In the Supreme Court case Miller v. Alabama (2012), the opinion of the court states: Mandatory life without parole for a juvenile precludes consideration of his chronological age and its landmark features—among them, immaturity, impetuosity, and failure to appreciate risks and consequences. Take a position. Do you believe that life without parole is an …
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Overview In this assignment, you will summarize and explain the impact of landmark cases. Prompt In Project Three, you will examine landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases and their impact on police, courts, corrections, and juveniles. In this assignment, you will prepare for this project by summarizing and explaining the impact of other landmark cases. First, …
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Review current periodical literature for articles that discuss recent trends in international crime and provide a description of one article on each of the following topics: The prevalence of international money launderingThe influence or involvement of international crime groups in money launderingCurrent national efforts in the United States to combat international terrorism
Write a personal ethics development plan that examines your personal ethical system, values and ground rules. Students can utilize the results of the various assessments they completed throughout the semester as well to aid in the development of this plan and reflection. They can also use the below guiding questions to craft their paper. …
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The writing should be about What effects do drugs have on a community and the impact drugs have on the human body. When talking about the human body talk about how it makes them act, long term effects, what it will make them do for drugs and etc.
Examine the differences between the juvenile and adult court systems
What are offender characteristics, and how are they used in crime analysis? Focus your attention on the three categories of temporal, spatial, and sociodemographic characteristics. Below, you will find a link to NYPD’s CompStat 2.0. This is a great tool for the police and the public. The police use the tool to identify crime …
Find a recent news story that addresses race and the American Bail System. Share the link with the class, and discuss what statistics shocked you, and why? What is the role of the prosecutor in addressing this issue daily?
When you are faced with criminal prosecution, you could take your case to trial, or if offered, accept a plea bargain in exchange for a guilty plea. However, going to trial can be risky since the fate of that trial is in the hands of a jury, which will decide guilt …
The correctional system has the responsibility of supervising offenders sentenced for crimes. This includes both incarcerated offenders, as well as offenders serving sentences in the community. To reduce our nation’s overcrowded prisons, the courts have been challenged with sentencing offenders to the community in lieu of going to prison using Intermediate Sanctions. …
