Criminal justice is a connection of different aspects and processes of law enforcement that examine the social response to the policies put in place to combat crime and minimize criminal activities by punishing lawbreakers by existing sections of the law. The criminal justice field is made up of three major aspects; the police who enforce law and order, the prosecution department that is a combination of police and courts and the court system where sentences are given and executed in correctional facilities (Prenzler, 2009). The police department forms the most fundamental initial stage in the criminal justice system as it involves law enforcement and recording or wrong doings in preparation for prosecution. In the trial the police, being the
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These ethical problems and methods mainly affect the three top aspects of the law enforcement process that is the police, courts, and the correctional facilities. Every member of the police department, the court systems, and the correctional facilities is expected to behave in a specified manner in the execution of their duties to uphold integrity and order (Pollock, 2007). The existence of a set of rules governing these three bodies under the criminal justice department ensures that every act is done by the law of the land and for the common good of the concerned population or the globe as a …show more content…
Corruption among judges is the most disturbing and common unethical practice since it hinders justice to affected individuals. Powerful and wealthy individuals seem always to find their way out in court cases by bribing the presiding judges, leaving the economically challenged and the ordinary citizens without a voice to seek justice for them. Another major ethical issue is the delay of cases, causing delayed justice since justice delayed is justice denied (Prenzler, 2009). Some cases get a hearing for a very long time from the date registration or even after getting the first hearing they keep on being adjourned for very trivial reasons hence unnecessarily prolonging the whole
These ethical problems and methods mainly affect the three top aspects of the law enforcement process that is the police, courts, and the correctional facilities. Every member of the police department, the court systems, and the correctional facilities is expected to behave in a specified manner in the execution of their duties to uphold integrity and order (Pollock, 2007). The existence of a set of rules governing these three bodies under the criminal justice department ensures that every act is done by the law of the land and for the common good of the concerned population or the globe as a …show more content…
Corruption among judges is the most disturbing and common unethical practice since it hinders justice to affected individuals. Powerful and wealthy individuals seem always to find their way out in court cases by bribing the presiding judges, leaving the economically challenged and the ordinary citizens without a voice to seek justice for them. Another major ethical issue is the delay of cases, causing delayed justice since justice delayed is justice denied (Prenzler, 2009). Some cases get a hearing for a very long time from the date registration or even after getting the first hearing they keep on being adjourned for very trivial reasons hence unnecessarily prolonging the whole