Actors in the Criminal Justice System

Although organized differently, most criminal justice systems are made up of the following parts:

• Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Defendant(s)
• Executive Office
• Judges
• Jury (lay people acting as fact finders)
• Investigators

• Legislature
• Mental Health Services * Parole Officers
• Non-governmental organization
• Police
• Prison Officials
• Prosecutors, Procurators, or their equivalent
• Victims