CJA 204 Week 3 Individual Courtroom Workgroup Paper Roles of a Courtroom

The Roles of Courtroom

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper describing and evaluating the

roles of the courtroom work group. Answer the following questions in

your paper:

? What is a courtroom work group? How does this courtroom work

group interact on a daily basis? What changes to the courtroom

work group would you recommend?

? What is the role of the prosecutor? How does a prosecutor

determine which cases to pursue? What would happen if the

criteria for taking a case were more or less stringent?

? What are the effects of the criminal justice funnel and the backlog

of cases on the court system and the courtroom work group?

What are some solutions to help eliminate the funnel and reduce

the backlog of cases?...