what is the relationship between power, authority, and politics in the criminal justice network?
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The criminal justice system is designed to pick on the economy weak. So if you are poor and have done something wrong or are accused of having done something wrong  chances are you will either retain a badly overworked attorney  or a lawyer on the way up or out. Because the DA wants to prove how tough she or he is to the voters your the one they will try hardest to convict because your an easier to do so. If you do have some money there is a good chance you can retain legal power that actually has time to work on your case and has friends in high places that he or she has helped put in office. As a result, you'll usually either get off or a lesser sentence.
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At a local level, there are usually police officers and governmnent officials. These men and women prosecute and arrest criminals, who usually commit fairly petty crimes. However, such crimes can include drugs and gangs, etc.\n\nAt a state level, there are also state police and investigators, and also government officials. These vary by state, but the state conducts more serious investigations, etc. The bulk of state police resources are usually diverted to traffic control. \n\nAt the federal level, there are a lot of crime-fighting government organizations. Many have been combined as a result of the creation of the DHS (Department of Homeland Security). These agencies include (but remember, there are more):\n1) FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigations): investigates federal crimes such as terrorism, gangs, kidnappers, sex crimes, internet crimes, and public corruption.\n2) ATF, BATF (Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms): regulates the sale of all the listed, and arrests gun-runners, etc.\n3) DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration): Arrests drug dealers at a large level, not street crime. The DEA has been criticized for ineffectiveness, but this is because of its small size.\n4) CIA (Central Intelligence Agency): Although the CIA is a spying organization, they also collect crime information and pass it on to the appropriate agency.\n5) NSA (National Security Agency): Same as above.\n6) NRO (National Reconnasaince Agency): Same as CIA and NSA.\n7) USSS (United States Secret Service): Protects the President and arrests counterfeiters. Has a very potent investigative ability.\n\nThe military also has organizations to combat crime, such as Military Police officers, who mainly patrol bars and arrest drunk servicemen, and Military intelligence agencies, such as ONI (Office of Naval Intelligence) can attempt crime investigations.
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Yeah. Police are only a PART of law enforcement. District attorneys (prosecutors), judges, etc etc constitute the other part.
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Money & power are pulling the strings of the government/crime ring, and they are pulling the strings of the schools, local governments, most large businesses, and most of everybody else. Classic carrot-and-stick.
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People in positions of power, regardless of race, often receive a lot of leeway in legal matters that would land most of the common people in jail. Consider Ted Kennedy (got away with manslaughter), the head honchos at Enron (getting off pretty light compared to all the people whose retirements have been ruined), O.J. Simpson and Robert Blake (they should team up to catch the "real killers") and the list goes on...
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Justice is supposed to go by the facts.  Not by prejudice towards the accused, their accuser, or the victim.  The facts are what really matter.  \n\nNot whether someone is rich or poor, or happy or sad, or brave or afraid, or wise or foolish, or strong or weak, or handsome or ugly, or interesting or boring.\n\nEver see Dragnet?  The cop always said, "just the facts, ma'am".\n\nI have included a couple links that will give you an idea of where the concept came from - and where it has wound up.  Just to think about. I think understanding it is something you have to get a feel for, and you can either study a lot of technical legalese, or look at a lot of difficult cases and see both sides - and really mull it over.
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Yes, I agree.\n\nGood relationships, whether personal or societal are an EXCHANGE of power.\n\nBad ones are when the exchange is unequal.
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Cause of authority issues.
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with any luck at all the leaders of the ACLU will be in prison soon\nthey are in violation of the Rico statute.\nafter prosecution as an organized crime ring\nthey will be in prison with the molesters
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right here:\nquick: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_justice\ndetailed :http://www.ncjrs.gov/\n\np.s. trying to get ONLY correct information out of\nY! answers is like trying to get p out of a swimmin' pool.\ni.e. it aint gonna happen (lol)
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Maybe you mean correlation -- i.e. there are many politicians who have had to spend time in jail.  I guess that that shows you that the state probably is abusing its power and jailing dissident politicians.
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Or securing political power.
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Yeah \nThe term "mafia" describes a specific secret society in Sicily and their descendants in the United States of America where Sicilian organized criminals had spread by the early 20th century through immigration.\n\nMafia power peaked in the United States in the mid-20th century, until a series of FBI investigations in the 1970s and 1980s somewhat curtailed the Mafia's influence. Despite the decline, the Mafia and its reputation have become entrenched in American popular culture, portrayed in movies, TV shows, and even product commercials.\n\nToday the Italian-American Mafia remains the most powerful criminal organization operating in the USA and uses this status to maintain control over the majority of both Chicago's and New York City's criminal enterprises. It also has links to the more established organization from which it sprung, the original Sicilian Mafia.\n\nMafia power in Sicily is much more well established and complete. Corruption is widespread, and local government is almost an offshoot of the organization itself. Mafia influence in the national legislature has long been suspected, but never proven outright\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafia
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You mean, the relationship between a state (government) and the society governed?\n\nPlease post your question again, but with purpose and clarity.
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The answer about the FBI is good.  There are also Federal Marshals, DEA, and other agencies which act in crimes crossing state lines too.\n\nAnd the "state lines" portion is critical.  America is a Federation of Sovereign States.  Each state is subordinate to the Federal government, but is allowed to, usually, make its own laws inside the state and trade agreements with other states in the Federation.\n\nAs such, each police force is different in their training, "rules of engagement", procedures, and authority.  With a country as large and diverse as the USA, this has worked well. The differences in the needs to police coastal cities verses areas in "fly over country" alone make a single police force unwieldy and cumbersome.\n\nJapan, South Korea, and Germany are relatively small, relatively homogeneous (though Germany is increasingly diverse) nations with long histories of central government control.  A central police force makes sense for them.  It does not make as much sense for an independently minded, large country such as the USA.\n\nAs for making up enemies or the "need" to have an enemy, the enemies we are fighting are the same ones defined by the Clinton Administration.  Was he making up enemies to cause “bloodlust” too?  Ohio thought they had no jihadists either, but caught several last month.
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There is no relationship between the two.  They are each part of the legislative branch (executive and judicial are the other two), but the only time they ever meet up is for the president's state of the union address in the house chambers.
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I THINK IT STANDS FOR FEDERAL BERAU OF INVESTIGATORS. THEY TAKE CARE OF CRIMINAL CASES THAT GO ABOVE THE STATE'S HEAD. DON'T KNOW WHO CONTROLS IT.