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Therapeutic jurisprudence, a concept developed by David Wexler and Bruce Winick, is used to describe the therapeutic potential of the law. Specifically, therapeutic jurisprudence is a philosophy of law suggesting that legal rules, legal procedures, and roles of various actors in the legal and criminal justice systems can …
Thermal imaging devices detect infrared radiation that is invisible to the naked eye. The devices then convert that infrared radiation into images based on relative warmth. Thus, the device can show areas of a dwelling that are emitting heat. Law enforcement sometimes uses thermal imaging technology to determine …
Three-strikes-and-you’re-out laws, borrowing a phrase from the baseball context, are those laws that impose up to natural life imprisonment on offenders convicted of three offenses, so categorized as strike offenses. Strikes need not necessarily be for violent crimes, but three strikes, according to some state legislatures, renders the …
Torture is a highly controversial practice that is surrounded by a complex ethical dilemma. The use of torture as an interrogation technique is as old as humankind. After the end of World War II, several countries, including France, Spain, and the United States, began working on the Universal …
The term transitional justice (TJ) is of fairly recent creation and is generally taken to signify a process of democratization occurring in a state that transitions from authoritarian rule, war, or internal conflict to a liberal democracy or a state of peace. Associated with the transition is the …
Truth-in-sentencing statutes require individuals convicted of certain types of crime to serve a substantial portion (most commonly 85 percent) of their court-imposed sentence behind bars. These statutes were designed to reduce the use of policies and procedures that allowed for the early release of inmates via “good time” …
Undercover operations involve a variety of deceptive investigative tactics and techniques that are used to collect information leading to arrests. A number of factors make the use of undercover operations necessary including an absence of complainants or witnesses, conditions that make many crimes such as drug trafficking difficult …
United States v. Jones (2012) is a U.S. Supreme Court case requiring police to obtain a warrant when a global positioning system (GPS) tracking device is used to watch the movements of a suspect. All nine justices agreed that a warrant was needed in this case, but they …
On July 25th, 2011, in the case of the United States v. Mitchell, the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals became the highest U.S. court to address the use of DNA in the handling of criminal suspects. The application and continued development of techniques for the collection, processing, …
Entrapment is a defense to criminal charges that can be raised when a law enforcement officer entices a citizen into committing a crime that the citizen would not otherwise have committed. Law enforcement officers, particularly those who work undercover, regularly face the ethical question of how far they …
An enduring debate within ethics concerns the extent to which ethical principles should apply to everyone, without exception. Ethical universalism represents the view that they should. Universality of Ethical Principles At its simplest, ethical universalism establishes the view that when individuals make an ethical statement, they are putting …
The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act was signed into law on October 26, 2001, in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Despite strong objections from civil …
A broad mandate to use coercive power is a hallmark of law enforcement, distinguishing it from other civilian occupations. Whether employed by federal, state, or local law enforcement organizations, officers are authorized to use force to protect themselves and others, perform investigative stops and make arrests, conduct searches, …
Homelessness is a growing issue in the United States and in the world. According to a 2012 report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, there are 600,000 to 700,000 Americans defined as “homeless.” These homeless people include a significant number of veterans, former offenders, and …
Values provide the moral foundations that underpin all aspects of a criminal justice system. They are the reference points that offer a moral compass to guide a raft of decision-making processes and to generally inform criminal justice policies. However, in articulating values individuals use different types of justifications, …
Vice, from the Latin vitium meaning a defect or fault, is a form of voluntary conduct, practice, or habit that one’s local moral community or wider society deems to be immoral. Vice, however, is not merely a synonym for immorality. Sometimes vice denotes particular categories of conduct of …
A victim impact statement (VIS) gives crime victims, or their survivors in the case of homicides, the opportunity to tell the judge or jury how the crime has affected their lives. Depending on the crime and the jurisdiction, a VIS may be offered in evidence during the trail …
The role of the victim in the criminal justice system has evolved over the past 30 to 40 years. Historically, victims of a crime have held no special place in the criminal justice process other than as witnesses to the event. Thus, as witnesses they have not received …
Victim–offender mediation and reconciliation programs are processes through which victims of crimes, the perpetrators of crimes, and in some cases affected community members attempt to work through the effects of criminal incidents. As opposed to many modern-day criminal justice systems, which may emphasize the punishment of criminals, application …
Victims’ assistance programs are meant to respond to the people harmed in some way by crime, usually helping those who are directly affected by criminal activities. These programs are variable across states, counties, and other jurisdictions and address the particular concepts of “assistance” and “victim” defined by the …
