Criminal Justice System Organizational Trends and Theories

Criminal Justice Organizational Trends
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The criminal justice system being plagued with several trends is a fact that cannot be disputed. Ranging from gangs, terrorism and criminal activities in general, the criminal justice system has been coupled with many challenges. The challenges have been further increased by the advancement in technology which is ever changing. Criminal activities are now shifting from the traditionally violent forms to a less violent form that is aided by the advanced technology. As a result, the criminal justice system has to update its style of execution of duty to ensure all criminal activities are minimized and that justice is implemented to the letter (Stan and David, 2014). For instance, with advancement of technology, bank robbers can now rob the banks by simply hacking the banks database and transferring funds to their accounts without necessarily having to perform the daring violent robbery of the bank.
The criminal justice system, in its effort to achieve efficiency, has come up with several tactics and strategies to ensure justice is always served and all criminal activities are detected in time. As part of the strategy to impart efficiency into the service delivery, a number of systems have been born (Walker, 1992). These include: the private, the e-corporation and the military criminal justice organizations. Privatization of criminal justice system is the shifting of ownership of the system to a private owner rather than the government. Privatization of criminal justice system has been observed as one of the system with estimated high level of efficiency. The arguments advanced in the favor of privatization is that all private owner would like to make maximum profit, but with due regards not to compromise the delivery of services (Pastor, 2003). Besides, since private ownership is acquired through tendering and on basis of merits, there is a motivation to offer exemplary services which in turn yields the efficiency attributed to private criminal system.
The e-corporation criminal justice system is also another form of trend that has been observed within the criminal justice system. For e-corporation system, the activities are majorly executed electronically through media updates and news. Its efficiency is highly rated although, an access to electronic gadgets for relaying of information is a prerequisite. However, with all the system in place it is efficient and interactive. For instance, when criminal activities are updated through the media or in cases when they are reported through such devices as cellphones and telephones. This form of criminal justice is mainly enhanced by leading dailies newspaper and broadcasting stations.
On the other hand, the military criminal justice system, which is a form of criminal justice that involves the citizens or members of a society organizing themselves in military units with an aim to...