CJUS/500 CJUS500 CJUS 500 WEEK 1 DISCUSSION

CJUS 500 WEEK 1 DISCUSSION

Discussion Board Forum 1

Topic: Achieving Justice in America

The Federal and State criminal justice systems share many commonalities and some differences, but both are intended to achieve the same goal—justice. How one defines “justice” impacts his or her view of whether a particular model is valid (crime control vs. due process), the system is flawed or properly balanced (fragmented or unified), and if a member of the courtroom work-group (judges, lawyers, law enforcement, etc.) is performing his/her role properly. Regardless of your opinion on these academic assessments, the criminal justice system is inherently adversarial and a criminal conviction requires each and every element of the offense charged to be proven by the government beyond a reasonable doubt.

Beginning with the Reading & Study material, discuss how each of the academic assessments impact the ability to ensure the guilty are punished, the innocent go free, and the means by which this is accomplished comports with the legal philosophy embodied by the United States Constitution and its English Common Law principles. Expand upon the provided material with scholarly research to augment the development of your position.

Discussion Board Instructions

There will be 3 Discussion Board Forums throughout the course. The purpose of Discussion Board forums is to generate interaction among students in regard to relevant current course topics. Responding to a classmate’s post requires both the addition of new ideas and analysis. A particular point made by the classmate must be addressed and built upon by your analysis in order to move the conversation forward. Thus, the response post is a rigorous assignment that requires you to build upon initial posts to develop deeper and more thorough discussion of the ideas introduced in the initial posts. As such, reply posts that merely affirm, restate or unprofessionally quarrel with the previous post(s) and fail to make a valuable, substantive contribution to the discussion will receive appropriate point deductions.

You are required to post 1 thread of 350–400 words by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Thursday of the module/week in which the forum is assigned. You must post 1 reply with 200–250 words by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of the same module/week. Each post must comport with the requirements set forth in the Discussion Board Grading Rubric.

The Post First feature has been activated in the Discussion Board Forums for this course. You will need to post your thread before you will be able to view and reply to other students’ threads.