Administration of Criminal Justice

Criminal justice system in a country comprises of the legislature, the enforcement agencies, the courts and the correctional services. It has objective to provide protection to life and property of citizens and to ensure order in the society. The chief aim of the system is to ensure that the innocent are acquitted and the guilty are punished; respecting the basic theme of criminal jurisprudence that no offence should go unchecked while no offender should go unpunished. 

Citizens of a State are expected to act in accordance with norms and law of that society. A law is a command which obliges a person or persons. Legislation is the source of law which consists in the declaration of legal rules by a competent authority. Criminal law is a body of such norms which is formally recognized and promulgated by State. Crime may be defined as the violation of such rules and regulations; i.e. criminal law; which are enforceable by the State and the society. 
 
It follows that one of the three main kinds of law is the ‘Judge-Made Law‘: the other two being, statutory law (written law made by Parliament) and customary law (that which acquires force by long-established usage).

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