This document discusses various aspects of the criminal justice system including discretion points, debates around accountability and efficiency, the role of police and their discretion, elections vs appointments of public prosecutors and judges, arguments for and against juries, purposes and debates around sanctions, the importance of victims in debates, compelling victim participation in trials, and attitudes of the public towards criminal justice based on media influences and fear.

1. Crime and Justice Chris Bisset

3. Charge

4. Commence Proceedings

5. Nature of Proceedings

6. Conviction

7. Sentencing

9. The police Community Policing Zero Tolerance Problem-orientated policing Over-policing vsunder policing Corruption Discretion

10. ELECTIONS vs appointment All have same elements: Look at faults of elections Role of the public in participating Role of Victims in participation

11. Public Prosecutors Elect them or Appoint them? Accountability Performance Selection

12. Judges Elect them?

14. The rule of law should guide judicial decisions

15. Juries contain biases and are not truly representative

17. Allows for unbiased assessment of questions of fact

18. Allows for a check on state power exercised through the legislature

21. Willingness to report

24. The majority of Australians have little or no confidence in the prison system to rehabilitate prisoners (87.7%), as a form of punishment (59.2%), in deterring future offending (84.7%) or in teaching prisoners skills (63.8%).