The Development of the World and Humanity

Introduction

The development of the world and humanity has included the rise in crime and illegal drugs, attacks and terrorism and innumerable challenges for the criminal justice field and organizations. The necessity of dealing with these challenges has and will demand extreme perseverance by these criminal justice organizations so as to reassure that justice will triumph.

It is only expected that these organizations would depend on professionals that are committed, driven and solidly trained. The environment of crime and its prevention requires enforcement of the ethical and moral values of our society but more importantly the fundamental protection of constitutional rights and privileges and the civil liberties of the citizens.

Challenges

The criminal justice organizations face different challenges including some of the following: Criminal justice organizations face difficult tasks to accomplish when it comes to dealing with matters such as public policies and the contradictory questions of justice in the rouse of modern days terrorism that has caused a great deal of uneasiness amongst people and nations. The challenge is identifying the real actors in play and the assumptions of ineffective criminal justice policies when it comes to deterring terrorism. There were allegations for instance of involvement of individuals in the 9/11 terrorist attacks that in reality were not existent. There is a lot of confusion when it comes to these matters of great security concerns and the parties involved. The structures of the security and the criminal justice organizations is so perplexed and complicated that a review of the policies and regulations is necessary to avoid allegations that have no stable ground.

The criminal justice organizations have as a basic mission to assume responsibility of protecting the citizens of a society through the basic law enforcement system of prevention and deterrent of crime. The global increase of populations has given rise to the increment of crime levels and numbers as well. The increase in population does not necessarily mean an increase in police numbers or police organizations. The numbers of the officers with the numbers of crimes committed unfortunately are not positively correlated. Hence the crimes committed are not dealt with effectively and efficiently due to the shortage of personnel. In reality the ratio of criminals with the police officers is indicating that one officer is largely outnumbered by the citizens he has to protect or the criminals he has to deter. There is so much left to be desired so as to encourage the increase in criminal justice personnel and organizations. More recruitment and funding have to be approved so as to achieve better results.

Another challenge presented is the provision of punishment. There has been and always be an increasing concern of the type or nature of punishment that

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