CJUS 330
REFLECTION ON THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM|
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Reflection on the Criminal Justice System
Tatiana Sabin
Liberty University
CJUS 330- D10
Challenges Facing the Criminal Justice System
Of all the challenges facing the Criminal Justice System, none are more
challenging than
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, the struggles of overcrowding, racism, and politics. The ‘tough on crime’ approach has
led to a dramatic increase in the prison population, increasing costs and decreasing
funds that could go to rehabilitation and reform. “The costs of mass incarceration have
diverted resources from health, education, and welfare programs.” ( ) This is going to
pose a future problem for future officers of the justice system. Increasing populations
tend to increase the workload and the officers of the court are already strained enough.
Americans depend on the criminal justice system to maintain safety and security.
Those who are the leaders and contributors to today’s criminal justice system
have ethical duties to society to make sure that America’s system is fair and just - this is
especially true in light of the recent criticism of it. The idea of “innocent until proven
guilty” is on a rocky road with police brutality and racial profiling still ever in our
midst. “The virtuous element of interactional justice is manifest by a genuine interest in
the welfare, growth, and wholeness of others and is manifest as beneficent treatment,
kindness, and other behaviors that demonstrate humanity.” (Anderson, Ichiho, 2017)
To look at the criminal justice system, means to also look at the politics of the
system.
Since the law itself is created by politicians, politics is a key factor in all aspects of the
law. And since politicians can be influenced by all sorts of factors, media, constituents,
monetary donors, lobbyists, the criminal justice system can be influenced by this too.
The Influence of Social Media and Body Cameras
Society favors the perceived positive influence of the body cameras worn by police
officers. Due to the recent downturn of the opinion of police officers, there has been an
increase in scrutiny of
https://www.stuvia.com/user/mboffin
REFLECTION ON THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM|
COMPLETE SOLUTION ALREADY GUARANTEED
100% PASS
Reflection on the Criminal Justice System
Tatiana Sabin
Liberty University
CJUS 330- D10
Challenges Facing the Criminal Justice System
Of all the challenges facing the Criminal Justice System, none are more
challenging than
https://www.stuvia.com/user/mboffin
, the struggles of overcrowding, racism, and politics. The ‘tough on crime’ approach has
led to a dramatic increase in the prison population, increasing costs and decreasing
funds that could go to rehabilitation and reform. “The costs of mass incarceration have
diverted resources from health, education, and welfare programs.” ( ) This is going to
pose a future problem for future officers of the justice system. Increasing populations
tend to increase the workload and the officers of the court are already strained enough.
Americans depend on the criminal justice system to maintain safety and security.
Those who are the leaders and contributors to today’s criminal justice system
have ethical duties to society to make sure that America’s system is fair and just - this is
especially true in light of the recent criticism of it. The idea of “innocent until proven
guilty” is on a rocky road with police brutality and racial profiling still ever in our
midst. “The virtuous element of interactional justice is manifest by a genuine interest in
the welfare, growth, and wholeness of others and is manifest as beneficent treatment,
kindness, and other behaviors that demonstrate humanity.” (Anderson, Ichiho, 2017)
To look at the criminal justice system, means to also look at the politics of the
system.
Since the law itself is created by politicians, politics is a key factor in all aspects of the
law. And since politicians can be influenced by all sorts of factors, media, constituents,
monetary donors, lobbyists, the criminal justice system can be influenced by this too.
The Influence of Social Media and Body Cameras
Society favors the perceived positive influence of the body cameras worn by police
officers. Due to the recent downturn of the opinion of police officers, there has been an
increase in scrutiny of
https://www.stuvia.com/user/mboffin
