Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice System

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Introduction

The system consists of the crime, the accused, the courts and then the jail where the accused is sent in case he is found guilty of committing the crime. It is the entire paradigm within which the focus lies on finding out the real culprit of the crime and involves various stages through which the accused is sent in order to determine the real cause of the crime committed. There is a certain criminal law which determines the entirety of the criminal justice system, and it is within the law through which the various bodies within the system work collectively. It has various sub-systems, and this paper will be focussing on three broad categories and then identify the role of each and every body singularly.

The bodies are as follows:

1. Law

2. Courts

3. Jail

4. Police Department

5. Prosecution and the Defence

The paper will focus on the relationship between law and the courts and jail on a collective basis. The paper will compare each and every element exclusively with law and how it interacts with law enforcement.

Criminal Law

Lets first examine criminal law to understand the law behind curbing criminal activities, and how do we define such activities in the theory of criminal legislations. Criminal law has been designed to seek punishment for the crimes which are committed by the citizens of the society, and it has to a procedure code which allows for a process to take place in lieu of providing justice.

“A criminal justice system is a set of legal and social institutions for enforcing the criminal law in accordance with a defined set of procedural rules and limitations.” (Frase and Weidner, 2001).

The phrase criminal justice system refers to a collection of federal, state, and local public agencies that deal with the crime problem. These agencies process suspects,...