Delivering Justice Scenario Analysis

Running head: COMPETING JURISDICTION 1

Competing Jurisdiction

Sheena Thiebaud

Criminal Justice

Prof. Shountae Youmans

3/26/17

Competing Jurisdiction COMPETING JURISDICTION 2

Jurisdiction can be defined as authority which can be imposed on something or

somebody. Jurisdiction is very important as it helps in determining if a given court can be able to

hear a given case. Jurisdiction is also very significant as it helps in limiting the powers of court

on a given case. Judicial Jurisdiction can divide into three types which are personal, territorial

and subject matters. Jurisdiction is very important as it helps in finding the right information and

the right body that will help in investigation and in dealing with a crime case. Police officers are

important people in the society as they help in investigation and finding the right evidence and

witness in a criminal process.

According to the case the police officers have several functions. The first is to investigate

and second they have to give protection to people. Police officers are very important people in

any given society as they help in investigating of a criminal offence. In such a situation police

officers come to the crime scene and try to investigate in finding what happened, the crime was

whose fault, interviewing the right witnesses and how did the crime happened by gathering

enough and clear evidence and try to come up with better information in getting the people or

person who might have committed the crime. The police officers give protection to people and

ensure they is enough security to avoid any other crime to happen. police officer also helps in

interviewing the suspect like in this case where the was no video surveillance inside the post

office the postal clerk and two customers John and Jill will be interviewed with the investigators

in order to come up with better information and enough evidence which will be used to testify in

the court of law. COMPETING JURISDICTION 3

Agencies are very important in case of an emergency or a disaster as they help in

recovery efforts by producing experts who are well equipped in handling disaster and who will

be able to get the right information about the incident. In emergencies like the situation in a post

office the disaster can be managed at a local level therefore the federal government is not

involved unless it has the primary jurisdiction and it has been requested by the local government

to participate as a result of the scope and capacity limitation. Therefore in a situation of a

minimal emergency the local government handles the issue.

There are services which can be provided by the local government and at the same time

provided by the federal government to the people. Therefore as a result of these services being

rendered to the people an overlap may arise due to the same service offered by different

agencies. The kind of agency in an emergency depend with the quantity of the disaster for

example if the emergency is minimal the local government deals with it but if it is somehow big

the services of the federal government may be needed to help with investigation. Overlap at

times occurs due to the uncoordinated nature in handling such situations for example if the

emergency tends to fall under the jurisdiction of one government, this might cause overlap

among the government or people responsible in handling the crime.

The crime happened in a post office, therefore the right person to initiate the criminal

case is the post office this is because the case involved them and they had all the witness and

they are the people affected with the crime. In finding out who to initiated the case, this is best

determine in who is the party which was affected directly with the crime therefore this will

determine the right person to initiated the case. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)COMPETING JURISDICTION 4

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