How the Criminal Justice System Responds to Organized Crime Within Our Society?
The purpose of this essay addresses how the criminal justice system responds to organized crime within our society. Throughout the essay strengths such as the collaboration of agencies to increase the power of the fight against the issue of organized crime and weaknesses such as the expense of the agencies, the problem of incomplete eradication and problems with evidence will be identified.
The criminal Justice System is amalgamated to assist and tackle the many issues of society. Many organisations play key roles in the collaboration and maintenance of the Australian Criminal Justice System to combat issues as immense and problematic as organized crime however, in order for this to succeed the system requires agencies specialized in intelligence and conventionalism.
Organized crime is an issue that is very complex. It is complex because a shared perception has emerged of this form of criminality in such a way that is so diverse, lethal and sophisticated that it cannot be depicted using the standard activity-based classifiers of crime (Morrison, 2002) for example murder or theft.
The United Nations “Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime” defines organized crime as: “A structured group of three or more persons existing for a period of time and acting in concert with the aim of committing one or more serious crimes or offences in accordance with this convention in order to obtain, directly or indirectly, a financial or other material benefit” (UN 2000) (Morrison, 2002).
Types of organized Transnational crimes currently pose the greatest threat in the areas of people smuggling, human trafficking; especially for the sex industry; illicit drug trafficking and high tech crime (Australian Institute of Criminology, 2011). These problems are seen as the highest threats of organized crime throughout Australia and in response to these issues. Organized crime groups continue to make most of their money from the trade in illicit drugs and they see the Australian market as a lucrative one (Australian Crime Commission, 2011).
The Australian Crime Commission endorses a solid understanding of the operation of the drug economy acknowledging the variables of the product, pricing, promotion and methods of distribution along with the effects of technology, competition and the social and cultural environment (Australian Crime Comission, 2011). Crime Commissions and agencies are working collaboratively to remove this problem from the country and to reduce these threats to society.
Organized criminal behavior has become increasingly opportunistic and sophisticated and criminal entrepreneurs are using new technology that enables them to defy conventional law enforcement methods ( Crime and Misconduct Commission, 2011). The Crime and Misconduct Commission of Queensland has enforced a strategy to meet the challenges surrounding organized crime, based on investigations, research and intelligence. Their aim