American Criminal Justice System: Three Important Issues

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12 pages in length. The American criminal justice system face myriad challenges that threaten to undermine the very policies enacted to make the penal structure work smoothly amidst the ever-expansive criminal element. Examining the problems that exist within the system finds greater attention being paid to three specific issues pertaining to incarceration: prison overcrowding, prison privatization and the increase in women convicts. The main objective of this paper is to provide a literature review of research previously accomplished in each of the three areas as a way to synthesize - via the results - how they are all part of the same problem. Bibliography lists 13 sources.