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A 10 page analysis of whether people are inherently good or evil, appropriate policing, and what types of punishment should be imposed in criminal justice. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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10 pages (~225 words per page)
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combination of their genes and their environment. To be effective then, law enforcement and criminal justice alike must take this consideration in mind. While a predisposition towards crime
because of genetics cannot be addressed within law enforcement or criminal justice, effective preventative measures can be implemented to reduce crime from most segments of the population. The most
effective of these preventative measures is harsher sentencing. THE CONCEPTS OF GOOD AND EVIL ARE CONCEPTS THAT ARE DEFINED MORE BY RELIGION THAN THEY ARE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OR CRIMINAL
JUSTICE. EVIL, HOWEVER, IS FRAMED WITHIN THE CONCEPT OF GOOD. IN "PROVIDENCE AND THE PROBLEM OF EVIL" AUTHOR RICHARD SWINEBURG APPROACHES THE CONCEPT OF EVIL FROM A CHRISTIAN
PERSPECTIVE. TO SWINEBURG (1998), ALTHOUGH EVIL IS THE OPPOSITE OF GOOD IT MIGHT BE VIEWED AS AN INCENTIVE FOR DOING GOOD. SMEDES (1987, 54) INSISTS, IN FACT, THAT
AS HUMANS WE HAVE A "DEEP PRIMITIVE SENSE THAT MORALITY IS WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF OUR HUMANNESS...MORALITY IS A BASIC COMPONENT OF ANY HUMAN SORT OF LIFE, A REALITY
WE FEEL SURELY EVEN IF WE CANNOT DEFINE IT CLEARLY". ALSO PRESENT, OF COURSE, IS THE ELEMENT OF EVIL. THE RESULT IS THAT WE ARE NOT INHERENTLY MORAL AND
WE HAVE TO WORK TO ACHIEVE OUR MORALITY. PART OF THAT WORK HAS BEEN THE DEFINITION OF VARIOUS LAWS THAT DEFINE WHAT IS CONSIDERED OK IN OUR SOCIETY AND
WHAT IS NOT CONSIDERED OK. MOST INDIVIDUALS WILLINGLY STAY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THOSE LAWS BUT OTHERS ROUTINELY VIOLATE THEM. THIS IS WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM COME INTO PLAY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PREVENTING CRIME, APPREHENDING THOSE THAT COMMIT CRIMES, AND PUNISHING THEM. WHILE ONE MEANS OF APPROACHING THE DILEMMA OF RAPIDLY INCREASING CRIME
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