1.2 (Describe the organisation of the criminal justice system in E & W) Flashcards
What are the 6 agencies involved in the CJS?
- Police
- CPS
- Courts
- Govt departments
- Prisons
- Probation service
What are the roles of the Police?
- Preserve life, property and order
- Bring offenders to justice
- Support victims and witnesses
What relationship do the Police have with other organisations?
CPS:
- Question them
- Provide evidence
Courts:
- Hold defendants in cells
- Ensure defendants attend
- Give evidence
- Protect vulnerable witnesses
Prison:
- Arrest prisoners recalled to prisons for breaching terms of license
- Facilitate interviews w/ prisoners involved in ongoing police investigations
Probation service:
- Management of offenders
What is the role of the CPS?
- Decide which cases should be prosecuted
What relationship do the CPS have with other organisations?
Police:
- Advise police on investigations
- Question them
Courts:
- Appear in courts to advocate a case
- Set out charges and facts for a case
What is the role of the Court?
They decide whether a person committed a crime and what the punishment should be
What relationship do the Court have with other organisations?
Prisons:
- Arrange video recordings and live links for prisoners
- Lawyers may visit prisons
- Carry out custodial sentences
Probation service:
- Prepare pre-sentence reports & supervise offenders given a community sentence
What are the role of Government departments?
- To put government policies into action
What relationship do the Government Departments have with other organisations?
Police:
- Home Office is responsible for setting national policing priorities
- Provide funding from taxes
What are the roles of prisons?
- To deter
- To punish
- To rehabilitate
What relationship do Prisons have with other organisations?
Courts:
- Hold prisoners attending court (transfer/return)
What are the roles of the Probation Service?
- Assist the offender in their resettlement into the community and rehabilitation to reduce recidivism
What relationship do the Probation Service have with other organisations?
Prison:
- If prisoner is released on license
