Essay On The Criminal Investigation Process

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To what extent does the criminal investigation process balance the rights of victims, offenders and society? (14/15)

While the legal system attempts to provide justice to everyone, it doesn’t always balance the rights of all victims, offenders and society during the criminal investigation process.The criminal investigation process is the investigative stage of the criminal process, where crimes are detected and investigated, and is broken down into main stages; reporting crime, investigating crime, arrest, detention and charge, court attendance notice, bail or remand. These processes, peculiarly the processes of reporting crimes have success at balancing the rights of the victim and society which is seen through the case of the murder of Anita Cobby in 1986. However, the processes of detention and interrogation struggle to balance the rights of offenders which is displayed in the case of Dr Mohamad Haneef in 2007. As a whole, the criminal investigation process is both effective and ineffective in balancing the rights of victims, offenders and society.