Criminal Justice System

A 700-1050 word essay answering the following questions:

1. What is a courtroom workgroup? How does this courtroom workgroup interact on a daily basis? What changes to the courtroom workgroup would you recommend?

2. What is the role of the prosecutor? How does a prosecutor determine what cases to pursue?What would happen if the criteria for taking a cases were more stringent?

3. What are the effects of the criminal justice funnel and the backlog of cases on the court system and the courtroom workgroup? What are some solutions to help eliminate the funneland reduce the backlog of cases? Provide examples.

Create a 8-10 slide powerpoint presentation with speaker notes that address the following topics:

1. Major historical developments of the US courts.

2. Dual court system of the United states.

3. Steps of the pretrial process.

4. Six steps necessary for an appeal.

5. Five philosophical reasons for sentencecing criminals.

6. Six forms of punishment.

Include at least three visuals, such as diagrams, images or matrices in your presentation. Address all of the topics fully in your presentation. You may combine topics in the visuals if they are associated.