1 - General Flashcards
What is the role of the Criminal Justice System?
Responsible for upholding the law in the interest of all citizens
To deliver justice for all by convicting and punishing the guilty and helping them to stop offending, while protecting the innocent
To detect crime and bring it to justice
To carry out court orders such as collecting fines, and supervising community and custodial punishment
What are the components of the Criminal Justice System?
The Police Service
The Crown Prosecution Service
The Court Service
- Magistrates’ Courts
- The Crown Court
- The Appeal Courts
- The Supreme Court
The National Offender Management Service
The Youth Justice Board
The Serious Fraud Office
The Legal Aid Agency
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
Other victim and witness care services
What is the Criminal Justice process?
Crimes recorded by the police
Police arrest the suspect - no further action/formal caution or informal warning/charge or summons suspect
Charge or summons suspect
Crown Prosection Service receive papers from the police for prosecuting - Crown Prosection Service discontinue case, no court action/Crown Prosection Service proceed with charge
Crown Prosection Service proceed with charge
Magistrates court hearing - Indictable only offences/Triable-either-way offences/Summary offences
Indictable only offences > Crown Court Trial > Found not guilty - case ends > Found guilty > Sentence - Discharge, monetary, custody, other, community sentence
Triable-either-way offences > magistrates decline jurisdiction or defendant elects Crown Court trial > Yes - Crown trial - found not guilty (case ends) > found guilty > sentence - discharge, monetary, custody, other, community sentence
Summary offences > summary trial at magistrates court > found not guilty (case ends) > found guilty > sentence - discharge, monetary, custody, other, community sentence
