CRIMINAL JUCTICE SYSTEM

Question 1

AGENCIES of CJS

Answer 1

1 The police
2 Crown Prosecution Service
3 The Court System
4 National Offender
Management Service
5 Youth justice Board.

Question 2

ROLE of CJS in PREVENTING CRIME

Answer 2

Deterrence
Public Protection
Retribution
Rehabilitation

Question 3

PERSPECTIVES of CJS

Answer 3

FUNCTIONALISTS:
see the CJS as a VITAL INSTITUTION that works to ENSURE SOCIAL SOLIDARITY and COHESION by MAINTAINING LAW and ORDER

MARXIST: the CJS is a REPRESSIVE STATE APPARATUS that is used by the RULING CLASS to MAINTAIN POWER THROUGH OPPRESSION whilst APPEARING LEGITIMATE.

FEMINIST: the CJS is a TOOL of the PATRIARCHY to MAINTAIN POWER, most members of the CJS are men due to this women face a DOUBLE DEVIANCY and DOUBLE VICTIMISATION.

Question 4

GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS responsible for CJS

Answer 4

HOME OFFICE:

• oversees the police, protects the public from terror, crime and anti-social behaviour.
• helps build the security, justice and respect that enable people to prosper in a free and tolerant society.
• responsible for crime and crime reduction, policing, security and
  counter-terrorism

ATTORNEY GENERAL

-oversees the CPS (CROWN PROSECUTION SERVICE), the Serious Fraud Office the Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office.
- responsible for ensuring the rule of law is upheld.
- take action to appeal unduly lenient sentences and bringing proceedings
under the Contempt of Court Act.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- oversees the magistrates’ courts, Crown Court, Appeals Courts, Legal
Services Commission and the NOMS
- Ministry of Justice manages the justice process from end to end.
- the ministry is responsible for criminal law and sentencing policy, for legal aid, reducing re-offending and for prisons and probation.

Question 5

ROLES in the CJS:

POLICE

COURTS

Answer 5

role of the police would be to enforce the law by
prosecuting and catching criminals.

role of the courts would be to determine guilt and
impose an appropriate sentence.