role of the CJS

Question 1

What are the different criminal justice systems (CJS)?

Answer 1

Police, courts, national offender management service, home office, serious fraud office, majesty’s crown prosecution service inspectorate, ministry of justice, law offices

Question 2

What do Marxists think about the CJS?

Answer 2

Chambliss- police are more likely to judge w/c person as criminal than m/c.
CJS reflects desires and interests of the ruling class.

Question 3

What do Postmodernists think about the CJS?

Answer 3

Foucault- punishment focuses on mind x body. Through surveillance, knowledge of being watched acts a s a powerful deterrent to crime.
crime affects individual and how the state assigns someone a criminal

Question 4

What do Feminists think about the CJS?

Answer 4

Walklate- rape trials put female victims themselves on trial by judging them for any behaviour straying from conformity.

Question 5

What do Critical race theorists think about the CJS?

Answer 5

Phillips and Bowling- since 70s police targeted African people using excessive force, black people are 7x more likely to be stopped and searched than their white counterpart.

Question 6

What do New right thinkers think about the CJS?

Answer 6

Murray- state should play a key role in social control by reinforcing welfare benefits encouraging individuals to take more responsibility for welfare

Question 7

What do Functionalists think about the CJS?

Answer 7

CJS reflects value consensus in society, ideas about crime change over time, proving them to be socially constructed.