Victims and Crime

Victims and Crime

Introduction

Criminal Justice System refers to a set of legal and social institutions established to enforce the criminal law in accordance with defined procedural rules and limitations in any one country, society, or subdivision of a society. In the U.S., as the Federal Government that states have the authority of criminal prosecution. The Federal Government and each state have their, own criminal statutes, their own system of courts, their own attorneys, and their own police organizations (www.ncvc.org).

Discussion

The prosecutor, like the other judges is a government attorney. The profession of judge has a wide variety of jobs in the service of Justice. The judges (or judges: for children, to education, etc.) make decisions justice and is guarantor of the proper conduct of the trial, they adjudicate conflicts of civil order and punish criminal offenders, while protecting the interests of victims and society.

Under factors relating both to practice law, crimes that are most frequently the subject of prosecutions are drug trafficking, organized crime, financial crime, Fraud on a large scale, and federal crimes with particular interest and fraud against the United States. In addition, there are certain crimes against which only the Government federal government can prosecute. Included in this category are customs crimes, those who focus on tax issues, and crimes of espionage and treason (Walker, 1992).

Although there are differences between the criminal procedures practiced by the States them, and between states and the Federal Government, certain fundamental principles of law U.S. criminal and related practices apply to investigations and prosecutions at both states and the Federal Government. First, it must be emphasized that across the United States, investigations and prosecutions as part of a crime covered by the Executive. Prosecutors, investigators, and police officers are members of Executive and not the Judiciary. In the U.S. the concept of the investigating judge does not exist, unlike the system of Civil Law.

When a prosecutor determines that a legal action is necessary to conduct an investigation, he or she must submit a formal request court and present evidence or facts that they are adequate under law, to sustain the required action. A judge will issue a warrant only if he determines whether the evidence that has been presented are sufficient enough to believe that the offense was committed issues a warrant or an order only if determines that the evidence is sufficient to establish probable cause to believe that offense was committed and that evidence of this offense lies in a specific place to be searched (Richard & Sharon, 2005).

Prosecutors (or prosecution: Attorney General, prosecutor or deputy prosecutor) do not decide disputes. The Prosecutor is a magistrate, which depends on the Minister of Justice, whose role is to defend public order and social interests. However, the complaints and the minutes provide the bulk of its mission. It is also responsible for the establishment of a dialogue within the prosecution and jurisdiction. This is the contact for administrative authorities and elected officials. In addition, he is in charge of communication with ...