Criminal Justice System

THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM
• The criminal justice system: • In government:
- Is a system of agencies that
officially respond to the
commission of offences
- Identifies crimes and deals with
them appropriately
- Is different in Scotland…

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FOR JUSTICE AND LORD
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YOUTH POLICE
COURTS SERVICE
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,THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
• Lord Chancellor and Secretary of
State for Justice – currently
Dominic Raab MP
• Responsible for:
- HM Courts and Tribunals Service
(HMCTS)
- HM Prison and Probation
Service (HMPPS)
- Youth Justice Board
• Since 2015, a new Secretary every
year! Regularly in the news.

, MINISTRY OF JUSTICE ORGANISATIONS
• Criminal Injuries Compensation • Law Commission
Authority
• Legal Services Commission
• Criminal Cases Review
Commission • Legal Ombudsman
• HM Courts and Tribunal • HM Prison and Probation
Service (HMCTS) Service
• HM Inspectorate of Prisons • Prisons and Probation
Ombudsman
• HM Inspectorate of Probation
• Victims’
• HM Prison Service
Commissioner
• Independent Monitoring Board • Youth Justice Board

,THE HOME OFFICE
• Home Secretary – currently Suella
Braverman MP
• Responsible for:
- The Police
- Immigration
- Drugs policy
- Crime policy
- Counter-terrorism
- Regularly in the news: Scandals?
Inquiries?

, THE POLICE
• 43 Police Force Areas in England
and Wales
• + British Transport Police
• Metropolitan Police founded in 1829
by Robert Peel
• PCCs elected to be ‘the voice of the
people and hold the police to
account’
(Outside London and Manchester
which
both have Mayors)
• All police forces have different priorities
(e.g. community-led policing) based on
local need etc.
• HM Inspectorate of Constabulary
(HMIC)
• Independent Police Complaints
Commission (IPCC)
• Lowest number of officers since 1996
• Often in the news