Emotion in Criminal Justice Although criminal justice professionals strive to maintain and promote ideals of objectivity, emotion will always enter into the equation. No human endeavor can be emotionless, and criminal justice is no exception. Crimes, especially violent ones, can have devastating effects not only on the victim and his or her family, but on the entire community. Anger, fear, vengefulness, sorrow, grief, and even elation can all accompany the criminal justice process. Media hype and other elements contribute to the creation of intense emotion that surrounds the process of criminal justice. The process of criminal justice entails balancing the needs of the community with the needs of the individual victim(s) and the perpetrator(s). To balance these needs, criminal justice officials must occasionally rely on emotional input. Sometimes that emotional input arises from within the professional, in the form of sympathy for the victim, or in many cases, compassion for the suspect. Therefore, one of the most difficult aspects of criminal justice is to create compassionate punishments that fit the crime but that do not overstep the boundaries of justice. All members of the criminal justice system, from officers of the law to judges on their benches, must to a certain degree use their emotions as guidance for making important decisions regarding sentencing or plea bargaining. While emotion should not overrun reason and objectivity, emotion does have a key role in the criminal...
Emotion in criminal justice can inspire compassion for all people involved. On the other hand, emotion can be a detriment to the criminal justice official when it interferes with reason, objectivity, and common sense.
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