Needs of Populations
Aaron Balagtas
Purdue Global University
Needs of Populations
Populations Served In The Criminal Justice Profession.
Some of the main populations served by the criminal justice system include the suspects for various criminal offenses, inmates housed in correctional facilities and the victims of criminal offenses.
One of the needs of the populations is fairness in the conduct of criminal justice professionals such as the police, prosecutors and judges to ensure the suspects of criminal offenses are charged for the actual acts of crime they committed rather than trumped-up charges. Criminal suspects expect the police not to engage in acts of racial profiling that have led to the overrepresentation of
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For instance, the police and court officials must treat suspects with decorum and should not act on the basis of preconceived opinions that impact negatively on their ability to remain impartial. It means criminal justice professionals should engage in acts that are devoid of racial profiling to ensure suspects of criminal offenses are judged on the basis of facts rather than trumped-up charges.
Also, judges and members of juries must exercise discretion on the basis of available evidence and facts rather than stereotypical beliefs on suspects. It means the criminal justice professionals must demonstrate high levels of cultural awareness and sensitivity to enhance equity and equality in the administration of justice. They must operate in ways that nurture honesty, trust, integrity and respect for human dignity (Hough, 2003).
Are Members of Society Are Aware Of the Pertinent
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Most people believe that the criminal justice profession is ineffective as evidenced by its punitive approaches to resolving issues of crime that are not guided by research (Motschall, & Cao, 2002).
How to Remove the Negative Stereotypes
To remove the negative stereotypes, it is vital to train criminal justice professionals on the need to uphold diversity in their activities. It is also necessary to reform the criminal justice processes such as excluding the information on racial background of the suspect when forwarding the charge sheet to the prosecutors.
For example, after being trained, the professionals will understand the value of diversity in their careers and how such value impacts on the image of the criminal justice system amongst the public. Also, the omission of racial background information on a suspect’s charge sheet will ensure critical professionals in the system such as prosecutors do not engage in acts of racial bias when exercising their discretion and preferring charges on suspects. Such behaviours will restore public confidence in the
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Do the institution and also those officers serve it act discriminately to different race group? On the one hand, it has to be admitted that some actions taken by the police are leading to the greater involvement of young black people in the criminal justice system but they cannot be recognised as discriminative behaviours. For example, the police tend to give priority and more effort into certain crime categories and some deprived areas, depending on local and central first concern. As a consequence, some criminals of ethnic groups and ethnic minority residences living in certain areas are inevitably more likely to come into contact with the
The prospect of a racially discriminatory process violates the ideals of equal treatment under the law under which the system is premised (Kansal, 2005). Law enforcement, as the frontline of the criminal justice system, has a great deal to do with who ends up being incarcerated. Law enforcement personnel are the initiating beings who start the path to incarceration for individuals they come in contact with. Their decision in terms of making a stop, making a report, making an arrest and so on determines if and how that individual will enter the criminal justice system. One discriminating practice used by police officers is racial profiling.
On February 27th, 2014 I had the pleasure to interview Detective Vincent Velazquez who was referred to me by Professor Paul Guerrucci. Vincent currently works at the Atlanta Police Department located in 226 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30303. On the day of the interview, I was a little anxious since this was actually the first time I interview a crime investigator, however Vincent was very professional and he allowed me to record the entire conversation. I was able to ask questions about his personal life, full details of his profession, current case assignments, criminal investigation procedures and existing problems in the investigation process.
The criminal justice system is full of inequality and disparities among race, gender, and class. From policing neighborhoods, and the ongoing war on drugs, to sentencing, there are underlying biases and discriminatory practices in the criminal justice system that impacts minority communities and groups. Fueled by stereotypes and generalizations, it is important to identify and discuss what crimes take place and who actually makes it up.
The governance of our present day public and social order co-exist within the present day individual. Attempts to recognize the essentiality of equality in hopes of achieving an imaginable notion of structure and order, has led evidence based practitioners such as Herbert Packer to approach crime and the criminal justice system through due process and crime control. A system where packer believed in which ones rights are not to be infringed defrauded or abused was to be considered to be the ideal for procedural fairness. “I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.” Thomas Jefferson pg 9 cjt To convict an individual because proper consideration was not taken will stir up social unrest rather then it’s initial intent, when he or she who has committed the crime is not punished for their doings can cause for a repetition and even collaboration with other’s for a similar or greater crime.
Within the Criminal Justice System there is diverse career opportunities to choose from. The career I am interested in being is a Criminal Profiler with the FBI National Center for Analysis of Violent Crime. I am interested in this job because it seems to be an intense job to do. A criminal profiler's job is to create a psychological profile of a criminal suspect. Creating one of these profiles can be used to help catch the suspect. This is done by examining evidence from the crime, interviewing witnesses and victims, and analyzing crime scenes. Information obtained from these investigations can then be used to help the profiler determine a pattern of criminal behavior. Most of the time the information that was collected can be used to find out more about the suspect.
In modern-day America the issue of racial discrimination in the criminal justice system is controversial because there is substantial evidence confirming both individual and systemic biases. While there is reason to believe that there are discriminatory elements at every step of the judicial process, this treatment will investigate and attempt to elucidate such elements in two of the most critical judicial junctures, criminal apprehension and prosecution.
According to statistics since the early 1970’s there has been a 500% increase in the number of people being incarcerated with an average total of 2.2 million people behind bars. The increase in rate of people being incarcerated has also brought about an increasingly disproportionate racial composition. The jails and prisons have a high rate of African Americans incarcerated with an average of 900,000 out of the 2.2 million incarcerateed being African American. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics 1 in 6 African American males has been incarcerated at some point in time as of the year 2001.
In the United States of America today, racial profiling is a deeply troubling national problem. Many people, usually minorities, experience it every day, as they suffer the humiliation of being stopped by police while driving, flying, or even walking for no other reason than their color, religion, or ethnicity. Racial profiling is a law enforcement practice steeped in racial stereotypes and different assumptions about the inclination of African-American, Latino, Asian, Native American or Arab people to commit particular types of crimes. The idea that people stay silent because they live in fear of being judged based on their race, allows racial profiling to live on.
Gaining an in-depth knowledge of the criminal justice system, throughout my Bachelors program has been exciting as much as an eye opener. Some of the subjects were ones that I did not expect. There were also, ones that had no idea how ignorant I was on the subject.
Law enforcement is a career that is both violent and rewarding in many capacities. Justice needs to be served in law enforcement and they have a responsibility to uphold the law and serve the people in the community. Law enforcement is crucial in the world today as a global realm as life continues to be more complex and law enforcement struggles to combat many aspects of crime. In order to combat these problems and have a positive future in the criminal justice system, everyone must work together on a bigger scale.
I believe that criminal justice employees are unmotivated. Having almost 20 years of experience in the juvenile justice system there have been times that I have witnessed many unmotivated workers. I have also been unmotivated at times. I believe that many people become unmotivated for several reasons. The biggest reason I feel is due to moral between workers and the supervisor. This happens when the supervisor fails to treat everyone the same. He is strict with some workers and lenient with others or he fails to compliment his workers for a job well done but is quick to write a worker up for infractions of the rules. There are other supervisors who make promises that they have no intention on keeping and they have problems keeping their word. For example they tell you that you will get a good raise if your work hard but they fail to mention your extra efforts during your review. The worse supervisors are the ones that encourages their employees to be a team player but they fail to be one