Victorian Criminal Justice System: Purpose, Principles, and Components

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................3
The purpose and functions of the Victorian criminal justice system......................................3
Key principle of Criminal justice in Victoria.........................................................................3
The investigative components of criminal justice in Victoria................................................4
The jurisdiction courts in criminal matters............................................................................5
Major challenges facing the Victorian criminal justice system in dealing with discussed issues
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Describe the role and function of Corrections Victoria.........................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Law in Australia comprise of federal system in which all the governing laws and their
management according to the Australian states and territories are managed. Their laws are being
divided according to different areas and their working so the people in Victoria follow both the
Victorian and Federal laws. The Victorian legal system comprise to all the laws that are majorly
being managed by Victoria these are originated from various sources like constitution of
Australia, federal legal system, common law etc (Loughnan, 2017). This report will cover the
criminal justice system of Victoria a;long with the key principles related to crime. It will also
promotes the investigation and jurisdiction which are being in relation to criminal matters.
TASK
The purpose and functions of the Victorian criminal justice system
Victorian Criminal Justice system is law system which promotes the laws and the ruling
through which a community can be protected and it is being made in order to maintain all the
rights in relation to property and to remove crime from the society. This is established for the
people of Victoria and for all the crimes which were being deviated in that extent. Some of the
major activities which are being seen to be done by them are like:
 Police as they try to manage all the individuals under their supervision so as to remove
the crime from that place.
 Courts over their helps in interpret law and solve the dispute by analysation the right and
wrong in the society and also impose penalties over there. They manage all the civil and
the crime assistance tribunals. Prisons which are mainly for reforming all the culprits and
giving them punishment for the wrong act.
 Correctional facilities are governed in VCJS as they helps to look up on all the activities
of the individuals and their working.
 Juvenile institutions in which all the cases related to youth are decided (Nielssen and et.
al., 2019)
Key principle of Criminal justice in Victoria
 Burden of proof- In all the VJS the onus to prove the accuse guilty for a particular
offence lies on the Prosecution. As they will have to provide all the major evidence for it.