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Criminal justice as part of society's "infrastructure"

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

In an article about the Neville Brothers' return to New Orleans' Jazzfest after Katrina, the NY Times on Friday referred to criminal justice as a part of the city's "infrastructure" that has not returned to normal. Mr. Davis added that while the city’s hospitality business has returned to its old capabilities for events like Jazzfest, Mardi Gras and the Super Bowl, its infrastructure — from utilities to public schools to criminal justice — has by no means been fully restored. This is an interesting use of the word, and one we should embrace. I searched the Times' website, and I found (which doesn't mean that another does not exist) no other use of the “criminal justice system” as a part of public "infrastructure," but, why not? The Oxford University Press dictionary that comes with WordPerfect defines it as "infrastructure >noun the basic physical and organizational structures (e...continue to full post

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on May 05, 2008 (boomark / email).