Criminal Justice Concepts
My field of study is in the criminal justice system. The criminal justice system is the set of agencies and processes established by governments to control crime and impose penalties on those who violate laws. There is no single criminal justice system in the United States but rather many similar, individual systems. How the criminal justice system works in each area depends on the jurisdiction that is in charge, city, county, state, federal or tribal government or military installation. What interested me the most about the criminal justice system is, people have walks from different facets of life rather good bad or indifferent but the justice system was set in place to make sure those actions does not endanger, harm or disregard others.
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Some powerful and fundamental concepts of the justice system are, interpersonal adjudication, law based on fault and emphasis on procedures. Interpersonal adjudication is based upon the rights and duties of the individual person. Thus attempting to resolve conflicts between individuals, which can sometimes be unattainable. Law based on fault, is that a person should not be at a disadvantage or punished except for fault i.e. intentional, reckless or negligent wrong doing, strict liability. The last powerful fundamental concept is emphasis on procedures. emphasis on procedure is one of the foundations of the rule of law. Procedures provide for limitations on power. Procedures provide that before judicial, legislative or executive decisions are taken, a series of checks and balances are in place to mitigate against the possibility that the decisions will not be hasty, ill-conceived or based on corruption, passion, ideology or eccentricity. Overall, these concepts attempt to explain there is a need for checks and balance in every aspect of life making decisions. Those checks and balances in our criminal justice system, balance out what is right from what is wrong, making a definitive decision on how to rule for or against. I believe these fundamental and powerful concepts relates to explaining or answering a body of questions that asks why was the justice created? How does the justice system go about making sure there are checks and balances when deciding on law based
Some powerful and fundamental concepts of the justice system are, interpersonal adjudication, law based on fault and emphasis on procedures. Interpersonal adjudication is based upon the rights and duties of the individual person. Thus attempting to resolve conflicts between individuals, which can sometimes be unattainable. Law based on fault, is that a person should not be at a disadvantage or punished except for fault i.e. intentional, reckless or negligent wrong doing, strict liability. The last powerful fundamental concept is emphasis on procedures. emphasis on procedure is one of the foundations of the rule of law. Procedures provide for limitations on power. Procedures provide that before judicial, legislative or executive decisions are taken, a series of checks and balances are in place to mitigate against the possibility that the decisions will not be hasty, ill-conceived or based on corruption, passion, ideology or eccentricity. Overall, these concepts attempt to explain there is a need for checks and balance in every aspect of life making decisions. Those checks and balances in our criminal justice system, balance out what is right from what is wrong, making a definitive decision on how to rule for or against. I believe these fundamental and powerful concepts relates to explaining or answering a body of questions that asks why was the justice created? How does the justice system go about making sure there are checks and balances when deciding on law based