SCENARIO PRESENTATION:
FRANCE’S CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM ASSIGNMENT
Dotties Pope
Liberty University
CRJU701
Author Note
I have no conflicts of interest
All conflicts should beaddressed to Dotties Pope
Dmpope1@liberty.edu
ANALYSIS FRANCE’S CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM
When looking at the criminal justice system from one country to another country, we will always find
that everyone's laws are different from each other. The ultimate purpose for the justice system being
created was to look at ways to issue prison terms to those that have committed serious offense towards
someone, that offers basically certain functions for them being prosecuted through the court system.
Perhaps looking at the worldview of the system, all countries' laws tend to be slightly harsher than the
next country. Within the french justice system we see the common system set like jail and the prison
system, which all operated through the local governing law bodies.The primary goal of this Brefounded
criminology^ would be to Answer the following key questions: who are the criminals today and how do
they evolve? Where Are they? How many of them? What are they doing and why?. This new criminology
seems to have a lot in common with the missions of RenseignementsGénéraux, the French interior
intelligence agency(Mucchielli,2017).We can understand that this country operates from the judiciary
and administration side of the justice system, which heavily relies on the justice system to convict those
who have committed crimes.
THE COUNTRY VIEW OF FRANCE AND IT"S SURROUNDING
FRIENDS
•In France, in the 1880s, as crime research was in the process of being institutionalized as
anew scholarly discipline—a trend that pervaded the entire Western world—, the
scientific discourse was dominated by the question of the individual genesis of
crime(Mucchielli,2017).
•He begins with the inescapable and fascinating question of ‘an unarguable birth-date of
the entity that would become known as France’ he goes for the election of Hugh Capet as
King of the Franks in 987(Tombs,2017).
•
France is centrally located on the west border connecting to many European countries.
•
Many consider Fance to be one of the biggest countries in the world.
•
France is most noted for the food and clothing designs that come from the country, in
which we often see many of their clothing and food choices are big here in the United
States.
•
Euros are used as the main source for funding, whereas in the U.S we would call it
money.
•The appointments to governmental positions are made by the head of the state, here we
would call that person the President.
•The people are expected to live between 79 and 86 years old which are amazing
numbers to look forward to.
FRANCE SOCIETIES AND PEOPLE
•As of August 2021, France population would be a mere 69,100,100 making them almost
the 22nd largest country.
•In recent times, Muslim migration to Europe has increased, especially since the Arab Spring
began in Tunisia in late-2010. The peak of migration occurred in 2015 with over one million
arrivals to the continent, and the westward flow of Muslims continues to this
day(Hardy,2020).
•The average person living in France may often not appear to be affiliated with any religious
groups, which often is hard to determine what denominations they are. Christianity’s
spread as an enduring form of faith outside of Europe became a “hit and miss”
affair(Hardy,2020).
•The highest dense population within this country would be on the southern border area,
which is very populated with people.
•This country also has a very awkward ranking when it comes to the number of people that
are not working within the community.
•
In fact, by the late-eighteenth century, the mixed-race in French West Africa did indeed
enjoy considerable socio-economic and political privileges, much of which was a result of
Euro-African linkages culturally and economically with Europeans. All the same, this was
not the case for blacks. From the mid-nineteenth century, however, blacks began to gain
legal and political rights under French authority, and this change angered those of mixed-
racial heritage ,although a more in-depth treatment of this lies beyond the scope of this
article(Hardy,2020).
ECONOMY
•Social economy is legally defined in France to include associations (non-profits),
cooperatives, mutuals (mostly insurance), and publically oriented foundations. At most
recent count, it includes over 221,136 establishments (up 3% from 2008) with over 2.3
million employees or cooperators (up 5% from 2008), accounting for roughly 10% of French
workers and 14% in the private sector(McIntyre,2018).
•The country has also involved over the past decades to globalize their economy to be up to
speed with other countries.
•Between 1997 and 2007 French manufacturing lost 20% of total employment, whereas the
cooperative sector gained 11%. As everywhere the crisis of 2008 created serious problems,
but roughly 200 production cooperatives (Société coopérative et participative or SCOPs)
have been started each year since the situation stabilized in France(McIntyre,2018).
•When looking at France’s economy everyone knows that the farming industry also plays a
major part of how much of the country's revenue is often generated within the country.
