scholarly journals Foreword: Addressing the Real World of Racial Injustice in the Criminal Justice System

2003 ◽  
Vol 93 (4) ◽  
pp. 827 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna Coker
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Real World ◽  
Justice System ◽  
The Real ◽  
Racial Injustice

Why isn’t history a recognized criminal specialists’ teacher?

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-36
Author(s):  
Jarosław Warylewski
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Justice System ◽  
The Real ◽  
Penal Law ◽  
History Of

The study includes reflections on the history of punishment and other means of a criminal reaction, their effectiveness and their impact on the criminal justice system. It indicates the limited “repertoire” of the mentioned measures. It draws attention to the real threats to the most important legal interests, especially to life, such as war and terrorism. It doubts the effectiveness of severe penalties, especially the death penalty. Indicates the dangers of penal populism and the perishing of law, including criminal law. It contains an appeal to criminologists and penal law experts to deal with all these dangers in terms of ideas rather than individual regulations.

scholarly journals POLICING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: The enthusiasm gap

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antony Altbeker
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Way

Those monitoring the Domestic Violence Act generally conclude that it is poorly understood and badly implemented by officials in the criminal justice system. But a project aimed at understanding how ordinary cops police South Africa’s streets concludes that part of the problem with this conclusion is a failure to grasp the real limitations – legal, logistical and emotional – under which policing operates. These limitations, combined with the sheer volume of cases, affect the way in which ordinary officers handle these incidents.

scholarly journals Examining the Administration of Youth Interrogation Rights: A Field Study of Canadian Police Practices

Youth Justice ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 147322542090284
Author(s):  
Meagan I. McCardle ◽  
Kirk Luther ◽  
Brent Snook
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Real World ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Police Practices

The delivery of interrogation rights to youth suspects and associated behaviours (e.g. seeking evidence of comprehension) were examined in a sample of real-world interrogations ( N = 31). Interrogation rights were delivered fully in approximately one-third of interrogations. Verification of comprehension was attempted rarely, and interrogators asked the youth to explain each right in their own words in less than 10 per cent of interrogations. Without improvement in the administration of interrogation rights, youth suspects remain vulnerable and unprotected in the criminal justice system.

Conclusion

2019 ◽  
pp. 166-186
Author(s):  
Jonathan Y. Okamura
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Ethnic Inequality ◽  
Racial Injustice ◽  
Racial Comparison

The Conclusion provides a racial comparison between the Fukunaga and Kahahawai cases and argues that Joe Kahahawai was also raced to death after being falsely accused of raping Thalia Massie. Based on their previous dispensing of racial injustice against non-Haoles, Haoles knew they could manipulate the criminal justice system for their benefit. So they subverted that system to have the ten-year sentences of the convicted killers of Kahahawai commuted to one hour. The racial significance of the Fukunaga case is hence evident in its illuminating how race maintained Haole supremacy and non-Haole oppression, despite the claims of colorblind justice and multicultural harmony. The chapter discusses the most recent public assertions of colorblindness and multiculturalism in Hawai‘i, which continue to be deployed to sustain ethnic inequality.

Applying Microscopy in Forensic Science

1998 ◽  
Vol 4 (S2) ◽  
pp. 490-491
Author(s):  
Henry C. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Forensic Science ◽  
Real World ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Serial Killer ◽  
Trace Evidence ◽  
Physical Evidence ◽  
Forensic Scientist ◽  
Forensic Scientists

Microscopy is of vital importance in the real world of the forensic scientist. In today's society, physical evidence is critical to the criminal justice system for the detection, investigation and prosecution of criminal acts. A trail of microscopic fibers led investigators in Atlanta to the conviction of the serial killer, Wayne Williams. Flecks of paint on a hit-run victim, analyzed microscopically, can be compared with the paint on a suspect vehicle to exclude or match it to the crime. The forensic firearms examiner compares the microscopic striations on a bullet to match it to the gun it was fired from. Microscopes are used throughout the modern forensic laboratory. They are essential in searching for evidence. They aid the examiner in identifying and comparing trace evidence. As the scales of justice symbolize forensic science, microscopes symbolize the trace evidence examiner.Because of the variety of physical evidence, forensic scientists use several types of microscopes in their investigations.

Perception of Racial Injustice in the Criminal Justice System Scale

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha L. Henderson ◽  
Francis T. Cullen ◽  
Liqun Cao ◽  
Sandra Lee Browning
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Racial Injustice

scholarly journals POLICING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: The enthusiasm gap

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antony Altbeker
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Way

Those monitoring the Domestic Violence Act generally conclude that it is poorly understood and badly implemented by officials in the criminal justice system. But a project aimed at understanding how ordinary cops police South Africa’s streets concludes that part of the problem with this conclusion is a failure to grasp the real limitations – legal, logistical and emotional – under which policing operates. These limitations, combined with the sheer volume of cases, affect the way in which ordinary officers handle these incidents.

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