What are the 4 main parts of the criminal justice system?
Law creation
Law enforcement
Courts
Punishment of offenders
Relationships with the prison service
Courts: supervise offenders in remand + carry out custodial sentencing
Facilitate defence lawyer visit’s to prisons
Police: facilitating interviews with prisoners
Relationships with the probation service
Prison:supervising prisoners on release
Courts:preparing pre-sentencing reports of offenders
Supervising those with community orders
Supervising court ordered drug tests
Relationships with the courts
Prison service: holding prisoners attending court prior to trial+transfer/return to jail
Arrange evidence recordings and statements from offender
Courts: judges supervising the efficiency of the trial and running of court systems
Relationships with the police
Prison+probation service: police make arrests and recalls, manage list of sec offenders in local areas
Cps: provide evidence to cps who can use it to make charges
Courts: ensure offenders are brought to court, can be called as a witness, hold defendants in police cells
