Evolution of the American Criminal Justice System discussion
Writing
answer questions
(Instructions – Answer each question in its entirety.It is expected that you will take at least 2 pages (typed) to answer each question = 8 pages.Your responses to questions should represent your BEST WORK .
1.Describe the European origins of the American Criminal Justice System.
2.Describe the relationship between the American Colonial and Independence Era Criminal Justice Systems.
-What aspects of the Colonial System passed across to the Post-Colonial System?
-What aspects were dropped?
3.Describe the situation of slaves and Native Americans in relation to the American system of Crime and Punishment up to the Civil War.
4.Describe the development of the American Corrections System.
5.Describe the development of formal policing in America.
6.Describe prisoner treatment by police, court, and corrections systems up to the Civil War.
7.Do you notice in your readings/research the phenomenon of classism and or racism in how the Criminal Justice System is applied?
-Give examples, names, dates and places.
