AC 1.2

Question 1

Name all areas of Criminal Justice System

Answer 1

Police
HM Courts
Sentencing council (Formal Creation)
Parliament (Law creation)

Question 2

Role of the police and Relationships of the police alongside other organisations

Answer 2

Role- Is to enforce existing Laws created by parliament, the police have to and have the right to stop, search, arrest and detain powers Under The PACE Act

Relationships
- Work with the courts Providing the court with evidence/ giving statements that are all in relation to the case, They are responsible for the transportation and holding of defendants to and from court

• Work with CPS taking Advice from CPS on charging suspects , The police also provide CPS with all evidence that is required in relation to the case in order for the case to be built and taken to court
• Police work with Probation services/ Hm Prisons in order to manage sex offenders living in the area,

Question 3

Role of sentencing council and relationships with other organisations

Answer 3

ROLE- Sentencing council are responsible for providing the courts with up-to-date guidelines on the sentence tariffs for every offence , they also try to help members of the public understand more about sentencing

Relationships
- They work with courts/ Judges the judges sit in the courts and are guided by the sentencing guidelines issues by the sentencing council. This is to ensure that there is fairness & consistency across all UK courts

Question 4

HM courts and tribunal services relationship with other organisations

Answer 4

• Contributes, by the judiciary, to law creation through judicial precedent and statutory interpretation
• Liaison with the police/ independent security firms and prisons to ensure safe delivery of prisoners to court
• Prisoners are held in court cells pending their court hearing and return to prison
• Arrangements of video links if a prisoner is not to attend court for a hearing.

Question 5

Prison services relationships with other organisations

Answer 5

• Prison services work with courts as prisoners must be brought to and from the courts when hearings are listed
• prison services work with courts as Prisoners held in court cells pending their court hearing pending their hearing and then return back to prison
• prison services work with the police as prisoners are held locally once arrested, and are transported to prisons
• Lawyers may seek visits to prisons for legal consultations
• The judge decide whether the defendant goes to prison or not and for how long is the imprisonment for.
• Government create legislations regarding prisons.

Question 6

Parliament Role (Law creation) relationships with other organisations

Answer 6

The role of parliament is to create laws and make the bills an act of parliament

Relationships

• Work with police as police enforce the created law
• work with campaigns for change to create new laws and enable change
• Public as they should be the ones following the laws