Community Court Case Study

Criminal courts have two different functions, the adjudication and sanctioning in the courts. The first function of the criminal courts is adjudicating a criminal complaint. A criminal complaint Is giving a written document, an indictment. In this document, one citizen is accusing another citizen of violating the law. After this file has been approved by the court, the defendant answers the allegations of violating the law. After going to trial, the defendant most claim to be guilty or not guilty. If the defendant claims to be not guilty, a trial starts, and the prosecutor shows the against he/she contains against the defendant. A criminal complaint “brings out a dispute between the citizen and the state” (Perrin, Miller, Hess, 49). One important part in adjudicating a dispute is making sure that a person is not wrongly found guilty as well as giving a verdict of not guilty when the person committed the crime. A not guilty verdict is when the persecutor did not prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt
The court is within the community that deals mostly with problems such as domestic violence’s cases. The community contemporary courts deal with local cases and give a sanction local as well. Community courts. One value that sets apart community courts from traditional courts is that community court’s concern for restoration. The crime is being understood and they understand that it will reflect the community. By doing something about the crime, it brings back trust to the community. Also, Community courts view the cases as problem-solving instead of a “contest between two disputants” (Perrin, Miller, Hess, 95). Lastly, the community courts are a concern on how the crimes affect the community and what imagines it gives to it. By resolving those problems locally, they are able to put trust in the criminal justice system and the