Introduction The United States introduced criminal justice reform with the objective of correcting errors made during criminal justice processes. The goals of the reforms are to reduce the number of incarcerated prisoners and prison sentences. In addition, the reforms aim at doing away with mandato...

Prop 21 Education is the best part of life. Education can evolve you into a better person. Education can prevent you from committing crimes and will lead you to a prosperous life. Proposition 21; The Gang Violence and Juvenile Crime Prevention Act aims to incarcerate disturbed youth rather then e...

The Stanford Prison Experiment demonstrates how different people become the roles they play. The students chosen to participate in the experiment are tested strenuously in order to determine their adequacy to perform under conditions similar to those present in prisons. They are considered "n...

Down These Mean Streets, an autobiography by Piri Thomas is about a boy's journey to manhood on the mean streets of New York's Spanish Harlem. While growing up in Harlem, Piri adopted an attitude, which was both hot-tempered and violent. In the end, this personality flaw almost cost hi...

For a long time capital punishment has been thought to be flawed and unfair. It has been proven by certain civil rights groups such as the ACLU that the circumstances surrounding the murder or of the accused get more people convicted than the actual evidence against them. For example if you are poor...

State Sanctioned Murder Old Sparky and Gruesome Gertie (affectionate names for the electric chair) have taken the lives of many, even the innocent (Finnerty 18). They are prejudiced and lack compassion. However, many Americans believe that they represent justice. Capital punishment does not repre...

Capital punishment is perhaps the most widely debated issue ofcriminal justice in the United States. Many are for this punishment,citing as their primary reason that it is a deterrent for violent crime.Others argue that inadequate police investigation and court representation,as well as gener...

There is no federal juvenile justice system in America but rather separate systems for each state. The system in New York State is both typical in many of its facets and unique to New York in certain respects. The system is seen as overburdened and as facing new levels of violence in the streets so...

Pros and Cons to Capital PunishmentFor many years the death penalty has been the sentence for murders, rapists, and other serial criminals. But, in recent months it has been an issue in whether the death penalty should or should not be legal. (Lancashire, Ian. Page. 20) There are many people that t...

Assignment: Is Perception Reality? A few years ago I moved to Arizona. I was to be the office manager of a Real Estate Appraisal firm. Unbeknown to me the Company owed back taxes to Internal Revenue Service. The IRS came in and seized all of the Companies bank accounts and assets. All of a s...

Jonathan Kozol's Amazing Grace: The Trials and Tribulations ofEveryday Life Jonathan Kozol creates a hauntingly vivid portrait of theSouth Bronx neighborhood of Mott Haven in his 1995 bestsellerAmazing Grace, The Trials and Tribulations of Everyday Life. Theshocking truth of Americans living in abje...

Crime & Punishment in AmericaAfter reading and discussing the required books for this class, a multitude of issues concerning the deficiencies of our criminal justice system have been presented. Prison overcrowding, the overrepresentation of minorities, and the efficiency of our prisons have create...

American Me is a harsh look at the "reality" of prison and gang life, especially within the Chicano community. Based on a "true story", American Me traces the life of a Latino crime lord, Santana, from his youth growing up in the barrio of East Los Angeles, through his rise to power behind the walls...

Limitation on "Three-Strikes" LawOf all the 2004 ballot propositions, I believe that Proposition 66 has the most significant impact on California. Proposition 66 would put limits on the current "three-strikes" law that California has in affect. This not only makes things "less harsh" for criminals w...

The United States Federal government should significantly reform the legal proceedings of the justice system?s criminal sentencing policy. This statement can be considered a proposition of policy because it suggests something should be done. The statement attempts to uncover a change in the conduc...