Cja484 - Global Perspectives Assessment

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have local differences, and because there is a variation in the meaning of crimes across the nation, comparing punishment would prove difficult also. You are able to see the difference in the English speaking countries alone. Canada’s criminal justice system places stress on getting a fair trial, to help that process media is not usually allowed in the courtroom. The offender is free from damaging publicity, and there is little concern for crime broadcast. England’s criminal justice system place more emphasis with fair sentencing.

Law enforcement around the world perform their duties differently, however common law nations seems to hold their officers accountable for violating civil rights. Islamic and socialist countries law enforcement have religious and political powers, they classify their crime as religious and political. But, police worldwide are the symbol of criminal justice and when police chose to use informal techniques to control crime issues arise for the organization. In other countries minorities fail to trust their law enforcement also, according to Braga (2007) those countries do not like the concept of America community policing because it seems ubiquitous.

Cybercrime

When the internet was first introduced there was legislation regulating it, the rapid growth and behavior of the users was not anticipated. Something had to be done to protect the innocent users. Laws were put in place by the state and federal governments. The government needed to protect users from cyber stalking, cyberbullying, hacking, and spamming.

Cybercrime is a difficult crime to examine, and prosecute. Digital evidence is nothing but a series of numbers making it easy to change or lose, protecting the evidence and having a clear chain of custody is important in a criminal cases. The evidence in cybercrimes make it difficult to maintain, an investigator can contaminate the evidence easily during the investigation. Some of the criminals committing cybercrimes have their computers set up to destroy any evidence when opened by somebody other than themselves. If a system is not secure it would be easy for a hacker to download illegal material onto a computer, the owner of that computer will have a difficult time trying to prove their innocents.

Shinder (2011) said challenges of digital evidence require law enforcement to adopt new procedures, trained examiners are able to preserve and recover loss data now. New tools in computer forensic has allowed it to greatly improve their abilities.

Policing systems

The systems police use are based on the country and its government. The communist system is focus on protecting the government and its leaders, whereas a democratic system is more focus on protecting the people. It does not matter what country you’re in, criminals are adapting to legal restrictions, so police must also overcome the challenges and adapt to their situation.

Major globalized crimes

Terrorist is the most current major crime happening in the world today. Islamic radical extremist feels the need to communicate their beliefs to the world. When these terrorist try to force change by violence, it definitely impacts the world. The main effect from these attacks are economical. The United States was attacked on September 11, 2011, since then law enforcement have been challenged with ways to combat these terrorist. The Patriot Act is one way the United States has fired back. However the effects of these terrorist attacks impacts the world some kind of way.

Conclusion

Because of globalization the world’s criminal justice system are closer than they have ever been. Business organizations are also taking advantage of globalization, it provides a more accessible line to foreign products. This also give criminals a new avenue to explore. The biggest globalization problem police face is jurisdiction. The fix to this issue will be a political one, for now law enforcement must continue to use all their assets when trying to get the bad guy.

References

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CNN (2013). I took this job to gather evidence. Retrieved from www.cnn.com on August 18, 2015

Kerr, O., (2013). The real story: Edward Snowden. Retrieved from www.volokh.com on August 18, 2015

Modafferi, P., (2007). 21st century what it means to law enforcement. Retrieved from www.policechiefmagazine.org

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Schmalleger, F. (2009). An Integrative introduction. Upper Saddle, NJ.

Schinder, D., (2011). Cybercrimes laws difficult to enforce. Retrieved from www.techpublic.com