Criminal Justice System
Throughout this course, I have learned about the many segments of the criminal justice system. The criminal justice system is a system of law enforcement, involving police, lawyers, courts, and corrections that attempt to manage crime, reduce crime, and require penalties for the charge of offenses. Various critical segments comprise the criminal justice system; which are the law enforcement, courts, and corrections (Hendrix, 2013, p. 9)
First, a case starts with the law enforcement. The police are first to make contact with accused offenders. Not only do the actions of law enforcement officers influence the criminal justice system, but police are said to be known as “gate keepers” of the system Police functions include gathering evidence, taking …show more content…
Those that are found guilty of a crime may be suppressed to a variation of punishments. These include probation or parole, incarceration, and death. Probation can be supervised or unsupervised. Supervised probation orders the offender to check in regularly with a probation officer to ensure agreement with the terms of their probation. Unsupervised probation intends that a person only faces jail time if they violate the terms of their probation and violate the law ( Hendrix, 2013, p. 344) Parole is the release of a prisoner before the completion of a sentence, on the promise of good behavior, It allows the offender to serve the final portion of the sentence in the community. (Hendrix, 2013, p.350) Imprisonment is also a general result of criminal trials, especially in more severe cases. The criminal is removed from society through the use of jail or prison sentence. There are different types of sentences: indeterminate; determinate, or flat, fixed, or straight; definite; intermittent; and mandatory, in addition to others. (Hendrix, 2013, p. 285) the death sentence is the execution, or taking of the life, of an individual convicted of a crime, most typically murder (Hendrix, 2013, p. …show more content…
I feel as though I used to think that the criminal justice system worked flawlessly and that all rules and laws were stable and for the most part obeyed. I have found though that this is not so, and the rules and laws of the criminal justice system are not stable and followed. I do not believe that my perceptions are based on truth because I follow crime shows and movies like Law and Order: SVU, Criminal Minds, and Bones to name a few. I merely thought that was what the criminal justice system was portrayed as. The media has a great deal to do with how we portray crime and how we deal with it. I believe that it is important for our perceptions and beliefs to be based on truth because Perception is not truth, and occasionally is a lie, and it is inaccurate to the facts. I think that it is necessary for us to seek the
First, a case starts with the law enforcement. The police are first to make contact with accused offenders. Not only do the actions of law enforcement officers influence the criminal justice system, but police are said to be known as “gate keepers” of the system Police functions include gathering evidence, taking …show more content…
Those that are found guilty of a crime may be suppressed to a variation of punishments. These include probation or parole, incarceration, and death. Probation can be supervised or unsupervised. Supervised probation orders the offender to check in regularly with a probation officer to ensure agreement with the terms of their probation. Unsupervised probation intends that a person only faces jail time if they violate the terms of their probation and violate the law ( Hendrix, 2013, p. 344) Parole is the release of a prisoner before the completion of a sentence, on the promise of good behavior, It allows the offender to serve the final portion of the sentence in the community. (Hendrix, 2013, p.350) Imprisonment is also a general result of criminal trials, especially in more severe cases. The criminal is removed from society through the use of jail or prison sentence. There are different types of sentences: indeterminate; determinate, or flat, fixed, or straight; definite; intermittent; and mandatory, in addition to others. (Hendrix, 2013, p. 285) the death sentence is the execution, or taking of the life, of an individual convicted of a crime, most typically murder (Hendrix, 2013, p. …show more content…
I feel as though I used to think that the criminal justice system worked flawlessly and that all rules and laws were stable and for the most part obeyed. I have found though that this is not so, and the rules and laws of the criminal justice system are not stable and followed. I do not believe that my perceptions are based on truth because I follow crime shows and movies like Law and Order: SVU, Criminal Minds, and Bones to name a few. I merely thought that was what the criminal justice system was portrayed as. The media has a great deal to do with how we portray crime and how we deal with it. I believe that it is important for our perceptions and beliefs to be based on truth because Perception is not truth, and occasionally is a lie, and it is inaccurate to the facts. I think that it is necessary for us to seek the