ADJUS-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Sentenced, Arraignment, Miranda Warning

• School: Diablo Valley College
• Department: Administration Of Justice
• Course: ADJUS-120
• Professor: Gaines

Document Summary

Dual court system: a system consisting of a separate judicial system for each state in addition to a national system. Each case is tried in a court of the same jurisdiction as that of the law or laws broken. Adjudication: the process of determining whether the defendant is guilty. The criminal justice system has been formed to deal with people who are accused. The term police does not refer to a single agency or type of agency, but to of violating the criminal law many agencies at each level of government. Broad mandate involving the protection of rights and persons in a wide range of situations. The task the public most often associates with the police. Only accounts for a small portion of police time and force resources. Educating the public about the threat of crime and reducing the number of situations in which crimes are likely to be committed.