Aims of the criminal justice system / by Kathleen Daly.
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Brisbane : Kathleen Daly and Rick Sarre, 2016.
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89864
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Criminal law -- Australia.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Australia.
Summary:
This chapter considers the purposes, aims, and values of a criminal justice system and the controversy surrounding each of its terms: system, justice, and criminal. It describes the agencies that form the justice system and the passage of cases through it. Central to the criminal process is the exercise of discretion by police officers, prosecutors, defence lawyers, judicial officers, probation officers, and community and institutional correctional staff. Just as important are the roles of ordinary citizens in reporting crime, working with officials, and participating in the process. Ordinary citizens and justice system workers have strong beliefs about what a criminal justice system should try to achieve. These debates are reviewed in this chapter, and models of the criminal process are described. Major theories of punishment and their changing popularity and relevance across two centuries are also discussed. -Introduction.
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Viewed on 22 June 2020.
Chapter prepared for Darren Palmer, Wlliem de Lint, and Derek Dalton (eds.) (2017), Crime and Justice: A Guide to Criminology, 5th edition. Sydney: Lawbook Co.
Variant title:
Crime and justice : a guide to criminology
Chapter 17 : Aims of the criminal justice system
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