The Criminal Justice System

The criminal justice system in England and Wales is formulated on the basis of some basic aims and targets. The main target of this system is to reduce the prevalence of crime and ensure the speedy trial of the culprits. The main steps involved in the criminal justice system include the policing, court trial and corrections (Davies, Croall and Tyrer 2005). The initial investigation and collection of evidence is carried out by police. After that, the suspect is presented in the court for trial and the adequate sentence and punishment is finalized. Correction involves the participation of culprits in different activities according to the terms and conditions of the punishment. As far as the feasibility and adequacy of criminal justice system
The rape victims have to wait for two or more years in order to get their cases decided. There is a significant addition of money in the British economy in the form of legal fee given by the influential defendants including the foreign companies, businessmen and others (Duffy et al. 2008). The criminal justice system has been plagued by many vices of extreme nature. There are many instances in which the basic record and evidence in the form of videos and paperwork was removed or destroyed in order to let down the victim. Another significant loophole of the criminal justice system is the ruthless hearing about the details of sensitive cases carried out by the lawyers in the courtrooms. Many controversial questions are asked form the victims in order to pressurize and embarrass them in front of others. This leads to the development of depression and distress for the victim and he or she cannot answer
The police staff and other officers concerned are not satisfied with the delayed and inefficient justice system, which is against the victim (Irving and Hilgendorf 1980). The research studies conducted in order to get the opinion of police officer showed that they did not consider the deterrence to be sufficient (Jackson 2012). Instead of that, they want the provision of efficient and ample terms of punishment for the offenders on the society. The police staff complains that the evidence and other significant information collected by them against the influential offenders are ignored during the trials in the courts (Hough 2010). There is a complaint of unnecessary adjournments in the courts, which delays the final decision making of the cases. The repetitive adjournments are done in order to provide opportunity to the defendants to make their cases stronger as compared to those of the