Each of these perspectives offer different theories of victims and crime, some more controversial than others. ... (Wilson, 2009) In addition to this, feminist victimology has proposed that the criminal justice system further victimises women. According to Smart, (1989) in a research analysis of the criminal justice system, both radical and social feminists observed that the law was biased against women and in favour of men. ... It was feminist research and findings such as this that significantly influenced various reforms and political shifts within the criminal justice system. ... (BBC, 20...

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The Paper It is a fact beyond suspicion that every social establishment of the world has introduced law and judicial systems in order to maintain order within its jurisdiction. ... Since prison is also an essential part of society, activities of its members, including administration and prisoners, is vital for the proper functioning of the system. ... While elaborating the interactionist theory, the perspective maintains that man's interaction with his social and physical environment determines his action, reaction and individual and collective behavior at large. ...

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Furthermore, these policies have pushed many students out of schools and into the juvenile justice system for minor behavioral infractions and non-violence offenses. ... While the intention of zero tolerance was to reduce violence and create safer school environments, unintended consequences of these disciplinary rules have made schools less safe for many students by interrupting the learning process and paving a pathway from school into the juvenile justice system. ... Both adult and juvenile offenders were faced with the consequences of the major punitive shift of the U.S. criminal justice s...

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