https://padlet.com/fernandogorey/5xt7ldbmbmbs Criminal Justice en-us 2018-03-27 02:41:44 UTC 2018-03-27 13:40:16 UTC hello@padlet.com fernandogorey https://padlet.com/fernandogorey/5xt7ldbmbmbs/wish/246346065 The criminal justice system consists of three main parts: (1) Law Enforcement (police officers, FBI, Department of Homeland Security, etc...) ; (2) Courts (attorneys, judges, etc...) ; and (3) corrections (jails, prisons, probation and parole)]]> 2018-03-27 03:27:16 UTC https://padlet.com/fernandogorey/5xt7ldbmbmbs/wish/246346065 fernandogorey https://padlet.com/fernandogorey/5xt7ldbmbmbs/wish/246346135 agenda setting describes the "ability [of the news media] to influence the importance placed on the topics of the public agenda"]]> 2018-03-27 03:27:44 UTC https://padlet.com/fernandogorey/5xt7ldbmbmbs/wish/246346135 fernandogorey https://padlet.com/fernandogorey/5xt7ldbmbmbs/wish/246346224 Two basis assumptions underlie most research on agenda-setting: (1) the press and the media do not reflect reality; they filter and shape it; (2) media concentration on a few issues and subjects leads the public to perceive those issues as more important than other issues. ]]> 2018-03-27 03:28:13 UTC https://padlet.com/fernandogorey/5xt7ldbmbmbs/wish/246346224 fernandogorey https://padlet.com/fernandogorey/5xt7ldbmbmbs/wish/246346295 groups affect criminal justice policy by keeping certain issues off the policy agenda, educating policy makers and the public about emerging issues, and maintaining support for policies]]> 2018-03-27 03:28:34 UTC https://padlet.com/fernandogorey/5xt7ldbmbmbs/wish/246346295 fernandogorey https://padlet.com/fernandogorey/5xt7ldbmbmbs/wish/246346478  (a) Criminal Division, (b) Drug Enforcement Administration, (c) Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, (d) Office on Violence Against Women, (e) U.S. Marshals Service, (f) Community Oriented Policing Services and related law enforcement grants, (g) Bureau of Prisons, (h) Office of the Pardon Attorney, (i) U.S. Parole Commission, (j) Federal Bureau of Investigation, and (k) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, as it relates to crime or drug policy; (2) Oversight of the U.S. Sentencing Commission; (3) Youth violence and directly related issues; (4) Federal programs under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended (including the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act); (5) Criminal justice and victims' rights policy; (6) Oversight of the Office of National Drug Control Policy; (7) Oversight of the U.S. Secret Service; (8) Corrections, rehabilitation, reentry and other detention-related policy; and (9) Parole and probation policy; (10) Oversight of anti-terrorism enforcement and policy; (11) Oversight of Department of Homeland Security functions as they relate to anti-terrorism enforcement and policy; (12) Oversight of State Department consular operations as they relate to anti-terrorism enforcement and policy; (13) Oversight of encryption policies and export licensing; and (14) Oversight of espionage laws and their enforcement.]]> 2018-03-27 03:29:30 UTC https://padlet.com/fernandogorey/5xt7ldbmbmbs/wish/246346478 fernandogorey https://padlet.com/fernandogorey/5xt7ldbmbmbs/wish/246346603 In the 2005 Roper v. Simmons case, the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional for a youth under 18 years old at the time of his or her crime to receive a death penalty sentence. This reversed the 1989 Stanford v. Kentucky ruling, which allowed youth who were at least 16 years or older at the time of their crimes to receive death penalty sentences.]]> 2018-03-27 03:30:14 UTC https://padlet.com/fernandogorey/5xt7ldbmbmbs/wish/246346603 fernandogorey https://padlet.com/fernandogorey/5xt7ldbmbmbs/wish/246346692  Because of federalism, the United States has one federal legal system, and each state has its own state legal system. Thus in the United States, a plethora of legal systems all operate harmoniously at the same time.]]> 2018-03-27 03:30:47 UTC https://padlet.com/fernandogorey/5xt7ldbmbmbs/wish/246346692