Pursuing Criminal Justice in the Coreectional System

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Pursuit of Justice in the Criminal Justice System

Introduction

A just Criminal Justice and Correctional system is said to be one that encompasses and applies a universal approach to equality and fairness in every circumstance . This will show how justice is pursued within the criminal justice system , the role of the correctional system as well as the challenges facing it and ways in which those challenges can be alleviated

Criminal Justice refers

to the system including the practice and institutions that are run by governments and local authorities aimed at the maintenance of law and and which are also agents of social control on behalf of the government . It also serves the additional purposes of deterring and controlling crime while dealing with those who violate the law through penalties (Walker , 1980

It is universally regarded as a requirement that when dispensing justice through the criminal justice system , the government and its agencies must remain within the framework of the law that protects human rights This would guard against the excesses that those in positions of power are prone to committing

The criminal justice system encompasses the entire system of law enforcement , members of the legal profession , the judiciary and the corrections system including the probation program . Its key roles revolve around the apprehension , prosecution , defense , sentencing detention , and supervision of suspects and those accused and convicted of criminal offences

The principal agencies charged with...