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'''Criminal justice''' involves punishing criminals and enforcing laws. | '''Criminal justice''' involves punishing criminals and enforcing laws. More broadly, criminal justice includes the institutions, laws, procedures, and professional practices used to investigate suspected crimes, determine whether people have violated criminal laws, impose legal consequences, protect legal rights, supervise convicted offenders, and attempt to reduce future crime. | ||
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Criminal justice is closely related to [[law]], [[criminology]], sociology, psychology, public administration, political science, forensic science, and social policy. It can be studied as both a system of institutions and as a collection of practical problems involving public safety, individual rights, evidence, punishment, rehabilitation, and prevention. | Criminal justice is closely related to [[law]], [[criminology]], sociology, psychology, public administration, political science, forensic science, and social policy. It can be studied as both a system of institutions and as a collection of practical problems involving public safety, individual rights, evidence, punishment, rehabilitation, and prevention. | ||