Question

3) Answer the following questions:please respond in one paragraph

• In your opinion, what are the crucial problems within the criminal justice process?
• What could be done to correct these problems and change the system?

Answer 1

Crucial Problems in the Criminal Justice Process are-

1.Drug use and the crime cycle:Between 50 and 80 percent of men test positively for drugs when they’re arrested. This has led to a vicious cycle of criminal activity and drug use.

2.Youth in the Criminal Justice system:

We need to reexamine how we view juvenile offenders.

Broadly speaking, are we looking for the “big” arrests or misdemeanors? Should we focus on restorative justice or community safety? Are those two mutually exclusive?

This is going to be a big focus of research and scholarship in the coming years.

3.The High Incarceration Rate:

As of the last available data, 2 million people were incarcerated for crimes in the U.S. and almost 7 million people were under supervision. We need to figure out why this is. It’s an issue that affects more than the criminals—it has huge impacts on those in and out of the communities where the crimes took place.

Economics also plays a role: We spend about $50 billion a year in correctional efforts. The Attorney General has noted both of these, so it is an issue on the national stage

4.Violence Against Women:

According to the National Institute of Justice, about 1.3 million women are physically assaulted by an intimate partner each year, and stalking is more common than previously thought.

We need to improve the effectiveness of the criminal justice system’s response to these crimes

5.The three strikes Legistation:

An increasing number of states now use this system, which means that if someone is arrested and convicted three times they’re “out.” But we know that recidivism (repeating a crime after being punished) actually declines as a person ages.

These mandatory sentences don’t take into account the likelihood that the person will offend again, given this. We need to consider alternate sentencing and prevention paradigms. One size probably does not fit all.

Steps that can be taken to correct these problems and change the system are:

1.Reduce Violence in Prison by improving Prison Accountability and Leadership.

2.Support Alternatives to arrest and Incarceration Programs

3.Support public defender officers and other organisations that fight for equality in the criminal justice system

4.Support the passage of laws that reduce overly harsh Sentences

5.Pay attention to and support ,speak out about injustice whenever you see it.