Welcome To Criminal Justice

Welcome to the website for the Criminal Justice System Northern Ireland (CJSNI). This site has been designed to help, inform and advise those coming into contact with the system, or those who would just like to know more about it.

The CJSNI is made up of the 7 main statutory agencies listed on the left.

The purpose and aims of the CJSNI are:

"to support the administration of justice, to promote confidence in the criminal justice system and to contribute to the reduction of crime and the fear of crime".

  • provide a fair and effective criminal justice system for the community;
  • work together to help reduce crime and the fear of crime;
  • make the criminal justice system as open, inclusive and accessible as possible, and promote confidence in the administration of justice; and
  • improve service delivery by enhancing the levels of effectiveness, efficiency and co-operation within the system.

Dealing with crime in an effective way is what we're here to do. But we can't do that without the co-operation of the community as a whole. We are committed to working in partnership to achieve our aims for the benefit of all of society.