What is the difference between a criminal justice and a non-criminal justice purpose?
Criminal history record information and juvenile crime information records are provided according to the purpose for which they were requested. There are two purposes, criminal justice and non-criminal justice. Records are provided for a criminal justice purpose when requested by a criminal justice agency. A criminal justice agency is a federal, state, district, county or local government agency or any subunit thereof that performs the administration of criminal justice under a statute or executive order, and that allocates a substantial part of its annual budget to the administration of criminal justice. See, 25 MRSA ยง1541(4). The administration of criminal justice means detection, apprehension, detention, pre trial release, post-trial release, prosecution, adjudication, correctional supervision or rehabilitation of accused persons or criminal offenders. Generally these activities are undertaken by law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, courts, probation and parole agencies and correc
