Unit 1 AS: The Criminal Justice Process

Research the NJ Court’s Website . Answer the following questions:

a) Do you find the criminal justice process complex?

b) Regarding the indictment process and the arraignment process, would it be prudent to combine these processes?

c) How are status and pretrial conferences critical to the criminal justice process?

d) How are presentence investigations and reports essential to the administration of justice and the criminal justice process?

e) Choose one process and argue for or against its usefulness in trying to achieve the greater good.

In addition to external research, remember to review the lecture, readings and resources for this unit to help you formulate your responses. Please be sure to fully develop your responses to each question presented. Your position, argument or rationale should never be assumed.

http://www.appa-net.org/eweb/

https://www.njcourts.gov/courts/index.html?lang=eng

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