Criminal Justice System Analysis

Within America we have a three part criminal justice system. Including law enforcement, the judiciary, and corrections branches. First I will discuss law enforcement. Local, state and federal law enforcement has around 750,000 sworn officers (Zumbrun, 2014). Preventing crime, commanding control, apprehensions, defending and keeping the peace, are examples of what these officers do within our law enfacement system. law enforcement rely on the public for support just like the public rely on the officers for help and safety. “how police interact with individuals and suspects within a community, and how police respond to community concerns affect their ability to police efficiently. Without community support, police effectiveness suffers”(Wright,

Trail courts of six main steps, Arraigning a defendant, impaneling a jury, Hearing and evaluating evidence, Determining the facts, Pronouncing judgment, imposing a sentence (Wright, 2012). The Supreme Courts deal with federal and state cases, that involve both federal and constitutional law. The third branch is corrections. The correctional system deals wight the guilty criminals. The judge first determines what the criminal will be sentences too “Judges are not free to assign any punishment they want but only punishments that are allowed by law, given the seriousness of the offense. Judges cannot, for example, order someone convicted of shoplifting to be executed or flogged with a whip”(Wright, 2012). The corrections deal with the guilty and the punishment that the judge gave to the guilty. Maintaing public safety is the real and only goal for the correction facilities. Providing incarceration and getting the guilty off of the street to ensure public safety and rehabilitation for the criminals. All three of these branches are like a well oiled machine. Each need one another to ensure criminal justice. Law enforcement obtains the person that is providing a public safety