Law, Not A Court Of Justice

The criminal justice system has been proven to play a very important role in society. The criminal justice system is used to keep the citizens in check and to make sure that the laws that are made are being followed. It also is there to penalize anyone who disobeys the laws. In the criminal justice system, there are 3 main parts, law enforcement, adjudication, and corrections. Law enforcement is self-explainable. It consists of the law enforcers such as police officers and sheriffs. Adjudication is made up of people in the court house such as judges and lawyers. Corrections is made up of jailhouse matters such as prison officials. In these many components of the criminal justice system, there are all put in place to help correct people to do the right thing. There are punitive efforts and rehabilitative efforts. At time, the system may lean towards one category or more, which can be dangerous in terms of disciplinary action. The criminal justice system is more punitive than rehabilitative which makes the system ineffective.

Criminal justice is the practice of governments directed at maintaining social control, limiting crime, or arresting those who violate laws with criminal penalties and rehabilitation efforts. Those accused of crime have some protections against abuse of investigatory and prosecution powers.

The criminal justice system is the system of laws established by federal and state governments to control crime by imposing penalties and punishments on those who violate these laws. Criminal law is primarily sourced from the Criminal Code Act 1899 (QLD) for the state of Queensland, and sentencing is imposed by the judiciary powers. However, the public and media have lost faith in the sentencing of criminals, which comes from the legislation of the Penalties and Sentencing Act 1992.

The criminal justice system is a set of agencies and process that have been established to control crime and impose punishment on those who violate them. They aide in apprehending, prosecuting, defending, sentencing, and punishing individuals who have been convicted of a crim. There is no one criminal justice system in the United States but many individual systems. The way they work depends on the jurisdiction in which they exist. The laws are different in different types of jurisdiction. The different types of jurisdictions are state, county, state, federal and tribal government, and military installations. The main systems are state and federal. State systems handle offenses that occur within state boundaries and federal systems handle offense that occur in more than one state or on federal property (land owned by the federal government). Most criminal justice systems consist of 5 components. These components include law enforcement, prosecution, defense attorneys, courts, and corrections. Each play a major role in the criminal justice system. Understanding the criminal justice system is essential in ensuring that you know and understand your rights. This paper will discuss the history, each of the components, problems within the system (corruption), and its overall function.

The judiciary is composed of two court systems, with courts at both the national and state levels. The impact of these two court systems allows for criminal laws to be imposed by Federal, State and local law enforcement agencies, each with its own jurisdictional requirements and enforcement criteria. The differences in impact can be in areas such sentencing, policies in sentencing options, appellate court opinions and Supreme Court decisions that result in case law determinations.

What is justice? In real life, we all look forward to fairness, and do things according to its fairness, but most of us do not have a profound understanding of justice. In the book Justices: What Is The Right Thing To Do? Michael J. Sandel searches and explores the meaning of justices, and he invites all the readers to discuss about many controversies that raised in today’s society. Sandel exams major approaches to define justices from utilitarianism, libertarianism to freedom, and he believes that thinking about justices will engage us to think about the best way to live. There are some topics that encourages the readers to think and develop. Although some choices are difficult, we are not willing to face this kind of dilemma. How are we deal with choices that we made and not regret the decision at the end? I will be analysis strengths and weaknesses of the arguments in the following paragraphs.

The court system in Australia is known as a common law system. In general, a common law system has trial courts, courts in which cases can be heard on appeal, and a Supreme or High Court. The lower courts are involved in the day to day hearing of cases, such as minor criminal offences like shoplifting, disputes between neighbours, or drug possession. The higher courts generally hear matters of more importance or severity, and the cases that make it all the way to the High Court are ones that have some importance as a matter of law.

The criminal justice system goal is to maintain social control and crime through sanctions and rehabilitation. There are laws in place to help keep people in control, because society needs a way to keep control of individuals who violate the law. You can see examples of the criminal justice system in the 2003 film Monster. You see the fear and risk of victimization, homicide, and police corruption. It shows realism that is happening in the world around us.

The concerns that are initiated with balancing law and justice are simply put as the law gives us rules that we must follow and justice is more of arguing and proving one’s argument. These laws can be a simple as obeying the speeding limit in a school zone and even using one’s turn signals the proper distance whenever turning on the highway. Justice can be something that one longs for after someone has broken the law and has committed a crime in which they deny what they have done. This paper will discuss the concerns of balancing the law and justice and how the two differ.

The criminal justice system is the system of law enforcement, adjudication, and correctional agencies that worth together to apprehend, prosecute and control criminal offenders. The system maintains order, enforces the law and brings the guilty to justice. Society depends on this system for protection and to maintain order within the environment people in society live in. The criminal justice system is an interesting field to me because the crime TV shows I have watched introduced me to this system. I choose this class because not only was it a requirement for me to finish the Shocker Program, it was a way for me to learn more about how criminals are handled and how agencies within the system bring justice.

“The criminal justice system is the set of agencies and processes established by governments to control crime and impose penalties on those who violate laws. There is no single criminal justice system in the United States but rather many similar, individual systems.” “Criminal justice is when a criminal who breaks the law is tried for their action, and sometimes punished for it according to the law. There are various people who help the community by catching the people who break the law, putting them in jail, gathering evidence, and keeping them in jail.

Criminal justice is the system of practices of governments at social control, trying to reduce crimes or those who violate laws with crime penalties and rehabilitation. In the united states of administration justice which issued in a report. The report made 200 recommendations towards fighting crime. The commission advocated a criminal justice as the means for the society to protect people and the community. The criminal justice system in England and Wales aim to reduce crime by bringing crimes to justice to raise confidence that the system is fair. In Canada the criminal justice to control the crimes. In `Sweden the criminal justice system tries to reduce crimes and increase secureness of people. In China the criminal justice

Criminal Justice in general terms refers to the agencies of government charged with enforcing law, adjudicating crime, and correcting criminal conduct in the society. The criminal justice system is essentially an instrument of social control used by the government. Society considers some behaviors so dangerous and destructive that it either tries to strictly control their occurrence or outlaws them outright. It is therefore, the job of the agencies of justice to prevent these behaviors by apprehending and punishing transgressors or deterring their future occurrence.

In asserting its judicial independence, the High Court in Plaintiff S157/2002 v Commonwealth stated it was ‘the ultimate decision-maker in all matters where there is a contest.’ Zywicki suggests that as long as the court follows precedent and thereby gives individuals more certainty of knowledge over the rights they possess, ‘social coordination and economic wealth’ will increase. The courts would not be relying on its discretion, but rules which will apply equally in the future. Thus, refining Dicey’s definition, Zywicki views ‘rule-based decision making’ as a basic concept of the rule of law.

The court system in our country was created under the influences from the Justinian Code, after the Roman Emperor Justinian I, Napoleonic Code, and the common law of Great Britain. Federal and States courts have separate political jurisdictions and procedures, nonetheless, both were established to solve conflicts. However, court systems are different than police departments, in that courts are in a hierarchical order. When a case is seen in a court, the losing party can appeal to a court with more power and the results can change from those given by the previous judge. In Federal Courts the cases are first presented to the U. S. Magistrate, followed by appeals to the District, and Appeal Courts. State Courts start with Courts of Limited Jurisdiction, Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction, and Intermediate Courts of Appeal, and State Courts of Last Resorts. Both Federal and State courts can appeal decisions to the U. S. Supreme Court, if the case is chosen to be heard, any orders given are binding to Federal and State Courts.