Evaluation of the Criminal Justice System in Australia

Criminal justice system

Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Main body........................................................................................................................................3
Politics, law and order and media representation........................................................................3
The criminal justice system: the courts.......................................................................................5
Restorative justice........................................................................................................................6
Recommendation for improvements to government...................................................................7
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
References........................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
The government of Australia for the protection and safeguarding of the people made the various
rules and regulations, and criminal justice system is one of them. The present study is related
with evaluation of strength and weaknesses of the criminal justice system of Australia by
considering its significant aspects. It is a very broad aspect, therefore in the given study some of
the elements such as politics, law and orders, media representation, the role of court, restorative
justice are considered for evaluation.
MAIN BODY
Criminal justice system refers as a process which is essential for controlling and mitigating the
crime and charging the penalties for the conducting of crime. In other words, it can be said that it
is the system comprising of the laws and regulations which safeguards the interest of the member
and their possessions (Feeley, 2017). It ascertains the events which result in damage or offences
to the member of the community, and by imposing the penalties, fines or imprisonment, the
criminal offender may be punished.
The criminal justice system is greatly impacted by the courts, restorative justice, politics, law and
order and media representation.
Politics, law and order and media representation
There are nine legal systems in Australia, involving one federal system and eight state systems.
The constitution of Australia gives the power to the Commonwealth to make the norms of the
specific matter stated in the constitution such as matter related with the taxation in the country,
defence and external affairs, commerce and trade and many others (Davis, 2018). Further, the
state and regions possess the independent legislative power for making the norms for all those
matters on which the constitution does not provide any specific right to the commonwealth. By
considering all the criminal laws of Australia, generally, the day to day lives of the resident of
Australia are governed by the state and territory rules and regulations.
There is the existence of the two-tier structure in the parliament. It assists in the protection of the
human right, as because all the bills approved by the parliament must be looked over by the