Criminal Justice System: Laws, Courts, Appeals, and Public Services

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the English criminal justice system. It begins by discussing the different types of laws within the system, including statutory, common, civil, criminal, public, and private law. It then explains the key principles of criminal law, focusing on Actus reus and Mens rea, and the burden of proof. The report details the structure of the Magistrate and Crown Courts, outlining their roles and responsibilities. It also explains the route of appeal within the criminal court structure, including the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. Furthermore, the report describes the roles and responsibilities of various public services in the criminal justice system, such as the police, Crown Prosecution Service, and Ministry of Justice. It outlines different methods to assess the effectiveness of the criminal justice system and explains how performance data is measured to improve the system. The report concludes by referencing relevant sources, providing a solid foundation for understanding the complexities of the English criminal justice system.

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TABLE OF CONTENT
MAIN BODY..............................................................................................................................................3
P1 Discuss the types of laws in English legal system..............................................................................3
P2 Explain main principles relating to criminal law................................................................................3
P3 Explain structure of Magistrate court and crown court.......................................................................4
P4 Explain route of appeal in criminal court structure.............................................................................5
P5 Describe roles and responsibilities of public services in relation to criminal justice system..............5
P6 Outline different ways to know the effectiveness of criminal justice system......................................6
P7 Explain performance data measure in criminal justice system............................................................6
REFERENCE..............................................................................................................................................7

MAIN BODY
P1 Discuss the types of laws in English legal system.
The English legal system is being regulated with various laws and terms that are being
performed by the members and by imposing penalties through various conditions. It is being
made in order to increase and enhance the society in a peaceful manner there are various legal
systems they are as mentioned:
 Statutory and common law: It is mainly the law which used to be framed by the
Parliament and also covers the common law area that is being made by the judges and
also through the rulings that is being given by the precedents it helps out to maintain the
study train relevancy area of the laws and imply suggest rulings and also there for the
decision.
 Civil law and criminal law: It is mainly being classified as a legal system the criminal
law covers out all the criminal and offensive activities that is being punished for the
wrongdoers in order by applying the punishment for all the unlawful activities whereas
the crime civil law covers out the dispute that are being related to the corporation and
also the organisations. They used to have civil remedies as charge.
 Public law and private law: The private law is usually which is being made in the
business practice and also for the education, society that I like employment law, IPR and
law of tort. Whereas public law employees all the important rules that are being made by
the government on the general rules like constitutional law, administration law and many
more.
P2 Explain main principles relating to criminal law.
As criminal law helps out to maintain law and order in the society and to frame by
providing proper states of law and order through which no violation of rights can take place it
helps out a free maintaining of laws and also provides the consent for the social order in the
commission and also in the omission of the laws. The two main important principle in criminal
laws they are Actus reus and Mens reus, Actus reus is mainly a human conduct through which
law and order can be framed out it is mainly the act which is being performed by a person
through which the climate being conducted. Mens reus implies the guilty mind which means that

there should be a proper significance of mental state and also the condition through which the
crime is being conducted. The covers a burden of proof that lies on all the innocence of persons
and also the standard of proof provides that the parties are being land in order to maintain the
success with that summary improvise a proper briefly explanation of the abstract and the fact that
will be important in the case in the matter. As these are the important principles in criminal law
as in order to make a crime it is important to have these two factors. It covers out all the intention
of the person through which Crime is being conducted and also the relation to all the accused and
with their liability of working in a criminal manner can be framed out it is a guilty mind through
which an act may be done is an important principle which is necessary in all the contradictions of
criminal solutions.
There has been made that the important principles are like intentions in any criminal activity,
nature in which the crime is being conducted and with tied them emotion and motive for which
the crime is being imposed.
P3 Explain structure of Magistrate court and crown court.
 Magistrate courts are mainly the lower divison court which used to deal with all the
criminal cases and they are the lower court which used to commit to words the crown
court they used to deal with all the family proceedings with various cases regarding the
Juvenile Justice programs and juvenile court and all the small cough quizzes that are
being normally heard. All the magistrate quotes implies to have panel of judges that are
mainly made without any jury. The criminal decisions in such court may be appealed in
all the Crown courts. In all the decision that has been served in a civil matters can be held
for an appeal in county courts. They are lower grade quotes as all the small cases used to
be implied in it.
 Crown courts usually deals with all the criminal cases which are being transferred from
magistrate courts as they cover subordinates and magistrate court and used to hear all the
serious criminal offences that includes murder, robbery, rape and many more that used to
imply for serious sentencing and appeals. In such court jury used to lie and there are
various judges that are being implied in the crown court. The decision that is being given
by the Crown court can go to an appeal in the criminal division or court of appeal.

