Criminal Justice System Issues of rape and sexual
Criminal Justice System Issues of rape and sexual. What is wrong with the Criminal Justice System, in regards to the crimes of rape and sexual assault? The following guidelines pertain to all Discussion assignments.
1. Your original post should directly and clearly address all required elements of the topic, task, or question for the Discussion assignment.
2. Your response should advance the discussion, through critical thinking and application of the course content. (Ask questions, assess further considerations, provide a different point of view, etc.)
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Criminal Justice System Issues of rape and sexual
REQUIRED TEXTS & MATERIALS:
● Riedel, M., Welsh, W. (2016) Criminal Violence: Patterns, Explanations, and
Interventions, Fourth Edition, New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-938613-0
● American Psychological Association. (2010) Publication manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth edition, Washington, DC, American Psychological Association
What is wrong with the Criminal Justice System, in regards to the crimes of rape and sexual assault? Use content from Module 6 and outside resources, including your own experience, to support your position. You can come at this from any perspective or situation.
There is no minimum words count required for the original post and the responses.
By completing this assignment, students will be able to:
Craft an informed opinion on the treatment of sexual crimes under our Criminal Justice System that incorporates your personal experience and the topics discussed in this module. (CO: 1-3 & 8)
Adhere to and demonstrate the rules of written expression and structure. (CO: 1-8)
Criminal Justice System Issues of rape and sexual
Rubric
Criteria for the original post:
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Fully addresses question or topic. Applies critical thinking or problem solving. Includes credible resources information or research to support positions, conclusions, or perspectives. (50 Pts).
Criteria for the responses:
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Consistently advances discussion of at least two colleagues. Uses lesson content to support positions, conclusions, or perspectives. Asks questions, assesses further considerations, provides a different point of view, etc. (30 Pts).
Professionalism for the original post and the responses:
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Communicates in a professional manner, consistent with expectations for criminal justice professionals. No grammatical or spelling errors and thought is clear. Citations used on all material created by another author, including websites. (20 Pts).
Total (100 Pts).
– First, the writer needs to carefully read the topic and start writing the original post. (no minimum words required).
– Second, The writer needs to carefully read the students posts and reply to them directly. (no minimum words required).
Reply to Eitan Marcoff
In order to answer the question of what is wrong with our criminal justice system regarding rape and sexual assault, one has to acknowledge that something needs to be changed. For starters, one of the issues is the different definitions of rape. As stated in the book, the NIBRS defines rape as “the carnal knowledge of a person, without the consent of the victim” whereas the UCR defines it as “penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person without the consent of the victim.” () In addition, the definitions have changed over time which has created confusion and some organizations classify other aspects of rape as something else, such as sodomy, sexual assault with an object, fondling, or statuary rape. For example, the NIBRS does not count fondling as rape since no penetration has occurred. The NCVS defines rape as forced sexual intercourse including psychological coercion and physical force, which contradicts the NIBRS definition. (Riedel & Welsh, 2016)
The other issue that I see with our system is that each crime committed carries a different type of punishment, which can include prison time or not. Ultimately it appears the victim does not come to mind when sentencing takes place. In 2016 Brock Turner, a Stanford university student and swimmer, sexually assaulted an unconscious woman. Turner was facing 6 years in prison for the crime he committed, but instead Judge Aaron Persky decided to reduce his sentence to just 6 months of jail time because he thought that 6 years would severally impact him. (Fantz, 2016) No thought was given to how this had impacted the victim.
The other issue with our system is a racial one. Brock Turner is a white male. Do you think he would have received the same sentence if he were black? Probably not. According to the United States Sentencing Commission, black offenders receive sentences 19.1 percent longer than those of whites, which clearly shows a racial disparity.
The final issue that I found not only with rape but other juvenile offenses and crimes, is that each state has its own criminal code. This means a crime that is committed in one state might not be considered a crime in another. For example, the American Samoa jurisdiction’s view on rape “recognizes penetrative sex without consent by the victim and without the use of force by the perpetrator” (2020), whereas other states might not see this as a crime.
It is clear that our justice system has a lot work ahead when it comes to crimes of rape and sexual assault. It will never be perfect, but until we recognize the problems, we will never see change.
References:
Fantz, A. (2016, June 07). Outrage over six-month sentence in Stanford rape case. Retrieved September 30, 2020, from https://www.cnn.com/2016/06/06/us/sexual-assault-brock-turner-stanford/index.html
Riedel, M., & Welsh, W. N. (2016). Criminal violence: Patterns explanations, and interventions. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Rape in the United States. (2020, August 29). Retrieved September 30, 2020, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_in_the_United_States