Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice Introduction The American Bar Association (1986) describes criminal justice as a system that is put in place to deal with violation of criminal law. The criminal justice is divided into three subsystems to help it deter and investigate crime. These are; the police, the criminal courts and the correctional agencies (Haugen, D. M., & Musser, 2009). The police are tasked with investigating crime and maintaining public safety, the criminal courts are in charge of conducting fair trials and sentencing guilty parties according to the law. The correctional agencies implement sentences given by courts in a way that ensures the safety of the criminals and help to reintroduce them to the society. This paper looks into the needs of the different groups served by the criminal justice profession, and the effects of multiculturalism and diversity to service offered by criminal justice professionals as well as ways of address the needs of these people. Additionally, it look...