Components of Criminal Justice System
Overview of the Criminal Justice System
American Intercontinental University
Abstract
This presentation will address the components of the criminal justice system and the stages of the criminal justice process. Police, court and corrections are the main components in the criminal justice system; they each play a significant role in the various stages. The content will be an overview of the criminal justice system as well as a description of the police officer, district attorney, defense attorney and local magistrate roles. The prosecution should become involved in a case post arrest and stay out of the original stages of the investigation to avoid a miscarriage of justice. A defense attorney can become involved in a case before the person is investigated or arrested because everyone has the right to counsel at any time. A magistrate judge’s function begins after the police file a criminal complaint and ends when the case proceeds to trial.
Criminal Justice
The criminal justice system is the combination of legal and social institutions used to enforce criminal law in accordance with a defined set of rules and limitations. The main goals of the criminal justice system are deterrence, retribution, restoration, incapacitation and rehabilitation (Mutchnick, 2011). The purpose of deterrence is to prevent criminal behaviors through the fear of punishment and prosecution. Retribution seeks to take revenge on a criminal by punishing them and making them pay for their crime. Restoration attempts to repair the damage done to the victim by building back the relationship between the victim and the criminal and between the criminal and the community. Incapacitation takes away the criminal’s ability to further harm the community by removing them from society, incarcerating them in a proper facility. The final goal of the criminal justice system is rehabilitation which tries to reform a criminal by providing the skills and emotional strength to live without
American Intercontinental University
Abstract
This presentation will address the components of the criminal justice system and the stages of the criminal justice process. Police, court and corrections are the main components in the criminal justice system; they each play a significant role in the various stages. The content will be an overview of the criminal justice system as well as a description of the police officer, district attorney, defense attorney and local magistrate roles. The prosecution should become involved in a case post arrest and stay out of the original stages of the investigation to avoid a miscarriage of justice. A defense attorney can become involved in a case before the person is investigated or arrested because everyone has the right to counsel at any time. A magistrate judge’s function begins after the police file a criminal complaint and ends when the case proceeds to trial.
Criminal Justice
The criminal justice system is the combination of legal and social institutions used to enforce criminal law in accordance with a defined set of rules and limitations. The main goals of the criminal justice system are deterrence, retribution, restoration, incapacitation and rehabilitation (Mutchnick, 2011). The purpose of deterrence is to prevent criminal behaviors through the fear of punishment and prosecution. Retribution seeks to take revenge on a criminal by punishing them and making them pay for their crime. Restoration attempts to repair the damage done to the victim by building back the relationship between the victim and the criminal and between the criminal and the community. Incapacitation takes away the criminal’s ability to further harm the community by removing them from society, incarcerating them in a proper facility. The final goal of the criminal justice system is rehabilitation which tries to reform a criminal by providing the skills and emotional strength to live without
References: Flowers, R. (2011). The Role of the Defense Attorney.