SOC209H5 Chapter : Ch2.docx
Document Summary
Addressing the high cost of crime and criminal justice. Despite significant increases in the costs of criminal justice and in the numbers of justice system personnel, there is no evidence that this has contributed to increased effectiveness, or efficiency, of the criminal justice system. The criminal justice system has been designed to respond to tradition types of crimes such as assault, break and enter, robbery, and homicide. Investigating and prosecuting these types of crime is expensive, time-consuming and resource- intensive. Adapting the administration of justice to the task environments of criminal justice. A task environment in the context of the criminal justice system is the cultural geographic, and community setting in which the criminal justice system operates and in which criminal justice personnel make decisions. The demographics of the area, the local economic conditions, and the ethnic mix combine to influence decisions.
