The Criminal Justice System Is Served For Two Main...

The criminal justice system involves agencies and processes which are established by the government to ensure that criminal activity is controlled and penalties are imposed on those who violate the set laws. In Australia, over the past two centuries the criminal justice system has served for two main purposes of instrumental and symbolic. (Adam Peter 2002). Instrumental, also known as utilitarian refers to the states responsibility to respond to criminal activity and to ensure security to the wider society by preventing criminal acts and reducing the amount of crime that occurs. However, symbolic is also known as utilitarian which relates to the responsibility the state has to ensure that the victims are compensated and redressed due to†¦show more content†¦The three approaches to innovative justice systems are restorative justice, therapeutic jurisprudence and indigenous justice. The three approaches share interest in the need for more effective forms of communication in r elating to and helping offenders put an end to their criminal activities and restore them to be able to fit into society. (Mark, Stephen Stanley 2005)The conventional justice system is another approach of dealing with crimes, such as sexual violence; conventional responses are focused on better ways to collect evidence and take legal act on cases, and to provide better services and supports for victims in the legal process. Furthermore, both conventional and innovation justice responses to sexual violence have been used to decrease the rate of sexual violence in Australia in different ways. The conventional criminal justice approach relates to the interest gathering information and improved ways to prosecute cases, and also to offer improved services and support for the victims in the legal process. Conventional responses may work with the criminal justice system or alongside of it, both ways attempting to improve the system. It priorities the victims and helps them cope better with the criminal justice system reasoning and functioning, in attempt to alter the criminal justice system in the direction performing more accountability and accommodation for all victims in the system. ¬Ã‚ ¬ (Marinella, Willem