P4 Explain route of appeal in criminal court structure.
Court of appeal Is mainly the highest authority in the senior most courts. As they provide
the legal system through which the Supreme Court of UK used to cover it mainly has civil and
criminal division in which criminal appeals are being heard in the criminal division which are
mainly crown courts and all the civil appeals lies to the county courts and High Court of justice
with family court. The court of appeal used to hear all the important decision that are being made
against the county courts or the High Court order to hear the cases and there will be a proper
permissions has to be taken in order to frame the appeal the appeal may be granted by the court
of appeal through where the certain title areas will have to be met is in order to maintain the
county courts they used to take the appeals to the High Court of Justice through where the
decisions may be passed and they will be served by the appeal. Civil courts usually cover the
non-criminal cases and they used to provide a proper division by lying their appeal in the higher
courts. The criminal Court provides the appeal to be raised by the Crown court which used to
cover all the trials in which the defendant is being sentenced by the magistrate court it used to
you deduct and issue any of the rate which is being possible and try to mind the decision that is
being taken by them as final in order to maintain the appeal a proper system is being required as
court of appeal used to take an application through which a proper decision and documentation
has to be framed. The appellant helps out to maintain a proper serving of nature of appeal
through which the magistrate court at the first instance used to cover the criminal cases that can
be challenged. All the decisions that has been made by the Crown court have to make a sensual
areas in order to which the permission of the judges has to be taken for the best of conviction
conviction. It implies that all the appeals and the decision that is being made by the court of
appeal from the Supreme Court imparts out the highest court in UK and the Supreme Court
covers important and final judgement in all the criminal cases and the nobility can thereby be let
out after the parties are being The court of appeal the decision is that will impact the binding
force on parties.
P5 Describe roles and responsibilities of public services in relation to criminal justice system.
All the public services mainly being upon by the company is an organisation and they
used to create important criminal justice process which used to involve in order to give justice to
all the victims to serve the punishments to all the wrongdoer. The her Majesty‘s Crown
prosecution service used to provide inspection about all the fraud officers. It helps to frame out

the public confidence Crown prosecution services are being framed for the prisoners in which all
the important authorities are being given to the courts. Police are being the important authorities
used to investigate the matter and also frame the evidence through which the offences can be
overlaid and filed in CPS. There has been made a proper transparency in policing by consent
through which a Metropolitan police act is being employed to overcome the probable benefits
and also to serve the legitimacy which lies in the nature of working. The Ministry of Justice used
to serve and protect all the justice areas and with that her Majesty’s prison used to cover the
sentences which are being passed to rehabilitate in order to frame the employment and education
opportunities. Courts and tribunals used to try all the criminal matters through which serious
nature of crimes can be exposed off. The two tier justice is being attained in order to maintain the
lower and had a vision and also to maintain a link in the tier system.
P6 Outline different ways to know the effectiveness of criminal justice system.
The effectiveness of criminal justice process is being analysed black collecting all the
information that is being responsible for the general public and also by creating a public
confidence by maintaining a fairness in the methods. There used to imply various criminal
strategies and also the performance of judiciary implicate in clearing and measuring all the
enforcement of laws the processes through which the serum crime that are being conducted can
be taken to Crown courts and also for the appeal can be raised out. All the crime control punitive
is used Cover the important areas which helps to implicate the serious and major issues. The due
process model provides the presumption through which all the innocents in the time can be
employed out and the changes in the nature can be protected. The probation of offenders act
gives the rules through which the domination and probation periods of the habitual offenders can
be made with certain laws and rules. All these laws helps out to maintain and change the working
conditions and also to maintain the criminal justice processes by making the performance better
and all the areas cleared with effective justice process. It helps to enforce the laws in all the
sectors and framework. All the stakeholders provide a transparency in order to maintain proper
authority to process in which the working of the companies and the criminal prosecutions can be
laid out.
P7 Explain performance data measure in criminal justice system.
The performance data helps out to measure all the important areas of criminal justice
process. It used to frame the laws and orders through which the loopholes can be covered out in

order through which the organisation can effectively perform in various areas. It is being
maintained by a collection of data in effective areas and through which the victims can be served
out in crimes and controllable situations. It used to quantify the data and also gathered the
performance through which the measure of various areas and the commitment of crime with the
criminal justice process can be instantly maintained out. The performance at a eventually helps
in legislature to enact and frame the laws through the safer environment and also to the criminal
cases and statics which helps to govern the country in a better way.
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