Every action or decision we make is either justifiable or unjustifiable.
Justice is usually decided by society or the 'norm.' The 'norm' changes
from one society to another. However, there are always laws that can be
broken, consequences that must follow, and punishment that must be
imparted. Justice can be seen in two different ways, social and criminal.
Justice is in the eye of the beholder because we all have different attitudes
about right and wrong.
Criminal justice is a term that refers to the area of social laws which a
group of people deem valuable in order for the day-to-day mechanics of
society to function. When these laws are broken, the infrastructure of a
society breaks down, and this deviance from the 'norm' must be corrected.
Personal feelings, morality, religious beliefs, and inflammatory, biased
feelings towards certain laws cannot supersede the concrete social laws.
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