Name the three main components of the traditional criminal justice system.

Name the three main components of the traditional criminal justice system.

• A. Judges, lawyers, and juries.
• B. Police, courts, and corrections.
• C. Prisons, probation, and parole.
• D. Law enforcement agencies, legislature, and executive.

Answer: (B)

The concept being tested is the tripartite structure of the traditional criminal justice system: law enforcement, the courts, and corrections. Law enforcement handles crime investigation, arrests, and prevention. The courts interpret the law, determine guilt, and impose sentences, involving prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, and juries. Corrections carry out sentences and manage rehabilitation and supervision of offenders, including prisons, probation, and parole. The other choices either focus on individuals within the system, or on components that are parts of corrections or branches of government rather than the three broad domains that oversee enforcement, adjudication, and punishment, respectively.

The concept being tested is the tripartite structure of the traditional criminal justice system: law enforcement, the courts, and corrections. Law enforcement handles crime investigation, arrests, and prevention. The courts interpret the law, determine guilt, and impose sentences, involving prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, and juries. Corrections carry out sentences and manage rehabilitation and supervision of offenders, including prisons, probation, and parole. The other choices either focus on individuals within the system, or on components that are parts of corrections or branches of government rather than the three broad domains that oversee enforcement, adjudication, and punishment, respectively.