CJA 484 Criminal Justice Trends Paper

Select one of the components of the criminal justice system (law enforcement, courts, or corrections).

Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper in which you evaluate past, present, and future trends of the criminal justice component you select. Discuss the budgetary and managerial impact that future trends will likely have not only on the component you select, but also on the other components of the criminal justice system. Be sure to include current research data (qualitative and quantitative) in your analysis.

Include at least four peer reviewed references.

Format your paper according to APA guidelines.

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Criminal Justice Trends Paper
Criminal Justice Administration Capstone (University of Phoenix)

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Criminal Justice Trends Paper
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In this paper, I will evaluate past, present, and future trends of law enforcement. I will
discuss the budgetary and managerial impact that future trends will likely have not only on
law enforcement, but also the courts, and corrections. Current research data, both qualitative
and quantitative will be included in the analysis.
In the 1980’s crime was under siege for two major reasons. Those reasons being that
crime had been rising since the early 1960s and that the previous attempts at policing were
ineffective with coping with the crime. In 1960, the crime rate was 1,887 per every 100,000
people. In 1985 those numbers almost quadrupled. Crime was a major issue. During a 20-year
period, big changes took place, in order to try to lower the crime rates. However, it was quickly
learned that crime rates were not affected by the following: hiring more police officers,
random motorized patrolling, foot patrols, rapid response calls for service, and routine criminal
investigations. It was soon seen that police do not prevent crime.
In 2008 it had been discovered that crime had decreased dramatically since 1990. This
decline was approximately 34%. Some of the challenges faced during this time was declining
budgets while the cost of swore police officers were rising, terrorism, new immigrants including
both legal and illegal, racial discrimination, intensified accountability, and police unions. The cost
policing has quadrupled between the years of 1985 and 2005. This is because there are a