1.2-organisations of criminal justice system

Question 1

what body oversees the courts and tribunals

Answer 1

Hm courts and tribunals service

Question 2

what government department oversees law creation and administration?

Answer 2

ministry of justice+ the home office

Question 3

what are the 5 organizations involved in the criminal justice system?

Answer 3

1.law creation
2. CPS
3. the police
4. hm courts+tribunals service
5. hm prison +probation service

Question 4

what two bodies are involved in law creation +what do they do?

Answer 4

the parliament- passes acts. judges create laws through precedent+statutory interpretation

Question 5

what are 4 functions of the CPS in the CJS

Answer 5

• advise police in their investigations about lines of enquiry+evidence
• assess evidence submitted by the police+ decide whether to prosecute
• apply the full code test
  -prepares+presents the prosecution case in courts

Question 6

what are 4 functions of the police in the CJS?

Answer 6

-enforce the law
- investigate crimes
- collect evidence
-arrest,detain+question suspects

Question 7

what occurs at HM courts?

Answer 7

-issues decided like plea, bail, legal aid
-evidence is heard before a jury in CC, magistrates in magistrates court+ verdict is decided
- sentence is passed based on relevent statutes/sentencing guidelines

Question 8

in HM courts what occurs if a defendent pleads guilty/not guilty?

Answer 8

not guilty-trial
guilty- sentencing hearing

Question 9

what is the purpose of HM prisons?(3)

Answer 9

• try rehabilitate
• supervise offenders in custody
• supervise punishment

Question 10

what is the purpose of the national probation service?(3)

Answer 10

• supervise offenders serving sentence in community
• all offenders whose sentence is up to 2 years is supervised up to 12months after release
• try rehabilitate

Question 11

how are the police linked to the CPS, courts and HM prison+probation service

Answer 11

CPS
- provide evidence 4 prosecution
courts
- give evidence as prosecution witnesses
-holding defendents in police cells+trasnforming to+from court
Hm prison+probatio service
- arrest those who break licenses
- sarahs law- police cooperate with prison+probation to manage list of sex offenders

Question 12

how does the CPS link to
- police
- courts

Answer 12

police
- 24 hr helpline +advise on evidence+charging
- courts-prepare+present prosecution cases
-deal with appeals to unduly lenient sentences etc

Question 13

how do HM courts link to
- police
-courts+judges
-Hm prison service

Answer 13

police
-safe delivery of suspects/prisoners to court+can be witnesses
courts+judges
- funding court
-supervise the efficient running of the court
HM prison service
- hold prisoners in court cells pending their return to prison
-arrange video calls for ppl giving evidence from prison

Question 14

how does HM prison link to
- court
-police
-national probation service

Answer 14

court
-put sentences into practice+supervise defendents remanded in custody
-supervise visits from defence lawyers
police
- facilitate interviews a sa part of ongoing investigations
national probation srrvice
- lias when prisoner=to be released on license

Question 15

how does the probation service link to
- police
-courts

Answer 15

[police
- liasing with them when the prisoner=recalled to prison while on probation to ensure arrest+return to prison
courts
-pre-pare pre-sentencing reports on offenders
-supervise offenders given a community sentence
-supervise drug testing