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Criminal Justice In The Future

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The future of criminal justice seems cloudy at best in the current environment our society. When taking into account that future, the policy makers in criminal justice must be able to adapt and overcome to be able to make enduring policies that will carry on throughout what appears to be a difficult future. Currently, there are policies being put in place such as body cams for officers due to the “rash” of police violence that has occurred in the last year or so. It is policies such as this that are going to shape our future and the future of our children. There is far too much political and public motivations being injected into the criminal justice policy making process. Currently, with the black lives matter movement it has created

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