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Introduction to the Criminal Justice System

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Introduction to the Criminal Justice System

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Introduction to the Criminal Justice System
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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................1CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................5REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
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TOPIC: Evaluate how particular crime cases in the last 25 years have changed criminal justice legislation, policy and the work of relevant criminal justices agencies.INTRODUCTIONCriminal justice system is the legal framework under which a person who havecommitted crime is given punishments after carrying out significance level of investigation. Thecriminal is prosecuted under different categories which are defined according to the intensity andeven of crimes in the criminal justice system of UK. With time the justice system have alsochanges in UK with changes in punishments, rights to offender and victims, policing reformsand changes in the social environment. The present reports is related with effective developmentin the justice system of UK in context with criminology. The discussion is carried out preciselyfor last 25 years to determine the changes with crimes cases affecting such occurrence. The aimsof this system is to protect the public, render justice and rule of law, maintain law and order,sentencing the criminals.MAIN BODY Criminal justice system is related with delivering of the justice to those who havecommitted crimes. The system of the justice for crimes includes government agencies andinstitutions which have a main objective to identify and catch those who are involved inunlawful criminal acts and to impose punishment on them. Along with rehabilitation of thosewho have a potential of being change and grew as a human being (Crime and Punishment in theUnited Kingdom, 2018). The essential parts of the criminal justice system; law enforcement,courts, penal system and crime prevention. The criminal justice system (CJS) is made updifferent agencies which includes police, prosecutors, criminal defense services, court, probation,prisons, youth justice and Serious and organized crime agency. The criminal justice agenciesdefine and interpret their and legal responsibilities. All the agencies under this system performsdifferent functions for prevention investigation of crime and punishing the criminals. In the UKthere is no written penal code or definite statement of the principles of Criminal justice. In theUK this is guided by certain principle which is adversarial justice. In case of Tribal elders punish Aborigine car thieves, six persons aged between 15-25were beaten up by stealing a car after the police let the elders handle of their tribe the matter intheir traditional way. In this case the judge upheld the traditional way of punishments as it bring1
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