The Criminal Justice System 8

The Criminal Justice System 8

The Criminal Justice System Consists of three agencies:

1. Law Enforcement (Police)
2. Courts
3. Corrections

Criminal justice systems include several major subsystems, composed of one or more public institutions and their staffs: police and other law enforcement agencies;trial and appellate courts; prosecution and public defender offices; probation and parole agencies; custodial institutions (jails, prisons, reformatories, half-way houses, etc.); and departments of corrections (responsible for some or all probation, parole, and custodial functions).

The Criminal Justice components create a system when they apply their functions together looking for the same objective; to enforce justice into society. Even when the components of the Criminal Justice system are working to accomplish the same objective they work in different fields and the job of each component is very different from the others.

Assignment

For this assignment you will provide three scenarios on how the agencies work together

Resources

Course resources

Grading Criteria

Be sure to answer questions in full.  For essay or questions requiring longer answers, more is always better than less. You must have a minimum of 500 words. (This does not include re-writing the question).

Lecture Notes: Effectiveness of the System

Power Point Presentation Calculating Crime Rates

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Power Point Presentation Crimes Against Persons 

Uniform Crime Report

National Crime Victimzation Survey (NCVS)

National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)

Power Point Presentation: Classical and Neo-Classical Criminology  Power Point Presentation: Classical and Neo-Classical Criminology - Alternative Formats 

Web Link: Top 10 Pros and Cons Arguments about the Death Penalty 

Youtube Video: Death Penalty Documentary, Execution Tour of NC Death Row