plea and Charge Bargaining: Research Summary https://bja.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh186/files/media/document/PleaBargainingResearchSummary.pdf. and The Unnecessary Evil of Plea Bargaining: An Unconstitutional Conditions Problem and a Not-So-Least Restrictive Alternative https://gould.usc.edu/students/journals/rlsj/issues/assets/docs/issue_17/07_Wan_Macro.pdf. Additionally, watch Due Process: Let’s Make a Deal: The Plea Bargain (Aired 12/9/12) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW6jTwpXlSs&feature=youtu.be. Well over 90% of criminal cases in …
Read Trial Courts May Instruct Juries on Lesser Included Offenses https://www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2014/SCO/0925/121611.asp., The Concept of Double Jeopardy: Background https://www.findlaw.com/criminal/criminal-rights/the-concept-of-double-jeopardy-background.html. and Triple Murder Suspect Goes from Guilty to Innocent and Back to Guilty https://www.cnn.com/2014/07/18/us/death-row-stories-hennis/. Additionally, watch Case No. 2012-1611: Douglas J. Wine v. State of Ohio https://www.ohiochannel.org/video/case-no-2012-1611-douglas-j-wine-v-state-of-ohio. One area of the law essential to understand is …
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If a person gets in a fight and is injured, put in the hospital, contracts COVID-19, and then dies. Would the person who injured them to begin with be liable? Would the victim have gotten COVID-19 despite their injuries and being in the hospital? Explain your answer.
