Criminal Justice System Paper Latesha Hagger CJS/200 February 15, 2015 Thomas Hopkins The phrase “criminal justice system” refers to the collection of federal, state, and local public agencies that deal with crime. The basic makeup of this system consist of legislative, judicial, and executive branches of government. Criminal justice is a process, which, involves several steps beginning with a criminal investigation and which then ends with the release of the convicted offender from correctional…
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