Training Day Criminology

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The ambition of the criminal justice system is sometimes
unclear. Balancing the interests and focusing on accuracy and truth are two very distinct things of the legal system. Public knowledge of crime and justice is mostly derived from the media. This essay examines the influence of the media on the fear of the police and the legal authorities in the justice system. Also, this study furnishes the attitude, of how the media influences the relationship between the media and the police.
In addition, several law content will be in this essay, for example plea bargaining and the right to counsel. In other words, this essay will interpret why viewers of crime drama through the media fear the justice system. Our society is so caught up with crime …show more content…

On a quick synopsis of the movie Training Day we can see how Hollywood uses there magic in manipulating the viewers on how the justice system works. In the movie, a rookie officer is given the opportunity to ride along with an experienced narcotics officer who doesn’t believe in the justice system is working to its full potential. Alonzo(Denzel Washington) who is the experienced officer takes his rookie ride along named Jake, on a patrol to show him on how the streets really work in his point of view. The rookie ride along, through the shift, realizes how much the system is corrupted. Slowly by slowly Alonzo is getting Jake to buy into his way of justifying. In the movie Alonzo had said,“to protect the sheep you gotta catch the wolf, and it takes a wolf to catch a wolf”(Training Day 2001). In translation you gotta act like a criminal to catch a criminal. Furthermore, as the day goes by Jake is starting not to buy into Alonzo's corruptness of policing. Eventually, Jake confronts Alonzo and there is a big confrontation. In conclusion, Training Day opens our eyes into the officers we see into the officers we may or we may not agree with in protecting …show more content…

As it was stated before, media has a major effect on the american public in informing us on the law. But thanks to good literature there are people who write about what the criminal justice system is really about. George F. Cole, one of the authors, of the textbook The American System of Criminal Justice. He co-authored with Christopher smith and Cristina DeJong. American justice is partially different from the rest of the world, in America the accused are innocent until proven guilty. Now you might ask why do the police arrest an innocent person. Author George Cole states,“The American system is a response of crime throughout our societies history,”(1). The reality of crime isn’t just “cops and robbers”. There is a procedure in place to make sure that every person is given equal rights to a fair and speedy

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