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The role of law enforcement agencies - Coggle Diagram
The role of law enforcement agencies
without law enforcement justice would be served via violence 'might is right'
the legal system consists of parliaments, courts and prisons
it includes people who work as politicians, lawyers, police officers, the tax office, judges and prison officers
Politicians make laws
Parliament responds to pressures to make new laws or change existing laws.
These laws are binding on all courts and judges.
It can make new laws and change existing ones.
Parliament is our main law-making institution.
Legal advisors specialize in the law
Lawyers provide legal advice and assistance.
They represent their clients and conduct their cases at a court hearing.
Their duty is to argue a case in the best interests of their clients.
Police officers enforce the law
Rules outline police powers and how they do their job.
Police assist in the prosecution of suspected offenders.
They also prevent and investigate crime, protect life and property, and maintain peace and order.
Police do not make the laws; they only enforce the laws.
ATO
Tax crimes involve hiding cash wages, avoiding paying your taxes, using offshore accounts and falsely claiming refunds or benefits; these activates are often linked to identity crime, money laundering and organised crime.
(ATO) helps to prevent these crimes by collecting financial data from a range of different sources and cross-checking to detect anomalies that indicate a tax crime may be committed.
The ATO works with Australian law enforcement to fight against these crimes.
Courts interpret laws
Courts settle disputes, responsible for the administration of the court, judges have the ability to create new laws (precedents), most cases are open courts so people can observe
law breakers are punished by courts
Prisons hold people convicted of a crime.
Prison staff manage the prison.
All offenders must be given the opportunity for rehabilitation.
Imprisonment — loss of freedom — is the harshest form of punishment that can be imposed.