The Code of Hammurabi: One of the world’s ancient civilization existed between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers around 4,000 years ago.  With development of writing let the Hammurabi leaders to script out their laws and edicts.  The earliest law codes which were produced in Babylon were as old as back to 1728BC – 1686 BC and known as “Code of Hammurabi” or the “Judgments of the Righteousness”. The Code of Hammurabi divided the whole population into three categories comprising The “Amelu” was a patrician who had aristocratic privileges. The “Muskinu” was a free person and landless.  The “Ardu” who was a salve.

Mosaic Law: The Hebrews who belonged to Mesopotamia and migrated to Canaan known as Palestine had one leader Moses, who was recognized as messenger of their God. There is a prevailing belief in Hebrew religion that they were the chosen people of God. “Torah” the covenant or law guided the Hebrew people and their law is known to be Mosaic Law. This law is divided into three sections like moral, social and ceremonial. The moral or legal code of the Hebrews is scripted in the Ten Commandments of God found in the Bible in Exodus 20:1-17 (Keathley, 2004).

The Laws of Draco and Solon in Greece: During, the 621 B.C, Draco was asked by the rulers of Athens to develop and constitute legislation to promote public orders and control the practice of Bloody feuds. The rule and law was formed with objective to improve over the life of common citizens. With that objective in mind Draco designed a good number of punishments, mostly death or enslavement to maintain law and order in the state. The Draco rules as per the purpose of religion were written on wooden pillar whereas for the relevance of other issues they were scripted on bronze.

The Twelve Decemviral Tables of Rome:  In 455 B.C, the consuls of Rome created a commission of patricians to better understand Greek Solonic Code. It was the commission of Ten Men Decemviri that formed the outline of the law equally abided to both patricians and plebeians.  Ten tablets were made to fiber first ten codes and two more tablets were added later on to it.  The original twelve tablets were as assumed to be destroyed by the Gauls when they sacked and burned Rome in the invasion of 387 B.C.

The Law Code of Gortyn in Crete:  The citizens of Gortyn developed a law code to regulate civil life and around 450 B.C those codes were recorded in stone that later on used on the exterior walls of a Roman theatre.

The law in ancient Egypt: It is believed that some part of the ancient Egyptian law was codified. However, in the later stages of Roman law there were eight books which were developed into legal code. The ancient Egyptian law system was based upon the concept of Ma’at. Ma’at is symbolized with truth, order, balance and justice in the universe. Under this concept everyone was considered as equal before the laws despite the wealth or social position. Though slaves were kept out of this law of equality.

Ancient Roman Law: In the ancient Roman civilization, the Roman King used to elect complex religious system of gods and priests selected from the noble Patrician class, to look after the customs. The law and order was in the hands of King however at the start of the civilization there were hardly any written rules were available. Though with the last Roman King Tarquin, the written rules were come into the practice. The basic book of law is known to be as Jus Papirianum. After the expulsion of Tarquin the proud the Roman Empire converted into Republic and managed by elected bureaucrats.

Tonya Harding: Once been the most popular skating athlete of the United States for being winning US figure skating championship and held second position in World Championships in 1991.  She earned very bad reputation before eye of laws when in 1994; it was found that her ex-husband hired a person to physically harm her competitor Kerrigan. In 2000, she was sentenced to jail for punching her ex-boyfriend and throwing a hubcap on him.

Kim Delaney: She is known from her performance in the movie The Force or the television show NYPD Blue that provided her with the award of Best Supporting Actress.   She in 2002 was arrested for drunk driving and had to pay $300 fine and was on two years probation.

R. Kelly: A well known R&B and pop singer as well as a songwriter known for writing songs like   I believe I can fly, If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time and I’m Your Angel. On the other side of his character, he is facing 14 charges for having sex with a minor and child pornography.

Mick Jagger:  He is from the famous rock band Rolling Stones that is known for a great number of music hits during the year. Mike in 1972 was arrested for assaulting and obstructing justice when he fought with a photographer. Later on he and his friends pleaded guilty and the charge against him was dropped down.

Carmen Electra: Known for her role in Baywatch and profiles at Playboy Magazine she was the star at Scary Movie and Meet the Spartans. In 1999 she went into the troubled relation with his husband and had a loud fight with him. At the time she had to pay $2,500 in bail and was asked to keep away at least 500 feet away from Rodman, and vice versa.

Mike Tyson: Tyson one of the great boxers of its time better known for his short temperament which cost him dearly many times. At the age of 13 he was already sentenced to prison for 38 times. In 1992 he was sentenced to six years imprisonment for raping Miss Black Rhode Island. In 2007 again, he was sentence to 24 hours in Jail, sentenced 360 hours of community service and three years probation for possessing narcotics.

Jessica Sierra: One of the finalists in the forth season of hit music competition of America and a very talented had her career as well as life disturbed due to the use of drugs. In 2007, she was sentenced to 12 months probation for battery and possession of cocaine. Soon after a month she was once again arrested for misbehavior and in the beginning of 2008 she was sentenced for one year in rehabilitation center.

Some of the jobs in this area are probation officer, police investigator, security guard, prosecutor, judge, defender, administrator and a prison guards. To have an edge over the competition, it is advisable to combine your course with political science, sociology, criminology and social work. If possible you can specialize in one of the named areas for the best job. Some of the main criminal justice jobs that can be rewarding are:

Forensics
Forensics is a very interesting career; you get to deal with the latest in digital technology to investigate crimes. This career is well paying as it involves the combination of biochemistry, biology, chemistry and genetics to find out intricacies that come with crimes.

Crime scene investigation
This career in criminal justice is demanding but very complex. Once you have a job in this area you will be required to gather and preserve present evidence collected at the crime scene. By virtue of what criminal justice programs teach you will be prepared to perform these investigations using the latest technology.

Court reporting
If you are intrigued by court proceedings and the court as a whole you can get a job as a court reporter if you have studied criminal justice. Your duties in this area will be recording and transcribing court proceedings.

Rehabilitation jobs
With a criminal justice accreditation, you can work with criminal offenders in the rehabilitation centers. Dealing with juvenile delinquents can be daunting but with proper skill this job is good.
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