Agricultural World Issues Notes

It is important to understand criminology in order to help restore those deviant to society, the Canadian Criminal Justice System portrays this as its sole purpose. The Canadian Justice System is one of Canada’s largest and financially absorbent social institutions. This institution has three components that are meant to entail its own function and responsibilities. These aspects include law enforcement agencies, correctional agencies and institutions and the courts. Law enforcement agencies principal occupation is to protect the society, avert prospective crime and to detain and apprehend criminals. Law enforcement is implemented and achieved by the police. In Canada, each municipality requires a sufficient amount of police in order to preserve law and order, a statistic shows that there is approximately one police officer for every four hundred and seventy five people. Law enforcement is dependent on the continuation of the Canadian courts. The courts of Canada are utilized through processing those accused of crime by police. This coordination is formally known as adversarial. Adversarial guarantees that the accused will be represented by a lawyer opposing the prosecution (the crown) in attempt to triumph their case. Canada offers those who cannot afford a lawyer, one, through a taxpayers’ disbursement. The system as provided by the courts ensures the fair trial of persons convicted. Those who are convicted by the courts become participants of correctional agencies. Correctional agencies are the most important of the Canadian Justice System, as it is responsible for rehabilitating, protecting, punishing and deterring detainees (and society). As a result prisoners are able to participate as an effective member of the community when released. A structural functionalist would suggest that penitentiaries are a vital organ in society, as they rehabilitate individuals in an organized and systemic manner. Correctional agencies in Canada understand that