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Criminal Justice: A Systems Approch

Criminal Justice: A Systems Approch AUST & NZ JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY '(December 1978) 11 (195-208) CRIMINAL JUSTICE: A SYSTEMS APPROACH Peter A Sallmann 0 In recent years increasing emphasis has been placed on the non-system nature of the criminal justice process. This emphasis has largely operated in academic criminal justice circles but the debate has also permeated the practice of criminal justice. Most of the discussion has taken place in the United States. The arguments, however, are equally applicable to other Anglo-American criminal justice systems, especially those of countries such as Britain and Australia. This article sets out to raise some of the questions and issues and to pose some of the conceptual and practical difficulties involved in suggestions which have been made to tighten the set of relationships between the various components of the criminal justice system. The discussion will be centered on Australian problems but useful references can be made to overseas developments, particularly those in Britain and the United States. The System Question The essence of the argument that the criminal justice system is not really a "system" is that although the components of the process are linked through the common denominator of processing offenders, and to this extent are interdependent, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology SAGE

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Publisher
SAGE
Copyright
© The Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology and Authors, 1978
ISSN
0004-8658
eISSN
1837-9273
DOI
10.1177/000486587801100402
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Abstract

AUST & NZ JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY '(December 1978) 11 (195-208) CRIMINAL JUSTICE: A SYSTEMS APPROACH Peter A Sallmann 0 In recent years increasing emphasis has been placed on the non-system nature of the criminal justice process. This emphasis has largely operated in academic criminal justice circles but the debate has also permeated the practice of criminal justice. Most of the discussion has taken place in the United States. The arguments, however, are equally applicable to other Anglo-American criminal justice systems, especially those of countries such as Britain and Australia. This article sets out to raise some of the questions and issues and to pose some of the conceptual and practical difficulties involved in suggestions which have been made to tighten the set of relationships between the various components of the criminal justice system. The discussion will be centered on Australian problems but useful references can be made to overseas developments, particularly those in Britain and the United States. The System Question The essence of the argument that the criminal justice system is not really a "system" is that although the components of the process are linked through the common denominator of processing offenders, and to this extent are interdependent,

Journal

Australian & New Zealand Journal of CriminologySAGE

Published: Dec 1, 1978

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