Courtroom Workgroup Criminal Justice System The American Criminal Justice System is a well-orchestrated and cooperative performance with the professional courtroom actors and others all playing their
Courtroom Workgroup Criminal Justice System The American Criminal Justice System is a well-orchestrated and cooperative performance with the professional courtroom actors and others all playing their
Courtroom Workgroup Criminal Justice System
The American Criminal Justice System is a well-orchestrated and cooperative performance with the professional courtroom actors and others all playing their parts in the administration of justice. This paper will look at an especially important group of individuals the courtroom work group. Each person acts as one of the cogs in the machine, all cooperating to reach a common goal.
This paper will describe what a courtroom work group is, who is in a courtroom work group and what they each do. The role of the prosecutor will also be described and how they determine which cases to pursue, and what would happen if the criteria for the prosecution of cases were more lenient or stringent. Lastly, this paper will describe the effects of the criminal justice funnel and the backlog of cases on the American court systems and the courtroom work group.