Criminal justice is the delivery of justice to those who have been accused of committing crimes. The criminal justice system is a series of government agencies and institutions. Goals include the rehabilitation of offenders, preventing other crimes, and moral support for victims. The primary institutions of the criminal justice system are the police, prosecution and defense lawyers, the courts and the prisons system.
A trial at the Old Bailey in London, c. 1808
The Huntsville Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Huntsville, Texas, is a prison, a component of a corrections system.
Qur'anic education for offenders at the Central Jail Faisalabad in Faisalabad, Pakistan
Prisoners at a whipping post in a Delaware prison, c. 1907
Justice, in its broadest sense, is the concept that individuals are to be treated in a manner that is equitable and fair.
Evidence about the Nazi Ernst Kaltenbrunner's war crimes is presented at the Nuremberg trials.
Walter Seymour Allward's Justitia (Justice), outside Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Bonino da Campione, Justice, c. 1357, National Gallery of Art
Lex, justitia, pax (Latin for "Law, justice, peace") on the pediment of the Supreme Court of Switzerland
