What Is Crime

What is crime? Crime is the conduct that is in violation of the criminal laws of state, federal government, and local jurisdiction. In normal terms, breaking anything that the people who make laws finds to be wrong and immoral. Crime nowadays can be pretty much anything. There are so many different items and actions that society and lawmakers are making illegal. The criminal justice system has been established to control these crimes and to protect those of us that are victims and to punish those of us that commit these crimes.
Crimes are classified into parts like violent crimes, property crimes, white collar crimes, and organized crimes. Violent crimes which are considered: murder, rape, robbery, and assault. Property crimes are: larceny- theft, burglary, motor vehicle theft, and arson. White collar crimes are the types of crimes committed by those usually in a corporate business job who uses their resources and power to commit crimes of embezzlement, insider trading, price fixing, bank fraud, tax evasion, and concealment of product liabilities. Lastly is organized crime. Organized crime is just what everyone thinks it is. Mostly origin ran groups who don’t have a choice to get out or not. Some of these groups are the Chinese triads, the Mafia, biker gangs, Japanese Boryokudan, local street gangs, gypsies, and prison gangs. They are mostly led by a charismatic leader who has inherited the position by either time or hereditary means. These are the reason why we have the criminal justice system and its different categories.
The criminal justice system is broken up into three categories: the police, the court system, and the correctional system. Each of these entities bring fairness, professionalism, integrity, and impartiality, which is expected at every stage of the criminal justice process, and it’s the special duty of the courts to ensure this happens. The police force is the “muscle” behind the criminal justice system. Police are the ones who enforce the law every day in the streets. They are the ones who investigate the crimes when there is a burglary or murder. They are the ones who bring the offenders into apprehension. Their presence can sometimes stop a crime from happening just by their presence being made aware of. The police maintain a good public order while they are ensuring the safety of the community. They also provide emergency and some community services as well as protecting the rights and freedoms of individuals. So, again, I feel that the police are the “muscle or work horses” of the justice society.
The court system is the one who deems whether your act is a crime or not. The courts provide checks on whether or not the exercises of the other agencies in the justice system is too strong or not strong enough. They too uphold the law as the police do. They require fairness throughout the whole justice process. The courts protect the rights and freedoms of anyone facing the justice system. They ensure that there is due process for all those involved. The courts decide criminal cases while conducting fair and impartial trials. They are the judge of whether or not you are found guilty or innocent and they are the ones that impose the sentence of the guilty. The court system is the second step in the criminal justice process, and then lastly you go through the corrections stage.
After you have gone through the police stage, with all their investigations and questions and finally arrest, and have gone through the court system of trials, jury, and sentencing; the correctional system will be where you will do your time and eventually get back to freedom, if you are lucky. The corrections aspect of the criminal justice system are the ones who carry out the sentences that were imposed by the courts. They provide the safe custody and supervision of offenders while staying within the humane rules and regulations. They are in place to protect the community from the offenders that being housed. They respect the human rights of the convicted while at the same time they help rehabilitate, reform, and try to reintegrate the offenders back into society. They use parole, probation, and early release due to good behavior and time served. After the department of corrections feels you have been reformed and rehabilitated, they will release you back into society so you can try to become a productive person and try to better yourself.
In all reality, I feel that the justice system was meant to be a good and fair system to judge everyone equally. Nowadays, I feel that society has been over dramatic in what happens during a trial. The jurors of today are told to be impartial and non- judging, but in all actuality, they’re not. People still have racism in their heart because of the way they were brought up, they put the situation in their minds of if it happened to them, and because of social media, people are being brainwashed into judging someone before they know someone. Don’t get me wrong, there are those of us that will actually listen to the evidence provided, all the facts, and make a rational decision from there, but that’s very few and far in between. I do still believe tht the justice system means well and try’s its hardest to be the fairest of fair, but sometimes people fall into the cracks of crooked cops and false evidence along with lawyers that don’t care about them and it’s just not fair. But, on the other hand, there are those people that have money that get away with crimes due to bribery and classification. I just feel that it’s a really big game that you can either win big, or fall forever depending on your social class and background.