VJS

Cards (248)

  • Nomads
    In the past, these were human beings with no systems being followed like the Criminal Justice System
  • Nomadic People

    People with no permanent address
  • Example of nomadic people
    • Bayanihan here in the Philippines
  • Modern nomads
    Illegal settlers
  • No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor shall any person be denied the equal protection of the laws
  • Settlement in one place
    People started to injure others when they learned to group themselves and settle in one place
  • Bill of attainder
    It is not legal because it violates the rights of the accused. It is a law that impose a penalty or punishment without public trial. The congress is not allowed to pass a bill of attainder
  • Ordeals or Trial by ordeal
    This was how disputes or crimes were first settled because they believed that God protected the innocent persons
  • Essay on Crimes and Punishment
    This book provided for a blueprint in Criminal Justice System
  • Cesare Beccaria
    Asserted that government agencies could swiftly detect, try, and punish offenders must be created
  • Criminal
    A person convicted of a crime by a final judgement
  • Terms related to "Criminal"
    • Suspect
    • Respondent
    • Accused
    • Convict
    • Ex-convict
  • Crime
    An act or omission punishable by law, forbidding or commanding it
  • Justice
    The act of rendering what are due and treating persons equally. These persons must, however, fall within the same classification
  • Due process of law
    It hears before it condemns
  • System
    A combination of related elements organized into a complex whole. It may also refer to the process to be followed
  • Criminal Justice System
    The machinery which society uses in the prevention and control of crime. May also refer to totality of the activities of law enforcement, prosecution, court, correction, and community in crime prevention and control
  • Goals of Criminal Justice System
    • Protect the members of the society
    • Maintain peace and order
    • Crime prevention
    • Suppression of criminal conduct
    • Review the legality of existing rules and regulations
    • Rehabilitation and reformation of offenders
  • Hot Pursuit Operation or Manhunt Operation
    After the commission of the crime, the law enforcement agencies only have 24 hours or 1 day to capture the suspect even without a warrant of arrest. Beyond 24 hours or 1 day, the law enforcement agencies must have a warrant of arrest before arresting the suspect, otherwise, the arrest is invalid
  • Purpose of Criminal Justice System

    To process those who have been accused of criminal activities
  • Rehabilitation of the prisoners

    The main purpose of imprisonment
  • Objectives of Criminal Justice System
    • Preventing the commission of crime
    • Enforcing the law
    • Removing dangerous person from the community
    • Protecting life, individual rights and properties
    • Deterring people from indulging in criminal activities
    • Determining guilt or innocence or guilt of the accuse
    • Investigating, apprehending, prosecuting and imposing penalty upon those who cannot be deterred from violating the rules of society
    • Rehabilitating offenders and returning them to the community as law-abiding and useful citizens of the society
  • Different Criminal Justice Systems
    • Pillars of CJS
    • Katarungang Pambarangay Law
    • Juvenile Justice System
    • Restorative Justice System
  • Penal couple
    This refers to the relationship between the victim and the offender
  • CICL
    Children In-Conflict with the Law
  • REPUBLIC ACT No. 9344 – JUVENILE JUSTICE AND WELFARE ACT OF 2006
  • Fiscal or Prosecutor
    District Attorney
  • Components of Criminal Justice System (American Concept)
    • Law Enforcement
    • Court
    • Correction
  • Components of Criminal Justice System (Philippine Concept)
    • Law Enforcement (Police)
    • Prosecution
    • Court
    • Correction
    • Community
  • Pillars of Criminal Justice System
    • Law Enforcement [Suspect]
    • Prosecution [Respondent]
    • Court [Accused]
    • Correction [Convict; Prisoner or Detainee]
    • Community [Ex-convict; Criminal]
  • Law Enforcement
    Conducts arrest, search, seizures, criminal investigation, among others. The prime mover of the criminal justice system
  • Prosecution
    Conducts the inquest proceeding, preliminary investigation, and files the corresponding information before the court
  • Court
    Conducts trial to determine the guilt or innocence of the accused. Centerpiece pillar of the Philippine Criminal Justice System
  • Correction
    Reforms and rehabilitates offenders. Weakest pillar because of its incapability or failure to rehabilitate or reform offenders
  • Community
    Refers to persons, homes, family, government, schools, churches, etc. In charged with molding another and reintegrating offenders. The base pillar and the biggest pillar. The ultimate objective is to participate and support the law enforcement agencies in crime prevention and crime control
  • Tri bureau under the DILG (Department of the Interior and Local Government)
    • PNP (Philippine National Police)
    • BFP (Bureau of Fire Protection)
    • BJMP (The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology)
  • Other law enforcement agencies
    • NBI (National Bureau of Investigation) – under the DOJ (Department of Justice)
    • PDEA (Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency) – under the Office of the President
    • AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) – under the DND (Department of National Defense)
    • BI (Bureau of Immigration) – under the DOJ (Department of Justice)
  • Different police activities
    • Prevention of crime
    • Repression or suppression of crime
    • Apprehension of offenders
    • Conduct search and seizures
    • Investigation of crime
    • Protection of lives and property
  • Crime prevention
    First line of defense of law enforcement pillar
  • Crime control
    Second line of defense of law enforcement pillar