Conclusions

Throughout this whole trip, we learned many things about England's criminal justice system. We learned that in England their government is run by a monarchy and Parliament, where the United States is run by a president and congress. There is only one cohesive form of a justice system in England, where in the United States it is broken down into county, state and federal. Policing may have the biggest difference between England and the United States. Police in England do not carry a gun and have very little rights to defend themselves, where in the United States each officer carries and gun, and can use appropriate force when needed. Overall, this has been a great experience to learn how our criminal justice system compares and contrasts with England’s, and how their system helped shape ours.