________________________________________________________ CJS 200 Foundations of the Criminal Justice System Course Start Date: 08/01/2011 Group ID: AAGR0Z9835 Facilitator: Lee Rankin Copyright Copyright © 2011, 2010, 2009, 2007 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. University of Phoenix® is a registered trademark of Apollo Group, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft®, Windows®, and Windows NT® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation
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Courtroom Participants Team B: Sheena McCall, Idalia Gill, Neil Gabe, Billie Adams, and Dannielle Rea CJA/224 October 31, 2011 Austin Dunham Weidner Courtroom Participants In a United States courtroom, there are many participants who contribute to the goal of justice for all. The judge, prosecutor, defense attorney, defendant, victims, witnesses, jurors, bailiff, and court reporter are each participants in the courtroom workgroup. Although every participant plays a different role in the process
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Roles of the Courtroom Professionals and Victimization Every day a choreographed dance plays out in the courtrooms across the United States. The dancers consist of trained professionals dedicated to the criminal justice system. Each person has a unique responsibility in regards to the role they play in how cases are processed through the court system. The roles are divided into categories of professionals and non–professionals. The judge, prosecuting attorney, defense attorney, bailiff, court reporter
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their skin, religious beliefs, or national origin. African American has been treated with prejudice from police officers, judges, and other political officials. There have been several cases of prejudice in the courtrooms. Blacks were not treated the same as whites in the courtroom. In some cases, officers have shown prejudice toward African Americans because they were black and poor. Whites considered their race to be superior to the Black race and other races. This belief is called racism
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drafted and signed by our forefathers, many, many years ago, called the Constitution of the United States of America. The Law, the governing authority that allows us to maintain a civil society without anarchy or monarchy. Under the law there is a group of people who are known as officers of the court. We know them as Judges, Attorneys, (British solicitors in lower courts and barristers in higher courts), court clerks bailiffs and court reporters. But between you and I and our heroes of justice if
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While observing the session I was able to view five bond hearings and one plea entrance, which allowed for a partial understanding of the typical daily court docket. Because many cases are settled outside of court, the daily proceedings within the courtroom are often shorter and without much argument. Fairfax County Virginia is located in the northeastern portion of Virginia nearby the District of Columbia. The county is the largest by population in the state, and also the densest county at 1,037
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follow the rules and outweigh the small percentage of dishonest votes. Also, some people may think that it is unfair that the representatives of the defendant choose juror’s. However, this is wrong because this is a benefit by choosing the same age group. Also, by choosing intelligent people, they will most likely recognize the reasonable doubt. As stated in the paragraph, jury’s are much better than bench trials. Jurors are better because a bench trial just has a judge. That means there is a fifty
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lacking from their employees, but in the field of finance and accounting, employers cannot successfully hire accountants without the skill of being analytical. Since the profession of forensic accountant has been utilized more frequently in the courtroom, analytical skills take an even more important role when the judicial system is involved. “Those in a forensic accounting career combine their accounting, auditing and investigative skills to analyze and
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Introduction Under the 6th Amendment of the Constitution the right to counsel is applied. The criminal defendants have a constitutional right to an attorney. If you cannot afford one, the government will provide you with a representative appointed by the court who is deemed necessary to handle your case. However, the 6th Amendment does not apply at the moment of arrest unless; the government has already filed former charges. The right to counsel is given at a critical stage of prosecution in which
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mathematics this arithmetic truism may be, yet in reality a courtroom is not pure, but laden with injustice. The courtroom in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, his recreation of the Salem Witch Trials in Salem, Massachusetts, is synonymous. The theocratic court reviews cases regarding witchcraft brought to the gavel by a group of hormonal teenage girls, who have been willing the court to arrest and execute whom they see fit. This literal courtroom is allegorical to the interactions of Senator McCarthy with
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