Personnel Shortages within the Criminal Justice System

Personnel Shortages within the Criminal Justice System

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Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT2

DECLARATION3

Introduction5

Background5

Problem statement5

Reasons for personnel shortage6

Inexperience workers6

Deaths7

Drug and alcohol7

Lay offs7

Retirement7

Feelings of discouragement8

Lack of promotion8

Effects of personnel shortage8

Solution for shortage9

Training9

Maintaining healthy environment9

Reserve officers9

Research question10

Generalizability10

Ethical Considerations11

Methodology13

Search Technique14

Literature Search15

Expected results17

End notes18

Introduction

Background

A set of legal and social institution which works for the society betterment and enforces law in the country is called the criminal justice system. Criminal justice system is very important for any country. Without proper criminal justice the law can't be enforced into any country. The criminal justice system follows its own set of rules and regulations for law enforcement. There are three basic elements of the criminal justice system which include the police, courts and corrections or called corrections. All three form the criminal justice system. The word system attached to it suggests that it is something rational and it is properly coordinated and regulated. However in reality, it is very difficult to manage the criminal justice system. It requires lot of patience and discipline to manage the department.

Problem statement

There are many reasons for the failure of the criminal justice system. The most important reason is the personnel shortage in the criminal justice system. If the criminal justice system fails to complete all the tasks during a year, it results in increased crime rate. This increase crime rate affects all the aspects of the economy. There are many reasons for personnel shortage in the criminal justice system. People believe that criminal justice system is full of corrupt people thus they don't even think of joining army. They just curse the system for its injustice.

Reasons for personnel shortage

There are many reasons for personnel shortage in the criminal justice system and few important reasons have been discussed below:

Inexperience workers

As most of the people think that criminal justice system is full of corruption so they don't join it any more. As a result the people who join criminal justice system are not experienced and they are not motivated to serve the world. These people only join the system to get paid on time. These people are not career oriented. They lack skills and motivation. Training can groom and polish their skill but they don't want any training. Hence the criminal justice system faces severe shortage.

Deaths

The life of the criminal justice system personnel is always at stake. They risk their life and serve the people and when they confront the criminals, some personnel lose their ...