Assignment

Choose TWO of the following topics and write a minimum of four complete paragraphs per topic:

1) This forum looks at race and/ or socio-economic status playing a part in the criminal justice system. As you have read, race and/ or socio economic status informally plays a part in whether suspects are given preferential treatment during the course from arrest to sentencing. Even though this appears to be unfair to those in these classes, it has existed through the ages.

QUESTION:

What I want you to discuss is what can be done to eliminate social class and/or racial bias in sentencing?

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Taxes and Crime- this forum asks you to consider what constitutes effective public policy in regard to crime reduction. For example should we spend our public resources to detect, apprehend, prosecute and incarcerate offenders through the justice system and/or to invest in programs to identify at-risk persons and juvenile delinquents and intervene through services aimed at improving faulty social institutions like the family and education in order to prevent criminal behavior and resocialize those who become involved?

QUESTIONS:

IF THE GOAL IS TO REDUCE CRIME IN SOCIETY, HOW SHOULD TAX DOLLARS IDEALLY BE SPENT?

SHOULD WE SPEND MONEY ON MORE POLICE AND PRISONS TO CONTROL CRIME? OR

SHOULD BE SPEND MONEY ON WELFARE AND EDUCATION IN AN ATTEMPT TO PREVENT CRIME?

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This forum looks at the issue regarding police corruption. Throughout the ages, the police have been accused and/ pr involved in corrupt activities. This is something that will remain a by-product of the police, since the police are relatively autonomous when performing their duties on the street.

QUESTIONS:

WHAT IS POLICE CORRUPTION?

IS TAKING A FREE CUP OF COFFEE FROM A STORE OWNER, WHO DESIRES THE OFFICER TO BE IN THE STORE TO PREVENT ROBBERIES A CORRUPT ACT?

WHAT ARE SOME WAYS TO PREVENT POLICE CORRUPTION

THIS IS WORTH 25 POINTS

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This forum looks at the Exclusionary Rule and how it affects the police and the rules of evidence. If a police officer has been found to have obtained evidence illegally, by violating the Search and Seizure rules of the 4th Amendment, then the evidence is considered tainted and that evidence CANNOT be used in the prosecution of a defendant. Even though there are good faith exception to the rule, those can be far and few betwen.

The issue at point is whether a criminal should go free because the officer made an error in seizing the item. This has major impact on cases because what if the officer is arresting someone considered to be a career criminal? Should we turn our heads and look the other way so the police can keep our communities safe?

QUESTION:

THE UNITED STATES IS THE ONLY COUNTRY WITH THE EXCLUSIONARY RULE.

IS IT NECESSARY?

SHOULD WE MAINTAIN? REVOKE IT?

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