The Role of Criminal Policy in Achieving Criminal Justice

Abstract

The topic "The Role of Criminal Policy in Achieving Criminal Justice" highlights effective criminal policy, through whose objectives justice is achieved. This is particularly true given that society is made up of groups that depend on each other to achieve the desired goal. Since it is an unbalanced system that constantly evolves and changes, and its individuals are governed by relationships that produce these groups, the criminal system is the most important system because it is interconnected with all other systems within society. Criminal law is responsible for identifying criminal acts that threaten the interests of individuals in society, and on the basis of these acts, appropriate punishment is determined. It is primarily based on research conducted by specialists to understand the causes of crime, as well as on substantive criminal legal rules. A policy of prevention and deterrence is then developed. However, these elements alone are insufficient to address crime without prior mechanisms adopted by the state, represented by strategy and planning. Without knowledge of this plan upon which this problem is addressed, the criminal phenomenon will be addressed in an improvised manner, lacking a single origin, dimensions, or legal provisions regulating it. Therefore, criminal policy has objectives that it seeks to achieve. To achieve it according to these mechanisms, including achieving criminal justice, especially if the enacted laws stem from society. If they are the opposite, that is, they do not embody social values and reflect the will of those in power, then they will not achieve criminal justice .