In Unit 0 we explained that law and justice form an intrinsic part of our daily lives. In order to explore these concepts, we have provided you with the contextual background to the most pertinent issues; we have you engage with newspaper reports and have requested you to reflect on your own experiences and those of others. With this in mind, we now want you to read any of the daily newspapers available to you so that you may develop a sense of the status of crime in our society and of the work of functionaries in the criminal justice system.