Criminal Justice System Program
REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE AND CRIME
The Violent Gang and Gun Crime Reduction Program
More popularly known as Project Safe Neighborhoods or PSN, this Program was conceived and designed to create safer neighborhoods by reducing crime associated with gang and gun violence (BJA, 2012). Its effectiveness derives from the cooperation among the local, State, and federal agencies involved. It is led by the district attorney. He is tasked with establishing a collaborative PSN task force of federal, State and local law enforcement and other sectors of the community to implement gang and gun crime enforcement, intervention and prevention activities within his district. There are 94 federal judicial districts. Through the PSN task force, he implements the five design features of PSN. These design features are partnerships, strategic planning, training, outreach and accountability. They are geared towards addressing the specific and local gun and gang crime problems of the district. The project intends to reduce gun and gang violence in districts throughout the country by means of a research-based, intelligence-led, and problem-solving approach. This approach is aimed at reducing firearm and gang violence through enforcement, deterrence, and prevention. Interested applicants are asked to develop innovative, comprehensive, data-driven approaches to these ends in their respective districts. The result is a reasonable and scientifically-based finding that a proposed solution is either effective or not on the problem. A research partner is a requirement in achieving this result. The solution is evidence-based when causal evidence exists on its effectiveness. The causal evidence documents and establishes the relationship between an activity or intervention and its outcome. It includes measuring the direction and size of a change and the extent of that change occurring because of the activity or intervention. Causal...
This had lead to a growing number of states segregating juveniles and adults within the adult prison. Judges are also taking into account the availability of beds when they determine sentences for juveniles that have been tried as adults and may go so far as putting the youth on probation rather than putting them in an adult prison with adult prisoners (Should Juveniles Be Tried as Adults, 2007). It is
Gun Violence Effect on African American Community Introduction The African American community has faced the brunt of the criminal justice system in the aftermath of gun violence. For starters, the violence takes a toll on these communities. The violence that emanates from the use of guns and other incidences of shooting rips families apart and tears the family and community fabric. There's often a second devastating effect that results from the violence.
Criminal Justice Juvenile justice Gang Control Methods Descriptions Law Enforcement Efforts The traditional police personnel from the youth unit control the gang. Police officers from youth or detective unit are charged with controlling activities of the gang. Setting up of gang unit within the police to exclusively control gang activity. The Chicago Police Department set up gang crime section to process information on gangs and gang leaders. The Los Angeles Police Department engages in crime breaking activities that involve
Criminal Justice Ethical Dilemmas In Criminal Justice Ethical dilemmas permeate almost all organizations globally. Members of an organization often find themselves in challenging situations that require the adoption of the most effective solution that meet the needs of the conflicting parties or situations. One of the organizations that often face the challenge of ethical dilemmas is the criminal justice organization. The criminal justice organizations have been known to perform activities that ensure
Gun Violence In December of 2012, Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT became just the most recent name to be added to the list of schools now infamous for the terrible tragedies to occur within. While it may on one level be anecdotal rather than statistical in nature, the school shooting that claimed the lives of 20 children and 6 adults in Sandy Hook seems to represent a trend of
In addition, research shows that arrests actually dropped in San Diego after implementing COP policies, and even more dramatic, citizen complaints against police officers dropped, as well. Thus, COP activities seem to be more citizen-friendly than zero-tolerance policies, and they seem to bring dramatic drops in crime, as well. Problem-oriented policing targets specific problem areas of crime, such as drug-trafficking neighborhoods or youth-oriented crimes. This type of policing strives to
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