Unit 1 IP REWORD

Thesis statement

Criminal justice and community is a topic within Criminal Justice which is entitled in ensuring that citizens receive justice from crimes that arise within a society. The topic is meant to equip students in ways in which they can ensure justice prevails within a society; that is, all offenders and defendants are punished accordingly, within the justice system while the innocent are left to be free.

Hypothesis

One of the best ways of ensuring there is criminal justice within any society is by coming with rules and regulations that govern the society. Laws can be classified into two, that is, public law and private law whereby public law will involve matters that always affect a society as a whole while private laws also known as civil laws deals with relationships between or among people. With introduction of these laws and regulations there will be a solution towards criminal justice and community which is seen in the various importance of having laws within any given society. For instance, laws are to regulate or totally change the behavior of individuals of a society; this is as a result of the consequences associated with the breaking of any law established by the government or people of a community. Other than that, it is very common to observe arguments and disputes within every society where people are present. Even though, it is important to know that these issues or disputes that arise will always be solved by law which provides the guidelines to be followed in order to arrive into an agreement. Lastly, laws will ensure fairness within a society since the people concerned with solving crime issues within a society will always tend to lean on the laws that provide ways in which a case should be judged thus ending up into fairness to all individuals. To sum up, introduction of laws will ensure there is criminal justice in every society.

Measurement and analysis approach

The key points to be addressed in this research will include the top most crimes carried by the people of the society; the top most being the issue of murder. Murder has become a very big problem within the society which being attributed to be as a result of greed and jealousy among the people of the society (Grisham 2006). In addition, murder also results in places of riots whereby the police officers or any other government authority in charge of crimes may shoot into to the air to disperse the crowd thus resulting into death of some innocent citizens. Another key issue is the issue of drug taking and drug trafficking as well as the underage alcohol taking, which has been mostly observed to affect most of the teenagers and also the youths in most institutions of higher learning. Theft and burglary by the people, who mostly target cars and also house hold items, is another common kind of crime committed by people within a society. Lack of employment alongside other minor reasons has been identified to be the major cause of theft and burglary.

Data collection and analysis concerning issues of murder are collected in various hospitals as well as the Uniform Crime Reporting program of the FBI which identifies the cause of murder of individuals. Concerning issues of theft and burglary, most data information and analysis is obtained from police officers in various police stations or in any government authority concerned with crime in societies. Data analysis and collection on drugs will be obtained in the various Anti-drug abuse movements and societies within the country.

Even though technology has brought various advantages, it has also led to increase of crime issues which have led to increase of crime within societies. For instance, various theft crimes occurring in houses happen yet in most cases the owners of the houses will have always locked their houses using various secure means. Such cases can only be attributed to technology whereby a thug can be able to break into ones house despite of the security measures one may have put in place.

Applicable resources

Human welfare and moral worth (Thomas 2002) develops the Kantian moral philosophy which gives basic concepts on aspects on human welfare as well as the moral worth. Culture, citizenship and community (Carens 2000) give a contextual approach to cases which will show why the understanding of justice as neutrality needs to be supplemented. Crime, fear and the law in true crime stories (Biressi 2001) gives an examination of historical genesis of crime and their development as well as exploring current law and order. Policing and punishing in London (Beattie 2001) outlines the analysis of the changing forms of policing and prosecution that influences all levels of the government. Encyclopedia of street crime in America (Jeffery 2013) explores the origin and implications of street crimes on the society in general.

Ethical standards

To ensure this report is of high ethical standards, it is necessary to ensure that all the information collected and analyzed come from a trusted source which avoids any kind of distortion of information. It is important to seek permission in places it is required and also to be sure of your safety which helps to maintain a high ethical standard during the research.

References

Grisham, J. (2006). The innocent man: Murder and Injustice in a small town. Dell: Reissure edition.

Jeffery, I. (2013). Encyclopedia of street crime in America. Los Angeles.