Excessive Enforcement: A Call for a Tranformational Approach to the Caribbean Criminal Justice System

Calling for amendment of the Caribbean criminal justice system On June 25, 2001, a 27 - year - old man, Cooper detained in the police in Trinidad 's Arocca Golden Grove prison, was discovered naked and died under the age of 20. Four hours after arrival, he is said to have been beaten in discussion. Amnesty International demanded a thorough and independent investigation consistent with international standards, including the entry of relatives into autopsy proceedings, and concluded that Cooper died of multiple blunt trauma. Choking.

1 Criminal justice system: important elements Kelly Falla South University of New Hampshire 2 Communication and cooperation The criminal justice system is a government agency composed of law enforcement agencies, courts and disciplinary measures. There are a number of similar individual systems, not just one organization, but all of these systems promise to achieve a common goal of crime management and criminal penalties. Regardless of whether it is a city, state, federal or tribal site, depending on its jurisdiction each location has its own law and policy to manage the criminal justice system process. Nevertheless, communication between law enforcement agencies (including probation officers), courts and correction departments is a joint effort for all agencies to jointly achieve a common purpose. First of all, the criminal system starts with a law enforcement agency. Duties of law enforcement officers may vary, but they cooperate with law enforcement officials.

When a law enforcement officer arrests a crime, they start entering the criminal justice system. Law enforcement officials rarely observe ongoing criminal acts. Reporting or survey information of victims, witnesses, or other citizens is the main source of criminal reporting. Therefore, law enforcement officers depend heavily on their relationship with the public to fulfill their duties. Because law enforcement officials can not arrest all citizens against all violations, we often decide carefully to judge the best results for each situation. Such a result may be based on informal treatment of the violation (eg verbal warning) or exercise of other options in addition to arrest (eg, not being arrested for theft, Move to evacuation center). Given their rights to decide who will enter the criminal justice system, law enforcement officials are often called institutional gatekeepers.