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Criminal Justice a system that keeps Criminals under control Jennifer Anderson Composition I Instructor Steven Sparks June 19, 2012 Criminal justice is the application or study of laws regarding criminal behavior. Those who study criminal justice includes police, those working in a judiciary capacity, and lawyers who either defend or prosecute those accused of a crime. Others work as advocate for changes in the current laws, like members of the Supreme Courts. Justice also refers not only to the fair trial accorded to the citizens of most countries, but also to the just retribution for victims of a crime. Police officers train specifically on what powers they have in relationship to a suspect and what powers they do not have. Most work in law enforcement study criminal justice and attend special academics to further training. Those who choose FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) obtain four year degree in criminal justice. Lawyers with a special interest in either the prosecution or defense of suspected criminals choose to major four years in criminal justice. It was not until 1829, however that the first police agency opened. The London Metropolitan Police was created both to keep the peace and to identify and apprehend criminal suspects. Police agencies began to appear in the United States during the mid-nineteenth century. The modern era of criminal justice can be traced to a series of research projects begun in 1950’s under the sponsorship of the American Bar Foundation (ABF). Originally designed to provide in-depth analysis of the organization, administration and operation of criminal justice agencies, the ABF project discovered that the justice system contained many procedures that had been kept hidden from the public views. The research focus shifted to an examination of previously obscure processes: investigations, arrest, prosecution and plea negotiations. Cesare Beccaria is a Italian social philosopher, made a persuasive argument against the use of torture and capital punishment, common practices in the eighteen century. He argued that only the minimum amount of punishment was need to control crime if criminals could be convinced that their violations of law were certain to be discovered and punished. Criminal Justice is a system of law enforcement, judiciary, corrections and probation that helps courts to decide what punishment that is needed for criminals and crimes. It is a study that police, lawyers, courts and etc. use it started back in the eighteenth century and is still occurring now. There are many topics of criminal justice: * Nature of criminal justice * Branches of criminal justice * History of criminal justice * Basic criminal justice concepts * Criminal justice scholars * Leaders in criminal justice There is many ways criminal justice can be used and many definitions of criminal justice. References: www.thefreedictionary.com www.cengage.com www.wiseGeek.com Jennifer Anderson, ENC 1101-289, Individual work week 10