Federal vs. State Policy Comparison

Federal versus State Policy comparison

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13 Feb 2009

INTRODUCTION

The United States criminal justice process is decentralized , with the federal government playing a minimal role . The state and local governments handle the bulk of all criminal cases in the Unites States The state governments have constitutional powers which grant them jurisdiction over the criminal justice process within their bs except in the case of federal offenders . The federal government 's role is mainly supportive such as in providing funding to the

states to aid in activities pertaining to the criminal justice process and it only handles cases which warrant national attention (federalism , 2008 ) This has led to some noted differences in the criminal justice policy between the federal as well as the state governments . This therefore seeks to analyze the apparent similarities and differences in the development and implementation of the criminal justice policy within these governments

DEVELOPMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY

Generally , the federal government has a significant role in the formulation of various policies within the states but such these policies are never a requirement for the individual states . The policies centering on criminal justice as well as civil laws are considered to be a local matter and are largely determined by individual states . Thus the formulation of criminal and other policies at the state level will depend on the values upheld by each state . However , the federal government has its own framework of criminal justice policy with which it...