Views of Administration of Justice

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Views of Administration of Justice

• http//www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/dcpi/videos/nypd
  _video.html

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Student Learning Outcome

• On the completion of this section, students will
  be able to discuss the concepts that define the
  criminal justice system and the various
  components of the system.

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Is it really a system?

• Is the criminal justice system or administration
  of justice really a system?
• Police
• Courts
• Corrections

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• Law enforcement agencies
• investigating crimes and apprehending suspects
• The court system
• Determination of guilt of suspect
• Correctional System
• Treating, incapacitating and rehabilitating

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The criminal justice system

• 55,000 public agencies
• 17,000 are police agencies
• 17,000 courts
• 8000 prosecutorial agencies
• 6000 correctional institutions
• 3500 probation and parole departments
• Approximately 2 million involved in the criminal
  justice system, 900,000 in law enforcement

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• http//www.cjnowonline.com/cjnowonline8e/cjsystem/
  cjmap_v1.html

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The Formal Criminal Justice Process

• Initial contact
• Investigation
• Arrest
• Custody
• Charging
• Preliminary Hearing/Grand Jury
• Arraignment
• Bail/Detention

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The Formal Criminal Justice Process

• Plea Bargaining
• Trial/AdjudicAppeal/Post Conviction Remedies
• Correctional Treatment
• Release
• Post Release

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The Informal Justice System

• The Formal Justice System rarely works in a
  step-by-step process
• The Criminal Justice Wedding Cake (Samuel Walker)
• Celebrated cases
• Serious felonies
• Less serious felonies
• Misdemeanors

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Crime Control Perspective

• James Q. Wilson in Thinking about Crime
• People are wicked
• Prevent crime through sanctions
• Criminals should fear the justice system
• Legal technicalities and bleeding heart judges
  should be abolished
• The focus should be on the victim

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Crime Control Perspective History

• The worse crime gets, the more advocates for
  deterrence
• 1764 Cesare Beccaria
• On Crime and Punishment
• Certainty and Celerity of Punishment
• Jeremy Bentham
• Introduction to the Principles of Morals And
  Legislation

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Rehabilitation perspective

• The purpose of the justice system is to treat and
  care for offenders who cannot treat or care for
  themselves
• The goal is lifestyle improvement
• Criminals are victims
• There are alternatives to crime

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Due Process Perspective

• Criminal justice should provide fair and
  equitable treatment
• Nonadversarial view of the court room workgroup

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Nonintervention Perspective

• Being involved in the criminal justice process
  stigmatizes a person
• Decriminalize
• Legalize victimless crimes
• DE-institutionalize punishment
• Community-based treatment programs

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Justice Perspective

• Law violators should be viewed by their current
  behavior, not their prior behavior
• Punishment should be equitably administered