•One of the major problems also that the country faces would be that of those who are
currently out of work within the country, this can often be viewed as one the leading causes
to the crime within France.
ONE TOOL FOR THIS TYPE OF ‘SOFT’ GOVERNANCE IS THE PARTICIPATION OF LOCAL
AUTHORITIES IN TRANSNATIONAL CITY NETWORKS (TCNS). THESE POLITICAL ENTITIES
BRING TOGETHER THE CHARACTERISTICS OF BOTH SUPRANATIONALISATION AND
FUNCTIONALIZATION PROCESSES. IN THE CONTEXT OF AN INCREASED SECURITIZATION
AND CRIMINALIZATION OF BORDERS, NETWORKS SUCH AS INTERCULTURAL CITIES AND
EUROCITIES HAVE BECOME MORE VOCAL – PARTICULARLY WITH THE ADVENT OF THE SO-
CALLED ‘REFUGEE CRISIS'S – ADVOCATING FOR INCLUSIVE CHANGES IN TERMS OF
IMMIGRATION, INTEGRATION, HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION AND REFUGEE
RESETTLEMENT(FOUROT&FLAMMANT, (2021).
Transnational issues (if applicable) that may impact law
enforcement
RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES
•The relationship with the United States has always been a
great one dating back to nearly decades within the history of
both countries.
•The extent of practical cooperation in the business of
communications intelligence and communications security
between the United States, France, and the United Kingdom
on the Western Front has not been documented in
depth(Smoot, 2017).
•The earliest documented form of communication starting with
the United States and France can be datedback tothe
early1700's.
•The United States and France in the last 14months of the
First World War, examining the relationship and the bilateral
exchanges between the United States and
France(Smoot,2017).
•Alliesto one another duringa certainperiod as well.
BASIC GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE
THE GOVERNMENT IN FRANCE IS CONTROLLED BY A PRIME MINSTER.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS 3 BRANCHES
THE COUNTRY ELECTS THEIR PRESIDENT EVERY 5 YEARS
Legal family
There law is based aroundwhat is known as civil
law system.
The main provisions of the Act include the
possibility for intelligence agencies to access
data retained by internet and telephone service
providers and to conduct, for terrorism
prevention purposes, real-time analysis of
electronic metadata relating to a person
‘previously identified as a threat’(Hamilton &
Berlusconi, 2018)
THE CRIME I
COMMITTED
•While visiting France with a couple
offriends with who we all have
observedall the laws and obeying
everythingthat was presented in front
of us beforeentering the country. I was
always oneto observed my
surroundings based onmy military
background.
•The one thingthat would catch me
offguard would be the beating of one
ofthe citizen within the country.
•My friend and I were amazed
fromeverything that was going on so
weboth had our camcorders and
begintorecord the incident while it
wastakingplace in front of us.
Recording On with My
Camcorder
HOW WAS I CAUGHT
•Since we were recording without permission within the
community the Police would arrest us the basis of recording
without permission.
•This was a major shocked to usknowingwe had been
arrestedfor doing so.
•We both were taking in and question by the detective
askingquestion as if we knew the law In their country
forusinga camcorder.
•France has articles whichblocks a person from videotaping
anyone within their country, known as 24.
HOLY BIBLE COMPARISON/ANALYSIS OF THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM OF THE COUNTRY
WHERE I CAUGHT
In conclusion the overall scope would be that France's style of handlinglegal problems
would be totally different from the way the UNited stateshandle many of their legal
problems. Their major component is solely basedon prosecuting but at the same time
allowing the person to show causewhy they are innocent first. The concept that a
person is innocent is onekey factor in their book on how the law goes for many that are
caughtdoing a crime, this often would give that person the chance totshow causeto why
thier not guitly of a crime. InFrance, their sysytem is so different thanany other legal
system that's amzaing how they do things there.Basedonthe facts surrounding how a
person's life can go would be based aroundtheir thought process to do what's
right.However, violence does exist behind the prison walls, and the prevalence of
psychoactive drug use exposes inmates to the risk of death by overdose(Désesquelles et
al.,2019). This was a great learning experince. Understanding how crime and thebible
works close together, goes to show how crime is nothing new withinour society.“But of
the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall noteat , for on the day that you eat
of it , you shall surely die ”(King JamesVersion, Genesis 2 : 16–17 ).
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