CJ 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Evidence-Based Practice, American Justice, Social Control
22 Jan 2017
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The american criminal justice system has a lot of power. Arrest, convict, and prison, who lives, who dies. Crimes = conduct in violation of the criminal laws of a state, the federal government, or a local jurisdiction for which there is no legally acceptable justification or excuse. The system of justice relies on bed public acceptance in public cooperation. Issues arose in late 2014 and early 2015. Michael brown was an eighteen-year-old unarmed african- American man who died from being shot by a ferguson missouri police officer, michael brown was shot more than once. Eric greiner was an unarmed black man who died after an nypd officer placed him in a chokehold, garner was a father of 6 who was arrested a lot for illegally selling cigarettes. This caused a number of arrests to decrease dramatically reminder offenses, for example 94% in new york in december.
