Criminal Justice System Case Study

Introduction This week’s assignment which involves a scenario on criminal law where as an officer (Jones) was approached by a female saying she was robbed and beaten. The victim told the officer Jones that the perpetrator was wearing white pants with a red shirt but she could not see their face because they were wearing a ski mask. She had no idea of the sex but did believe they were about 5’8” tall and they had a gun. She told the officer Jones this had only happened about a minute or two ago. The officer Jones called for backup and medical assistance for the victim. Officer Jones was standing by the victim waiting for medical personal and his backup to arrive. He noticed a subject that partially fit the description that he was given
Criminal laws are defined as crimes that are established by (Federal, State, county and cities) and can be punishable if not obeyed. Criminal justice system is the procedure that criminal laws are processed and enforced in. We will also look at Substantive law that refers to all categories of public and private law, including the law of contracts, real property, torts, and Criminal Law. For example, criminal law defines certain behavior as illegal and lists the elements the government must prove to convict a person of a crime. In contrast, the rights of an accused person that are guaranteed by the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution are part of a body of criminal procedural law. This law comes from Common law and some legislative statutes (http://legaldictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Substantive+Law). When it comes to understanding officer’s civil liabilities we need to look at tort liabilities which Peak said “a tort being an injury inflicted on one person by another. Three categories of torts generally cover most of the lawsuits filed against criminal justice practitioners: negligence, intentional torts, and constitutional torts” (Peak, pg.